EMPIRE TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 7

EMPIRE TRADE.

mum AND THE DEAR 10AF,

' AUSTRALIAN QF REAL VALUE TO BRITAIN. BY TgLECSIUrg— SpEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGIJT. .. ■ , . ; ~. London, October 11. ■ Mr.- Andrew Bonar Law', Conservative member for Dulwich, and Parliamentary Secretary to . tljo 'Board of' Trade inthd Bal.four. Government', speaking at Kewcastle, 'said-that within a few months,the price , of corn had increased, eightfold, as much' as the whole of the corn tax "suggested by the p,dvocates of preference to the without mupli , affecting the pricVof bread. This; showed that •the " dear' loaf "' was a bogey. Mr. Bonar'Law: added'./that he believed that, despite the, tariff, Australia would, continue to. be! a great importer. Tho protererioe conceded by her would be of real value to British trade.- 1 ■ y. ■■'■■-. i- ■■-. .:'; .-

The" Morning Post,' , commenting on the wire netting • duties, pays :r--''The Commonwealth, '.Parliament': seems." to, <be< endorsing preference; in a striking manner.' The' increase of preference .inthis; case from onesixth.\to one-half ■ duty may .'make it impossible for tho foreigner to compete for any length of time."-i r ; i ;: i' : ' : - ■■!' :; '-'

(.Senator Pulsfqrd,of- Australia, writes to '.'.The Times" concerning the/letter in:which the HoriA B. R.AVise,: formerly/AtfcorneyGeneral of ■ Now: South Wales; deprecated "the flow of slander'.' against ■ Australia which has .••.been.-.'indulged,'in in ■ London. Senator i interprets tho word ''slander" .used by the Hon. Mr. "Wise. as implying an .unfavourable- criticism. He is good for Australia to' , knbw all views." Senator Pulsford also mentions the Empire aspect of-a,tariff which discriminates betweon ■■ the United Kingdom and Jiritisb. India. ■ ■:'■ • ■■} ;■■■ TARIFF AND SHIPPING. ; (Reo. Opt. 13, 4.;25 p.m.) •London, October 12. Lord Durham (Liberal), speaking at Newcastle,, declared:that-if.tho proposals of the Australian ■Tariflites were adopted, Britain's whole shipping industry would be dislocated. He thought of his own country before the colonies. : /' -•'. ■ . ■■.