INTER-IMPERIAL TRADE

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 34, 4 November 1929, Page 11

INTER-IMPERIAL TRADE

BENEFITED BY AMERICAN TARIFF CANADIAN PREMIER ON THE POSITION (Rec. November 3, 5.5 p.m.) Ottawa, November 1. Speaking at Winnipeg on Friday the Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, made reference to the United States tariff revision. He said: “There is a movement for effecting more in the way of inter-imperial trade, which from voluntary as well as through Government agencies has gathered momentum almost daily since the revision of the United States tariff began. Here we already see the extent to which every possibility of the revision of the tariff by the United States has served to bring home to the component parts of the British Empire the wisdom of securing within the Empire itself with regard to any and every eventuality as large a measure of Inter-Imperial trade as may be possible. There seems little doubt that Empire producers can supply vast quantities of the goods now produced in the United States.” If the tariff in the United States Is altered to affect any Canadian interests, the Premier said, the “United States will surely recognise our right with respect so to legislate as to have regard for Canadian interests.” COLONIAL WINE POPULAR IN ENGLAND (Rec. November 3, 11.0 p.m.) London, November 2. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Noel Buxton, speaking at the Brewers’ Exhibition luncheon, expressed the opinion that a national guarantee would have a most beneficial effect on Britain’s means of marketing. Concerning Empire trade it was essential that the heart of the Empire ~ should be sound —“Remember Empire trading begins at home.” The chairman, Mr. Dale, declared that Empire wine was increasing in popularity. There were over two hundred exhibits, which was most encouraging. “Cheap colonial wines were rapidly gaining in popularity in the northern manufacturing areas, where the workers relish something with a kick in it. They prefer colonial wine to beer.”

Colonial wines were served at the luncheon.