TRADE RECIPROCITY
MR. FOSTER'S AUSTRALIAN VISIT FRIVOLOUS PIECE OF STATESMANSHIP SOME CANDID CRITICISM. .By Telegrf>ph.--IPre«B AssooiAtton.— Copjtrtetik (Received January 25. 8.5 a.m.) OTTAWA, 24th January. The West Indies reciprocity agreement was debated on its second reading in the House of Commons. Mr. Mac Lean declared that the Liberals •were ready to welcome the tariff agreement with any country. Dr. Clark said the question of pre* fefential trade wiihin the Empire is now almost a corpse. In Great Britain tariff reform was dead. Canada ought to follow freetrade in Great Britain's [ footsteps. Dr. Clark criticised Mr. Foster's proposal to initiate trade preference with Australia and Germany, while refusing the United States offer, although the letter's trade was worth twenty times as much. The tronblo with Mr. Foster's Australian trip was the expenses of travelling, which w^re likely to exceed tho actual beftiefits received. The trip was merely a frivolous piece of statesmanship. Nero was seri«* ous-minded compared with Mr. Foster.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 21, 25 January 1913, Page 7
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159TRADE RECIPROCITY Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 21, 25 January 1913, Page 7
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