"PILLS FOR EARTHQUAKES"
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LONDON, 11th October. In a speech at Kirkby, Mr. Clynes said there appeared to be danger of the conversion of the Imperial Conference into a trading bureau to arrange a fiscal bargain without electoral or Parliamentary sanction. An understanding with the Dominions for reasons of unified policy and natural Empire developments was essential, but tinkering with tariffs or trying to fixe rates on imports of dried fruits as a stimulus to general trade, or a remedy for unemployment, was like offering pills for earthquakes.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 7
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89"PILLS FOR EARTHQUAKES" Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 7
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