EMPIRE AGRICULTURE
SUGGESTED IMPERIAL FARMERS' UNION
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, 21st June. Mr. Leopold Amery (Secretary of State for the Dominions), speaking at the Empire of Chambers of Commerce luncheon, reiterated that the only effective remedy for economic difficulties lay in the development of inter-Imperial trade, which was capable of infinitely greater expansion than foreign. The Empire wine trade had almost died during war-time, but had now recovered its pre-war dimensions, and a substantial expansion was likely, particularly in heavy wines. Empire business communities must got togother. "Why," asked Mr. Amery, "should wo not have a federation of fruit, tobiicco, and dairy producers and grain growers—ln short, an Imperial Farmers' Union to reassert for agriculture its proper place, thereby applying the only truo remedy for tho persistent manufacturing crises ?''
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 145, 23 June 1927, Page 11
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129EMPIRE AGRICULTURE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 145, 23 June 1927, Page 11
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