CANADA'S BUTTER

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 28, 1 August 1929, Page 13

CANADA'S BUTTER

DESTROYING INDUSTRY

Australian Press Association—United Service

VANCOUVER, 31st July. The Conservative Leadej, Mr. Bennett, addressing a meeting at West Vancouver on Tuesday night, said, regarding the extension of favoured nation treatment to New Zealand four years ago: "Before there was any such arrangements our dairy farmors supplied our butter requirements and we exported somo. Last "year, as a result of the action of our Government, wo had to import twonty million pounds of butter, principally from New Zealand. I' orty-flvo cents per pound was paid for this butter. I want this forty-five cents horo, not in New Zealand. That is the difference botwoon the Liberals and myself. Canada had 101,000 fewer cowb to-day as a result of buttor coming from New Zealand.' Suppose it happened that you could not got butter from New Zealand, how would our needs be supplied, since wo have 101000 fower cows? This country would bo in a state of economic dopendence. You can nover make a country if you" allow the glut production of another country to bo loaded into this Dominion and destroy our own industry. The only way to succeed is to develop Canada for the Canadians. The Conservatives have been accused of being high pro - s^o7T lS\- ,Tho Co"^rvatives never stood tor high protection, but tho protection proposed by tho Conservatives is that which would give Canadians niir competition."