EIGHT CENTS A POUND

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 9

EIGHT CENTS A POUND

MR. FORBES AT OTTAWA

NEW ZEALAND AND CANADA

United Press Association—By Electric Tole-

graph—Copyright.

(Heceived ISth September, 1 p.m.)

OTTAWA, 17th September.

"Eight cents a pound duty on New Zealand butter will be prohibitive so far as exportation to Canada is concerned," said Mr. Forbes, New Zealand Priino Minister, in an interview. He hoped that aa arrangement would be reached whereby some adjustment could be achieved, but, said he, "considering that the duty was put on just as we landed in Ottawa, the situation docsn 't look too hopeful." New Zealand, however, he added, stood prepared to discuss ma ters. The policy of New Zealand was to encourage trade with those nations which traded with her. If such nations said that they did not value New Zealand's business, then the Dominion would have to look elsewhere, notably to the United Kingdom. If prohibitive duties were imposed on imports from New Zealand, the Premier continued, obviously such a one-sided trade could not continue. New Zealand had to export her produce in order to pay for imports. Twenty per cent, of the Dominion's butter exports were sold to Canada.

Regarding tho decision, of Now Zealand in withdrawing the preference extended to Canadian automobiles, Mr. Forbes declared that the Canadian manufacture.- still had a 15 per cent, preference over the United States.

Mr. Forbes met tho Canadian Premier, Mr. E. E. Bennett, and several Cabinet Ministers earlier in the day.

Mr. Forbes is the guest of the Gover-nor-General, Lord Willingtonj at Government House.