EMPIRE TRADE

Evening Star, Issue 19408, 17 November 1926, Page 4

EMPIRE TRADE

SIR ALFRED MOND'S PROPOSALS FREETRADF ADVOCATED. Press Association—By Telegraph— l Copyright. LONDON, November 16. Sir Alfred Mond contributed to the Press during the w'eek-end a striking article on • Empire trade, in Which he argued for its development as a counterpoise to international trade combines ir Europe on one hand, and to the mous economic resources of the United States on the other hand. It was mosi imperative, he declared, that the Empire should be regarded as an economic unit. He advocated the immediate consideration of possible steps towards Empire Freetrade by an Imperial Tariff Commission. Sir-Alfred Mond’s article gives added significance to the fact that be to-night privately had dinner with the Imperial Conference delegates The company included Lord Reading, Lord Inchcape, Lord Ashficld, Lord Cohvyn, Lord KyiBant, Sir Robert Hsdfield, Sir Frederick Lewis, Sir Harry M'Gowan, Sir Josiah Stamp, Sir William Berry, and Sir Robert Kindersley—all important men in the world of commerce, shipping, and banking.