CONFLICTING INTERESTS

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2135, 14 February 1929, Page 5

CONFLICTING INTERESTS

IN CANADIAN TARIFF

OBJECTIONS TO AUSTRALIA

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By Telegraph-Press Assn-Copyright

and N.Z. Cable). (Received Feb. 14, 9.10 a.m.) Vaucyuvor, Feb. 13

Officials of - the Nationar Dairy Council met representatives of the Lumber Manufacturers’ Association to-day to discuss the ways and means of securing relief from. Federal Government tariff hardships which are said to be the direct result of the Australian treaty. Mr Ail'd Flavelle, for the lumbermen, said Australia, gave California preference over British Columbia •cedar and th/.it tli e United States subsidised freight boats Ivy means of mail contracts, so that United States shippers practically shut out British Columbia, manufacturers from the Ausralian market. H< ; suggested that Ottawa should give a subsidy of a shilling per 100 superficial board fee to lumber shipped to Australia and that the Commonwealth be asked to put Canada on. an equality with California in the matter of tariff.

Mr J. A. Caaider, for the dairymen, said dairy interests did not oppose the treaty on principle, but because it worked out to tb'eir disadvantage.

Other opinions expressed at the conference indicated that the dairymen thought the Canadian > tariff should be raised to.BJ-d per lb., with ] »d preference from Australia. A further conference will be held with representatives of ( pulp, papei and fishing interests in an attempt to pave the way for a. non-political review of trade relations between Canada and Australia.