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CANADIAN TRADE. . TIMBER EXPORT SUBSIDY. AND BUTTER TARIFF RISE. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Aasn.) VANCOUVER, February 13. Officials of the National Dairy Coun cil met repred.ntatives of the Lumber Manufacturers’. Association to-day to discuss ways and means of securing relief from Federal Government hardships, which are said to be a direct result of the Canadian-Australian track J treaty. Mr Aird Flavelle, for the lumber.men, said that Australia gave, Cali fornia preference over British Columbian cedar, and that the United States subsidised freight boats by mi-fins otf mail contracts, so the United States shippers practically shut out British Columbia manufacturers from the Australian market. He suggested that Ottawa should give a subsidy of one shilling per 100 superficial board feet of lumber shipped to Aus tralia, and that the Commonwealth be asked to put Canada on an equality ( with California in the matter of tariff. Mr J. A. Caulder (Dairymen) said the dairy interests did not oppose the treaty on principle, but because it worked out to thMr disadvantage. Opinions expressed at the conference indicated that the dairymen thought the Canadian tariff should b« raised to 7 cents a pound on butter, with 3 cents prefterenej* to Australia. A further conference will be held with representatives of the pulp paper and fishing Interests, in the attempt to pavfa a way for a non-political review of trade relations between ibe two countries.