THE CAMPAIGN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 October 1924, Page 5

THE CAMPAIGN

UNIONISTS REPLY TO LIBERALS. v.l ON IMPERIAL PREFERENCE. WILL KEEP THEIR PLEDGES. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Oct. 25, 9.15 a m LONDON, Oct. 24. Mr. Baldwin’s statement the nature of a. reply to the Liberals, who are developing their anti-protectionist campaign. Mr. Baldwin declared that be would not depart from the pledges given to the Dominion representatives last year regarding Imperial preference _i but such a policy would not involve the taxation of food. Mr. Neville i Chamberlain, at Walsall, declared that while the Conservatives did not intend to introduce a general tariff they were free to protect any particular industry which was undermined by unfair competition by the introduction of the new Safeguarding Industries Bill. Lord Balfour, Sir Robert Home, and Mr. John Gilmour have isent a letterpress urging the Unionists electors in Scotland to vote and support the Liberal nominee in all constituencies where there is no unionist candidate, saying that the differences between Liberals and Unionists were inconsiderable during the present critical election compared with the fundamental disagreement separating both from Socialism.—Reuter. INSURING AGAINST THE RESULT. (Received Oct. 25, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. The Times’ city editor says that 65 per cent, has been accepted on the London insurance market to-day to cover the risk of a Conservative election majority.—Times. AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS. LONDON, Oct. 24. Mr. Brailsford, explaining Labour’s agricultural policy to the national conference of farmers convened by the Independent Labour Party, said the great problem was to eliminate the colossal wastage of £60,000,000 to £70,000,000 annually between the producing farmers’ receipts and housewives’ payments. Co-operation alone was insufficient. Labour proposed to adopt the lessons derived from a part-time, experiment to establish a disinterested State supply board to deal with all imported food-stuffs competing with British farmers’ produce and fix prices. The board would be the sole importer of meat and wheat, with the result that farmers w'ould know when they sowed a crop what it would produce. The gambling element would thus bp removed. _ Farmers would be helped by an agricultural credit bank