COTTON TRADE PROBLEMS

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 24 August 1933, Page 5

COTTON TRADE PROBLEMS

CONFERENCE IN INDIA. BRITAIN, INDIA AND JAPAN. 'British Official Wileless.) RUGBY, Aug. 22. Tn a message of goodwill to the Brit ish textile trade delegation, which ir leaving for India on Friday to discuss the tripartite difficulties, of the textile industries of Britain, India and Japan, Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, expressed the hope that the discussions would repre sent an important development in international co-operation which would point the way to the solution of many difficulties iii other industries as well •as textiles.

‘Jn meeting Indian representatives you will, I am sure, make it clear that we freely and fully recognise the very remarkable development in the Indian cotton industry and that our only desire is to co-operate in every possible way with the industry to the mutual advantage of both countries,” Mr. Runciman said. “We all recognise improvement in our trade with Lidia must depend on an increase in the prosperity of that country and in the flow of goods in both directions.” Mr. Runciman is also hopeful that fruitful results will emerge from a direct exchange of views on the cotton policy with the Japanese representatives.