IMPERIAL POLITICS.
THE FISCAL QUESTION. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received October 24, 10.54 p.m.) LONDON, October 24. Mr Asquith’, in a speech at Edinburgh, insisted that Mr Chamberlain’s prediction was double-edged—decaying trad© and dissolving the Empire. It had been falsified. The exports were still increasing, amounting to 249 millions for the first nine months of 1905. This was pretty good for stagnant, stationary trade,' the increase consisting chiefly of British manufactures. Sir .Howard Vincent, in a manifesto to his constituents, ‘ states that in 1904 £63,212,000 worth of foreign finished goods had been imported into Britain, causing a loss in wages of £31,606,000. ■
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13889, 25 October 1905, Page 7
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104IMPERIAL POLITICS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13889, 25 October 1905, Page 7
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