POLICY ON MEAT
TARIFF AND LEVY. MR ELIOTT’S INDICATION. WHEAT ACT PRINCIPLE. . (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, June 22. The Wheat Act policy of an earmarked tariff and levy, the proceeds of which go to the British producer, is the policy working best and the policy we desire to develop and extend,” said Mr W. E. Eliott (Minister of Agriculture), when speaking at Leicester. ‘‘These problems cannot be solved by the old-fashioned tariff, of which the proceeds go to the Exchequer. If Britain is going to use a tariff it must he low rather than high in order to keep food prices down. Moreover, the proceeds must be applied to develop agriculture-. “The Wheat- Act principle is now being applied to the meat negotiations. We say that overseas people who are sharing the advantages must assist us to regulate the market because if they fight our attempt to regulate supply the scheme will be unworkable.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 175, 24 June 1935, Page 7
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156POLICY ON MEAT Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 175, 24 June 1935, Page 7
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