PROTECTIVE TARIFF

Northern Advocate, 8 July 1925, Page 4

PROTECTIVE TARIFF

BEST FOR THE EMPIRE. HON. F. MANDER'S ADVOCACY. (Special to "Northern Advocate.") WELLINGTON, This Day. .Speaking in the Legislative Council yesterday the Hon. Francis Mander, referring to trade matters, said he agreed that British manufacturers would .do well to imitate the American, in providing a more suitable motor' car for New Zealand requirements. It did not bespeak a very high sense of loyalty when the English car was rejected in favour of the American, merely because of a little trouble ih clanging gears. He failed to see how the Mother Country could retain her position in the markets of the world on a free trade policy. The war of a future would be a trade one ancj Great Britain would have to adopt a protective policy. The workers should set themselves out tcr do a fair day's work. He believed it was better iy •have a dear load and money to pay for it than a cheap load and empty pockets. It was impossible to maintain trade within the Empire under the present haphazard policy.