Victorian Commerce.
[United Press Association]. Mei.uoukne, April 26. At a meeting of Hie Victorian Chamber of Commerce, the retiring President, in his address, expressed the opinion that the greatest obstacle to the progress of the colonies was the high rate of freights, high interest, and fratricidal tariffs. Mr Reid strongly condemns the stock tax, on the ground that it has done more than anything else to alienate to the sister colonies the revenue of Victoria by an amount almost cijual to tho money collected from the tax, and thus strangled the meat preserving industry. He believes, however, that the colony is now on the up grade. Sir J. Patterson, ex-Premier, was satisRed that Victoria's depression was due to trade being tramped by her borders. It was no use to talk of Victoria being at liberty to make treaties with South Africa, Canada, India, or other portions of the British Empire when she could not even get across the Murray river.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1895, Page 2
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