TAHITI PROTECTIONISM.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—lt is pleasing to see by the latest telegram that the French Cabinet have disallowed the augmentation of the protective, restrictive tariff by their colony of Tahiti. That sudden rise was astonishing, i rench officers stationed in these South Sea Islands keep an intensely earnest, watchful eye on the British colonies here, and are attentive to their sayings. and doings ; and, immediately New Zealand raised its restrictive tariff to '25 and 30 per cent., Tahiti, by way of reprisals and retaliation, increased their duties 011 foreign imports to 50 per cent. So we see what is to be reasonably expected generally. Ib is remarkable that, since getting the stunning news of that extraordinary rise at Tahiti, the Protectionists here
have been mum. Doubtless they could, then see what was looming on the horizon. Most likely Major Atkinson now sees his : mistake herein. Why, if the other potts shut us out, we shall surely be forced to shut up shop.—l am, &c., October 4, 1888. W. E. Sadler.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9178, 6 October 1888, Page 3
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