THE CANADIAN TARIFF.
EFFECT OF THE DISCRIMINATING CLAUSE. Preu AwocitUoa -Kltctrlc Telegraph-Copyright. Ottawa, April 27. . .In the course of a debate in the House of Commons on the Tariff Bill, M. Laurier said British goods were now admitted at one-oightli per cent, below the regular tariff. This privilege did not apply to Belgium or Germany.
Mr. Foster, Minister for Finance in the last Administration, said this was equivalent to repudiating British treaties.
Sir B. J. Cartwright replied that if the existing law did not justify the action of Canada, the Government could appeal to Britain to do Canada justice. Later. In the Canadian House of Commons Sir Charles Tupper declared that the discriminating clause of the new Tariff Bill was illegal.
The Canadian newspapers and public warmly approve of the Bill. London, April 28. In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain stated the Government cordially appreciated Canada's friendly spirit in giving preference to English products.
Belgium has protested against the discriminating character of the Bill, as being opposed to the commercial treaty between Britain and Belgium.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10429, 29 April 1897, Page 5
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