SUGGESTED TARIFF ALTERATIONS.
EXPLANATION BY THE PREMIER. A deputation representing the Canterbury Bootmakers' Union waited on the Premier regarding suggested alterations to the tariff. They read a paragraph stating that the Premier "had in Auckland said lie would advocate at Home a rebate of duties up to 20 per cent, in favour of Great Britain. They thought it would he against the interests of the colony if ho advocated these views, and asked" him to let the present tariff stand with regard to Britain, and to raise it against other countries, especially America, by 45 per cent. The Premier said the statement did not necessarily mean an indiscriminate rebate of 20 per cent, on all manufactured goods. Nothing of the sort was intended. He had always done what he could to foster local industries, and would continue to do so. With regard to American locomotives and carriages, every endeavour had been made to obtain engines in time from England, but time was limited, and the Government had to go to America for them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11949, 25 April 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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