BRITISH TARIFF REFORM.
FULFILMENT OF PLEDGES.
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.
GUARDING KEY INDUSTRIES.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (R«cd. 11.80 p.m.) LONDON. Mar. 31.
Dealing with the question of tariffs in the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law said the first need was to stimulate production. He repeated the Government declaration of 1918 that it was intended to give effect to Imperial preference at the earliest possible moment. Britain's experience as regards sugar showed the need for developing the Empire's production of it. There was no guarantee the war would have been won without the help of the Dominion troops. Was anyone prepared after that to say that Imperial preference would not help us.
' Mr. Bonar Law added that Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was now considering how to deal with the question in the forthcoming Budget. ' There would be no hedging or hesitation when the time came to frame a scheme. Mr. Lloyd George's declaration as regards key industries, dumping and preference would be fulfilled in the letter and the spirit, but complete examination was necessary.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17125, 2 April 1919, Page 9
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