EMPIRE FREE TRADE.
REPLY ; T0 OBJECTIONS.
SIR JAMES PARR'S OPINIONS.
(Received November 29, 8.15 p.m.)
LONDON, Nov. 28,
High Commissioner for New Zealand, Sir James Parr, speaking at a dinner given by Bristol ship owners made a lengthy reference to Empire free trade. He said the Dominions would have nothing but praise for Lord Beaverbrook's courageous exposition. Personally, Sir James said, he did not think much of the dear food objection. The British farmers should be given the first chanco. They with their kinsmen farmers in the Dominions could within five years supply the Motherland with all the food the people could eat, at no increase in prices.
- Another objection was that the Doniin!ons feared that their own industries would be swamped by cheaper goods. He did not believe that it was beyond the ability of shrewd and capable business men t<J make such an adjustment as would admit of a satisfactory solution of this problem. The idea was a great and noble one. It was up to them all to see if it could not be translated into action.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20426, 30 November 1929, Page 13
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