TRADE IN EMPIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20490, 15 February 1930, Page 11

TRADE IN EMPIRE.

ONE ECONOMIC UNIT. LORD MELCHETT'S ADVOCACY. LONDON, Feb. 13. Lord MelchetS contributes an article to a series on Imperial economic unity now being published. He says:— " It would appear to be blind folly and a criminal act not to make the greatest effort to see whether an economic unit cannot be created, in which a larger vision of the Empire may replace the narrower one in this country by which the development of any. part of the Empire will be encouraged for the common good." Lord Melchett argues that Britain's adherence to a European economic unit would involve the abandonment of the attempt to maintain the British Empire. His policy implies minimum tariff barriers within the Empire and protection against foreign countries. His object, he says, might be achieved by an Imperial tariff, or by each member of the Empire arranging its own tariffs, or by a combination of both systems.

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LONDON, Feb. 13

Sir Charles Higham, addressing the Royal Empire Society, said: "British trade dwells in a wilderness of apathy. We are standing still, while others wave the trade flag. ,We are too satisfied with ourselves and need waking up.

"The Empire's industries must collectively organise and advertise. Let them tell the world, or the world will forget them. The cheapest and quickest way is to tell the world through newspapers."