EMPIRE FREE TRADE
MR. F. W. DOIDGE'S POLICY REPLY TO HON. S. G. SMITH [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] EOTORUA, Sunday In reply to a statement made by the Hon. S. G. Smith at Invercargill on Thursday evening, that Mr. F. TV. Doidge's free trade platform "would spell the end of every secondary industry in New Zealand," the following statement concerning the comment has been made by Mr. Doidge: — "Mr. Smith has in recent speeches twice declared that the fiscal policy 1 advocate, if carried into effect, would spell tho end of every secondary industry in New Zealand. Tho policy I advocate would do nothing of the kind, and I would like to know whether cupidity or stupidity is what prompts tho Minister to make his statement. A Customs union within the Empire is what I plead for. I liavo been at the greatest pains to explain just what that policy means —a tariff war against tho foreigner and the greatest possible measure of free trade in the Empire, bearing in mind that in tho Dominion aro certain well-established secondary industries which must necessarily be sheltered."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22191, 19 August 1935, Page 11
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184EMPIRE FREE TRADE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22191, 19 August 1935, Page 11
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