ATLANTIC FREIGHT RATES
(STRONG PROTESTS BY CANADIAN TRADERS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received January 7, 11.25 p.m.) OTTAWA, January 7. Strang protests are being made in Canada against the increases, averaging 25 per cent., in Westward Atlantic freights, particularly as affecting' British soft goods. Canadian merchants allege that the Canadian North Atlantic West-bound Freight Conference re-ported-last week was controlled by American manufacturers. The Board of Trade . at Toronto asserts that the increase is equivalent to a reduction of British preference, and Mr R. Grigg, British. Trade Commissioner in Canada, states that the increases strike a staggering blow at British trade.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7021, 8 January 1910, Page 5
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