TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10417, 1 April 1910, Page 4

TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS.

NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA FAVORED., [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association ,} Receivef March 31,-at o p.m. Washington,' March 31. Mr Taft has issued a, proclamation extending the minimum tariff tb' Australia and New Zealand. CANADA AND AMERICA. Washington, March 31. Mr Taft has" invited the Canadian officials to a conference to consider closer trade relations and the general readjustment of duties. • J , Ottawa, March 31. Mr Fielding, speaking in the Dominion House of Commons, referring to the agreement, said one result had been the tacit recognising. of the right ot the British colonies to.give mutual preference Retaliation was sometimes necessary in self-defence, but a tariff 'war would be deplorable. Canada was now able to give preference to Jamaica and other colonies. -He emphasised the honorable compromise reached, and acr knowledged Mr Bryce's unfailing cooperation and support. He concluded that they had firmly refused to give the United States the whole of the French treaty list; but offered to reciprocate for special reductions below the minim urn-American tariff.