CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20643, 15 February 1929, Page 9

CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

THE TRADE TREATY. ALTERATIONS SUGGESTED. ' (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) VANCOUVER, February 13. The officials of the National Dairy Council met the representatives of the Lumber Manufacturers’ Association today to discuss ways and means of securing relief from the Fedetal Government hardships, which arc said to be the direct result of the Australian Treaty. Mr Aird Flavclle, for the lumberman, said that Australia gave California preference over British Columbia cedar, and that the. United States subsidised freight boats by means of mail contracts, so that United States shippers practicably shut British Columbia manufacturers out from the Australian market. Mr Flavelle suggested that Ottawa should give a subsidy of Is per 100 superficial board feet of lumber shipped to Australia, and that the Commonwealth be asked to put Canada on an equality yrith California in the matter of tariff. Mr J. A. Caulder said that the dairy interests did not oppose the treaty on principle, but because it worked out "to their disadvantage. . The opnion expressed at the conference indicated that the dairymen throught that the Canadian tariff should be raised to seven cents, with three cents preference for Australia. # A further conference will be held with the representatives of pulp paper and fishing interests in an attempt to pave the way for a non-political review of trade relations between the two countries. —-Australian Press. Association. CANADIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY. EFFECT OF THE TREATY. VANCOUVER, February 13. (Received Feb. 14, at 5.5 p.m.) Canada is the largest consumer of butter, in. the world, . declared the Dominion Dairy Commissioner (Dr j. A. Rnddick) before the Western Canada Dairy Convention to-day, , He said that the,industry had shown progress in the whole Dominion. Much had been heard of the advantages possessed by New Zealand through her alleged year-round pastures, but he had an intimate knowledge of both countries, and this alleged advantage was 1 , greatly over-estimated, because New Zealand winters were very raw. Cows suffered as much from cold as they did. here, and production fell off. Moreover, the price, of land there was four times as high , as in Canada. They had no by-products., and trade costs of manufacture and marketing were much higher than in Canada. Mr Berry, the president, took issue with Dr Ruddick regarding the progress of the industry in Western Canada. He. claimed that production had dropped, the drop being caused by the loss of the 3 per cent, protection through the Australian treaty, in the past few months 20,000,0001 bof butter had entered Canada from New Zealand and Australia. The great tragedy was that Australia benefited to only a small extent, .New Zealand,-- with which Canada did only a -very small trade, securing practically all the profit.—Australian Press Association. -