AN ECONOMIC UNITY
LARGER VISION OF EMPIRE. „ LOUD MELCHETT’S VIEWS. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, February 13. “It would appear to be mind folly and a criminal act not to make the greatest effort to see whether an economic unity cannot be created in which a larger vision of Empire shall replace the narrower one of country, in which the development of any part of the Empire will, be encouraged. for the common good,” - 'writes Lord Melchett in Imperial Economic Unity, which is now being published. 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 Vithin the Empire and protection against foreign countries. This object, he thinks, might be achieved by an Imperial tariff, or by each country of the ® m pire arranging its own tariffs, or by a combination of both.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20952, 15 February 1930, Page 13
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154AN ECONOMIC UNITY Otago Daily Times, Issue 20952, 15 February 1930, Page 13
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