EMPIRE MARKETS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21993, 30 June 1933, Page 8

EMPIRE MARKETS

FOREIGN EXPLOITATION , EFFECT ON COTTON INDUSTRY (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, June 28. (Received June 29, at 5.5 p.m.) A petition was presented in the House of Commons by members of the Manchester Royal Exchange, representing all branches of the cotton industry, asking the Government to prevent the exploitation of Empire markets by foreign nations, which not only excluded British goods by high tariffs and quotas, but made it impossible for producers in this country to compete owing to the basis of wages paid, even though the manufacturers here were equipped with the most up-to-date machinery and employed the most modern methods. THE MARKETING BOARD. LIKELIHOOD OF DISAPPEARANCE LONDON, June 29. (Received June 29, at 8 p.m.) In a leader regretting that Ottawa resulted in the likelihood of the disappearance of the Empire Marketing Board’s invaluable promotion of Empire trade, especially the co-operation of traders in smoothing the way for Empire producers. The Times expresses the opinion that the dominions may find it difficult to secure such co-operation by other means and urges the preservation of the board’s organisation to assist the home producer and the self-governing colonies, leaving the door open to the dominions to cooperate on a reciprocal basis. —Times Cable.