RECIPROCITY.
OTTAWA, May 23. Ihe former Prime Minister of Canada (Mr A. Meighen), in a speech, said: If Canada had an equal chance with the United States in the matter of population and trade volume, there might be something to say for reciprocity, but the great thing necessay is permanev, and under the American reciprocity plans the United States reserves the right to cancel her agreement at any time. The Canadian House of Commons, by 114 votes to 106, adopted the Government’s Budget proposals. The Progressives’ anti-Protectionist amendment was defeated. The changes in the Sales Tax will take effect on January 1, 1924, and the Sales Tax on beverages and confections will take effect on June 1. Mr Fielding (Minister of Finance), in his closing speech of the debate, reiterated his faith in reciprocity with the United States. May 26. It is announced that Canada will cancel the privileges allowed American fishinovessels on the Atlantic coast, which have been effective since 1888. After June 15 no further licenses will be issued. The cancellation follows the American refusal to give Canadian vessels similar privileges and is also an indirect outcome of the bordney Tariff, which hit Canadian fishermen a hard blow.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3611, 29 May 1923, Page 23
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