FRANCE'S FISCAL POLICY.
PARIS, November 10. l j Protection versus l?reetrade is the treat issue that' will be fought out to , a nis'h during the present session of tho Chamber of Deputies: In view of the complaints from all parts of the country at the increased cost. of living, and th,o general demand for, a reduction, of £ho tariff on foodstuffs,- it i»/ highly probable that the freetraders will . win. Senator Lemarzellfe, leader H of the Protectionists. declareVthat if the working classes are to be beifefited' m this way 1 the manu-factxu-ers also, must do without protection, but,, as he asserts, thei*eiß no trade m France that could stand it. He blames the middleman for the present high prices. •■■ _ ,,.,-; '■. ;. :,!•:
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12616, 20 November 1911, Page 2
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119FRANCE'S FISCAL POLICY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12616, 20 November 1911, Page 2
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