EMPIRE TRADE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17154, 2 October 1926, Page 8

EMPIRE TRADE

THE CONFERENCE’S WORK LONDON, September 20. The British Empire Producers’ organisation, after consultation with allied societies through the Empire, is preparing recommendations for the imperial Conference, suggesting remission's of duties ill order to assist- Dominion producers without involving adi clitional taxation in Britain, i The special representative of The Sun , understands that the organisation is especially urging attention to commodities like sugar and cocoa, asking that these, when Umpire-grown, bo admitted to Britain duty free, thereby increasing preference and enabling the sugar industry to withstand the growing world competition. Considerable pressure will be brought to bear to induce the British Government to adopt a free Empire sugar policy, to which the ! Cobdeniles will be unable to object, j The organisation, also, is gravely ■ coi corned at the prospective world | shortage of oil fuel, and will strongly urge'the conference to encourage the . development of power alcohol through out the Empire from vegetable sources The organisation is confident that the conference will adopt some of its recommendations, it points out that a majority of its proposals at the 1920 conference have since been enforced or are being enforced in Britain.