FREE TRADE DIES
NO BELIEVERS NOW BORN MR. BALDWIN'S POLICY LONDON, April 7. "Tho only equal terms whereupon trade treaties can bo negotiated arc (hose enabling Britons to say, 'lf you don't irivo us some advantage we shall hit you on the head.' " said Mr. Baldwin, leader of the Opposition, on a speech at Liio Free Trade Hall, Manchester. 110 added: "Free trade is passing today because no free traders are being horn. Tho policy of laissez fairc is dead, mid safeguarding, for the first tunc, gives Britain :i weapon with which to negotiate trade treaties. "In no circumstances shall this country, at the forthcoming election, hi asked to vote ill favor of food taxes. It is a matter of such importance that om [iconic, must not be asked to vole 'blindfold'. Therefore, food taxes will play no pari lit the next .general election. Tho only part they can play after the election is if the Dominions are prepared to offer advantages whi'.-h seem to me worth placing before the British electors for an answer, 'Yes' or 'No.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 5
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178FREE TRADE DIES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 5
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