Imperial Fiscal Question
» Per United Press Association. By Electric telegraph— Copyright.; LONDON. Dec. 11. The Hon. IT, 11. Asjquith, spea-kingi at Bradford, said the decline in valuo of exported woollens was largely dim to a clocl i in- 01 ."»() per cent, in the price of raw wool Ho admitted that there woiv dangers ahead, but protection would aggravate such dangers*. Mr Wlii taker, .M.1., addressing tho Yorkshire Liberal Federation. said llvat plenty of American and German maiiufajCUirersi had settled in England, instancing Singer. Westinghouse, and Siemens. Mr Woodhouso, a Commoner, denied that tho woollen industry was decoying. He dodared that Bradford's exports had doubled in 2."> years. Mr Austen Chamberlain. speaking at Halifax, said personally he believed a further development of the Government's commercial policy would strengthen the bonds uniting the Motherland aJid the colonies, which were our beat customers. Ho added that, in fact, his father's proposals wore not original.
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Southland Times, Issue 19227, 14 December 1903, Page 2
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151Imperial Fiscal Question Southland Times, Issue 19227, 14 December 1903, Page 2
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