CANADIAN TARIFF
RECIPROCITY WITH U.S.A. CLOSER TRADE RELATIONS. (By Tele| raph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) OTTAWA, June 15. The House of Commons endorsed the offer of tariff reciprocity to the United States. Supporting the Government, Mr W. C. Good (Progressive) declared: “If we do not have the closest possible trade relations with the United States I do not think we shall be able to preserve the Confederation.” Mr Fielding, Finance Minister, declared that if Canada had the opportunity of getting the 1911 agreement again with the United States three-quarters of the country would rejoice to have it. According to Government spokesmen, the reciprocity will be the chief issue in the next political campaign. IMr Fielding, in introducting the Budget Bill last month, inserted a resolution proposing reciprocity with the United States on agricultural produce. A mutual agreement, he said, would result in a 50 per cent, reduction in the duties on cattle and wheat. Mr Fielding was one of the Canadian Commissioners who negotiated the reciprocity agreement, which proved abortive with the United States in 1911.]
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Southland Times, Issue 18970, 18 June 1923, Page 5
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