EMPIRE MARKETS

Southland Times, Issue 22055, 30 June 1933, Page 7

EMPIRE MARKETS

EXPLOITATION BY FOREIGNERS. A MANCHESTER PROTEST. (British Official VZireless.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, June 28. A petition was presented in the House of Commons by members of the Manchester Royal Exchange, representing all branches of the cotton industry, asking the Government to prevent the exploitation of Empire markets by foreign nations who not only excluded British goods by high tariffs and quotas, but made it impossible for producers in this country to compete owing to the basis of wages paid, even though manufacturers here were equipped with the most up-to-date machinery and employed the most modern methods. FUNCTIONS OF BOARD CONTINUANCE ADVOCATED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, June 29. In a leading article regretting that Ottawa resulted in the likelihood of the disappearance of the Empire Marketing Board’s invaluable promotion of Empire trade, especially the co-operation of traders in smoothing a way for Empire producers, The Times, expresses the opinion that the dominions maj r find it difficult to secure such co-oper-ation by other means, and urges the preservation of the board’s organization to assist the home producer and the self-governing colonies, leaving the door open to the dominions to co-oper-ate on a reciprocal basis.