OTTAWA AGREEMENT

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 224, 20 April 1933, Page 6

OTTAWA AGREEMENT

Full Effect Asked For

FARMERS’ UNION RESOLU-

TION

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Wellington, April 1!). The following motion was passed _ today by the New Zealand Farmers ’Union; “That the New Zealand Farmers’ Union emphatically urges that the spirit of the Ottawa agreement must be given full effect and strongly concUmns any support of the fatal principle of quotas. It further urges that all rural interests should adopt a common platform standing by !l:e agreement and demanding that it be interpreted in the spirit in which it was intended, namely, offering Britain such tariff adjustments as will secure reciprocal advantages from a continuation of it. The union commends the action of the New Zealand Dairy Board in regard to the question of quotas and offers its support in maintaining that attitude at all costs.” Mr. W. J. Poison, president, stressed the seriousness of the position and asked that his action in supporting the Dairy Board be confirmed. He stated that quotas would lead to stagnation and check the development of the industry. He also referred to the necessity of giving Britain a quid pro quo, and mentioned the position of the Ottawa agreei ment dealing with British manufacturers in New Zealand. In a telegram to the Dairy Board he advocated standing by the Ottawa agreement and demanding that it be interpreted in the spirit in which it was intended—namely, offering Britain such tariff adjustments as would ] secure a continuance of the agreement.