AMERICA'S DEMAND FOR WHEAT

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13019, 7 February 1911, Page 2

AMERICA'S DEMAND FOR WHEAT

(Received Feb 6, 11.30 p.m.) London, Fob 6. lhe. "Daily Mail" says the United states oilers Canadian farmers 7}d ,\ ou.slie! for wheat more than they can obtain in Can.-.uhi. while British j)'referm(\- would only amount to 3d. Clearly Lntain's so-called bread tax is deli'.mtely and /nially extinguished, ami the sooner the (Tiiioiiists let their constituents know this the better. Tho piotection of manufactured goods ami a further lowering of the duties ou British manufactures within the Empire would appeal strongly to the. Canadian and British people, but an increased price, of food in Britain is inevitable.

I he "Daily Chronicle" declares tha* if a remnant of fiscal policy survives it will be a sordid and vulgar protectionism incapable of an exalted appeal.