CANADA AND GERMANY
TARIFF RELATION'S. FAILURE OF THE "MATLBD FIST" POLICY. Received "28, 11.5 p.m. Ottawa, January 28. Sir R. J. Cartwright, Minister for Trade and Commerce, speaking in the Senate af Ottawa, stated tßat there lad been pourparlers with German officials regarding tlic surtax on German goods. Canada's iejjislatioa, he said, yraa not directed against Germany. It was in the power of Germany to obtain more favorable tariff relations with Canada by placing Canada in the same position in regard to the German tariff Q9 she had before the introductioa pf 'British preference, which caused Germany to shake the mailed fist and put Canada in an unfavorable position to send goods to Germany. Canada's surtax followed, and as Germany was selling! sevenfold to Canada compared with Canada's sales to Germany, the latter was beginning to see the futility of the position she had taken up in regard to Canada.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 4, 29 January 1909, Page 3
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