A FREE-TRADER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14011, 16 September 1909, Page 2

A FREE-TRADER.

i Mr. Royse (Manchester) said he represented a chamber that was freetrade from conviction. On economic lines free-trade had been pursued for many years with conspicuous success. The Old Country was dependent on other countries for food sippties and raw material. Anything which tended to increase prices of what was wanted made the Ola Country less able to compete in the market* of the world. He hoped the congress. WVfm pause befofe it pasted th» mofotfoa, which was a fixed and definite oae tp adopt. ' Reciprocal trade in the Empire and trade with India ware very Talnable, and' amounted to sometbitog. Ukft fort* millions (sic). Surely, they Wura not endanger, that? Personally he would have preferred not to hare seen colonial duties, but each por(don of the Empire had to work out its destinies as it thought beat. Besßlef witb India, trade with other countries moant hundreds of millions. What might be goods for Canada and Australia- might not be good for the Mother Country. Had it been laid, "We will join with the Empire in absolute free-trade," it would have been a noble sentiment. Mr. Dixon (Sheffield) believed tho resolution would give more work for the working classes.