CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14006, 15 September 1909, Page 5

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

WORLD'S CONFERENCE: ; EABL DUDLEYS ADDRESS. Press As.sociation~By Telegraph-Copyright Reeiiyed 10.Io; p.m.,,, Sept. 14th. SYDNEY, Sept. 14. When the- .Chambers of Commerce Conference assembled the question . of. voting was dealt with. Several of tho British delegates stated,that as they represented several chambers they should have votes for each uhamher. After discussion it., was decided that delegates could only vole for one chamber. '

On armal ol Ihe Till rl l")udle\ in address to the vis pitsPiiicd to hi in ninth he und.itook to < il.le to His \Ti|cst\ ThnvPirl o[ Dwllo\ thru s hi n piosidont doclaiod the Crnfiiowo open and slid tin! tin momhois f inro hoi* in no'small oi <ollish sunt oi with an\ do*iif» In uhniwe ihe inttitsls rl one- wiiuon ol Liu Finniie it the c\pensi ol inotiiei hut villi the sole inn of *-otuiing tint the p isition ol then T< lefithris should Ik lolaintd Looking i( the* nosihon nl ill ins m the world to-day, thev found a real strnsyrlo lit tw eon the \uious intions who v'oro almost entirely concerned villi the nctf-siU ol arquumg increased outlets for trade. To secure (he open door ihioid was the polie\ of nitdoin foioignoi, and is m ir h\ loir internal lcsouioos of e\<i\ nation became developed and their producing powers intioisod the piossuro of competition boo in o keeim Some •people i\ ere disposed to tat,c a \fli\ Honinv view of• the facts, and to assert tint tlio apex of Bntiah prcspoiit\ had boon »-" 'mrl and th docnflpr>no r r Hie race had begun. . Ho thought there was no.p;ood reason, for any such unpleas mt foiebodings The% lnd lost "round not fiom i decline of fapiottv but because they had ov'ing to their phonoinen d success not iodised tint otlioi nations possessed i apnbilitios not less gio it thin tlion mui Thou e-\os voio no\\ opened, and todiy all o\ei the Fmpn > uoio hnish rngigod putting thou house in oidoi TTe IOMOud -at lon/tli the itl iinnients ol the pit Minis ttmgiiss Now to Vustriliit hid come fiom in m\ linds loipscnt itives of liivooiiil lommoiti to tOnfer on subieits of (oinninn into lost Impel til ledoultion, which lnd boon afnong Hie subieits at the lust congioss in lSßf> still liv in the distint future* but snue the ponod nion tioned tho\ had witnessed fh< c\olution ol t'io Vuslralnn toiiimonwe dth Pie the dnsid tliov would set llio iialtsatiou ol a Solith Uiicin union using ntit ol the ishos ot a lament ihle fonlhct—a ennfhet m ido unmclable b\ the OMtlewP of pi letit d lo\ ilt\ on the put of tin Bntish Doruhinns The \anous Cplonnl Cnnfficiues held had done mm h 1o omouiigo the spiut imdoi lung the ispuition lot hnperi d ledtrition Bt lore next Conftient, inicts il w is uitliui the bounds ot prs sihilitv {hit the\ might have vuclo's t*h gnpln /ill o\ei the globe Then weio Few subiecls oL «o nuioh mipoit me* binding totrcthc i the- Fnipiio as choip tolofii ipin (ominunii ation The Pi ess hnd sei\od them well but thei, lould not do jisliio in keeping them fullv informed'on what was going on in all parts ol the Finpne it the existing rates of transmission. The inipaitaiu" ol tlio speOchts or Tmpcinl statesmen could not be mtolhge nllx convevod in a few lines. ■ The subject wis one tint hid not if(ti\od the it lentinii it <loser\o<l nid ho honed tho\ might be able to strengthen the hands ol til" leoont l*ross C onf ( rente on this mittoi Tlio\ mouU look loiw nd* with intnost md lo ii n fi ->m th ii Vnstrdim hosLs of llnu ox ntiiente \iitli aibitialion in to labour difrereueos. The programme ol the oie"oiil C union IK (ontnntd n< m\ unsolved r'-obloms. The British Eutpno wis like a cie<t l.imiK vhr-e nun ••ons md laughtots had four from the eld homo into new lands. The relitions hetween -\onnfr and old hid improved in ?"ito cf diftnnco, and oo noil Discipline lnd tlo\oltptd into tint or (C Miinonshio and coiisiiUalion II dui'oi line rs to conlmnti tlie old homo bv atiacVs on oullyinjr 1 inds the \ nous limit lies if tht fi inilits rilhtd to Fioidom in the nian.ii'omont « !' their new homes lit- hood the watt 1 <"' d liei (In old pt ople it liouii 'I bus in spitt of oo casional* argument as to the various d« \t lopmt nts thf I units t illume 1 to giow in iinif\ antl gtiod loliti. ns pmi realising thnii the crimson thread ol kinship runs thtongli ill thopiionts freely, anil continupiisl.y lent til' their ut llllllllations to tht n thildtiii md the commercial relations arising thorelinni h.itl Ik in luge md sitislitlou I lit ii must now Ik> an ondia\oiii to pioinoto the best (oninieuuit liluions betweon the % inous puts tl tb » 1 m pii' 1 I he\ most In md iomo\t bin 1 iintos whtre liindiintos exist, to pio moto e isit i md ngtilii (oiniiiuiiu i Lions bilwtin ill pails ol the l>i iti-Ii I'mpiH to issiiml ite tht tomniei id li\\v in 1 tbtu ifliniuislntion to i usi the il md iid ol (oinnitind uid tt t h nical'Otliication, to devise wise measures, enabling some -of the teeming ma.v'sOs of the Oitl Country at the right age to oniigrnte to tht l lands of the newer countries' where they may lind opportunities f.-r nsili" their lives to greater advantage and at the same lime hike a share in the development of new, States; anil to extend the commerce of the Empire en lines most likely to lie beneficial for all parts.