THE FISCAL QUESTION.
THE POSITION OF COLONIAL
PRODUCE,
A QUESTION FOR TARIFF
REFORMERS
(UnitedJPress Association. —Copyright.)
Received 5-5 p.m., December 15.
LONDON, December 14
Mr. Simon Leyton. criticising Lord Lansdowne's Albert Hall speech, asked whether Tariff Reformers intended to tax Colonial articles of food. Sir E. Carson had declared yes, and Mr* Bonar Law had more than once asserted that Colonials would be better treated than foreigners. Everybody was thrilled by the Dominions' contribution to •the Na yy- Was it the Unionists' policy to tax Colonial produce, thus causing a grievance to the British consumer by increasing food prices, and a grievance to the Colonial producer, who desired free access to the Motherland's markets.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 16 December 1912, Page 5
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