EMPIRE TRADE
NECESSITY FOR PREFERENCE MR. AMERY’S SOUND COMMENTS. OLD PREJUDICES TO BB OVERCOME. Received October 23, 7.25 p.m. (Reuter). LONDON, Oct. 22. Speaking at a dinner to promote th# use of Canadian products, at which the menu consisted of Canadian produce, Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery, Secretary of State for tho Colonies, insisted that the most effective way of promoting Empire trade was preference. He declared that the obvious commonsenso of such a proposal would eventually commend itself to Britain and every part of the Empire. Opposition to preference was due to a preconception of economic theories, with something of the religious about them, which could not be shaken, even by the most obvious appeals of commonsense, but a beginning had been made. The principle of preference was firmly enshrined in the policy of Britain, at the instance of Cabinet, representing all parties. Much had still to be done by effective organisation, better publicity and goodwill of tho people. As suggested by the economic committee, trade was not so much a. matter of politics as of custom and habit.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19437, 24 October 1925, Page 7
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181EMPIRE TRADE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19437, 24 October 1925, Page 7
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