LEVY ON BEEF.
SUGGESTION IN BRITAIN.
SUBSIDIES FOR HOME PRODUCERS. United press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 29. A levy on imported beef, roughly equal to the deficiency in payment necessary to -ensure to.the home producer a fair price for his meat, is suggested by the Standing Committee on Beef to the Council of Agriculture. The committee points out that the restriction of imports has not achieved a rise in prices. It expresses the opinion that tariffs are not practicable under the existing agreements and would not he effective, owing to the large imports of Canadian live stock and Australian and New Zealand beef, which are admitted duty free. Therefore, the levy is the best alternative.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19118, 1 December 1933, Page 10
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116LEVY ON BEEF. Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19118, 1 December 1933, Page 10
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