RECIPROCITY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 36, 7 September 1899, Page 13

RECIPROCITY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.

The Pastoralists 1 Review, in the course of an article on Federation, says with regard to the position of this Colony : — Their first idea will be to get a reciprocity treaty for their produce. That this is an idle dream becomes evident when it is considered that practically all they can offer the Commonwealth is a small market for wine and svgar — two interests which are politically weak — whilst what they require is admission to a large market for produce, which

affects very important Australian interests. It is all ' Lombard street to a China Orange,' in the old phrase, against reciprocity being given to a colony which stands ont of the responsibilities and wants the lion's share of the practical benefits of federation. The New Zealanders may at once dismiss the idea of reciprocity from their minds.