THE GOVERNMENT TARIFF PROPOSALS.
The Oamaru " Mall " \a " informed on ?;op4 authority that it Is ihe intention of he Government to iotroddoe a caatoms tariff next session that will be startling m magnitude. It is said, however, that the Government's design ia not to protect colonial industries but to raise revenue. tTo avow Bach a design Is a politic move, A large number of the Government's supporters are Freetrader^ and (t would b'd dlsagtrotfu Wthe Government to plainly state that they intend to tua't a policy of thorough-going Prot3Ction. Such people are to !I be satisfied with an avowil of the Government's intentions, whilst the plamour of the Protectionists is to be a|layed by a policy BntagonlaHp to that ipti&Uon, aid in 1 harmony with their views. The one will get the shadow, the ether the substance. It goes without taylDg that such a thorough revision of the tariff aa is eald to be contemplated will give rise to prolonged and vigorous debate, and that it will lead to important ph,»Dgwi lo the b>iange of parties?'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1827, 28 April 1888, Page 3
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176THE GOVERNMENT TARIFF PROPOSALS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1827, 28 April 1888, Page 3
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