THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 36, 6 November 1907, Page 9

THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

the'linost, fatal'objections.tg' : c is is the' vagu.o.-'- "> f iun'sppciiic ")rat11ro:• .of- -tlip :pi"oposnl.,Tlic bulk'' l ' 1 *r ; •'dfHho>clector.'s:of;Austridia.tll6ught' that-.tJiOy^: 1 ; -'; : |jy'o'i : ej Itt'sfarbiir -of- preference, altliougii;' aa' f " ! - r a l Wtter of Jact ; 00, per. coijt. of them know.,-!:';'' ' ; h'bblit what' Mr. Chamberlain's- pro- i*<£;?posajs elceted a majority of of coin-so,- arc hopelessly'; aniofig tlicmsolvcfSj but Mr. Dealiinj i ha'Sl seized 3&ct opportunity, of lulininisternig;of iviiiclU. is making- ovoAf i m/tuy of tlioj squeak;: • iM.iprofercn.tiaLutraderS .arS beginning tb'_ soolijbat their, '.thejne is.'jfo more-.lit■for. news--' 'piijlor editors ;;to use w'a theory., for. 'vaguo" - .editorials tjiai) for actual acceptance.' Wo.'. : tsfreotiraderspirijnld a feduo-'-tionjin on .(Britislfrmado goods,-, but'-, ■hvhat dpne'.>l)nt i>.ut a-high>tax : orii ..lirTtisli goods,'-; a»d " stiU higher- one. on -thb*" "fttrcifen article'. Takc.'-SiindltSj.'.fov 'instancojC rSdf |>er pojjji.ij on, Engl.igji and 3{d-.-on thijv foreign a^fcijlq.. ,It ■ia-'Cliamborlainisni aIK right; luiaiulfcpfaied protection clothed witlii'. tlie jbogojfo'Jiync.. prpjtercHtial :i.rade..u Thb: ; .-VijstVaiian; oi' r a them} ■: had !a vague idea that -preference :with-thol tradt of .\ra.-i a goodUhing,' 'And .;witliqti(f,.;pnquivi!lg. *v hat •; -was.-.aet'nallJi.{' imposed tliftx^rehirnud_a; Government- that: ia»-. jgivSiig thoiiK-.a tasto,.of,,it., i ,liut,' : lo.aiill-bfri'; - h'tfldj the bogus ij.loiv.siielr'al Goviirnmcufc;to hold oflW! Is it any .wonder!. ..that,l theysjiirp, losing ground? -1 - say, Mr.l 'Editor, tl{a.t i-hero is Australia.J.t- only,,^i-fe, "k jinuwv< j\i: i". actual faci>:;ib: is' one, jug party -.ol'-'Deakinj; itos,j and tp.think that such a .party iis "IK . ..reflection j)f.\ of . the., people) ,'i§ eiiough 'to;, make one; Wush-with .shame.... J. 'am, myself «>l)arfT-worUing roan, And.! warn. ■ ..my, s'ellow-wprkers ..to. beware 'of .the;-self-; candidates:;' TJipy -.aija: no dif-;-ferent to tho'-Jiib'oral- and'Torios-whon'.hi. orifice. •' To sTinplv goFworkuig mQiu(aiid.whb)' lis ~not n 'worker?) iiito, Parliament np|liing unjessj they lciioy what is wj.-oj.lg atld>; ito l'ignii .it, and tins-, lnjowlcdgo,,may-jjcv "posfiifssed by.'iueiujrlipi.db no'.pliyslcall.ivork'atv ,!aJlv jit is cprtairily not possqpspd'fe'tlie/aveWf ,ag() jcoloniidj labourite.—l,;ani, ctc., A |- ' a ;:STE}i3N§oN^'" ■ ' Hastings! "November" 6,"190K'""