THE TARIFF ISSUE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 5

THE TARIFF ISSUE.

;^"; ; -^^ ; V^GIl^ERINGi'niA3)E.'/; : : OF FOREIGN PBOTEGTip:^::^ (BX TELEGIUrH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPIKIDHT.j ; • ■' : : ;: 3'i- '■' ■:- ; H y, ', i London, January 28. ; :■: ; >\THe ;Triri£F 'Commission'sVeport; on .the engineering, industry states that;,77-.firms, had' : replied, that .tlieji were;:unaffected.'by-: foreign': in !|the' r-hoine.market;'',V; jji • ■ 500 : products .the foreign; tariffs,, especially. those :ofFranfce,'. Germany, the United States; .and Central with, exports:in; many branches of engineer--ing:;: Where colonial .-preference operated upon Engineering products', it; had- been of great ■benefit.;,. I '.--. ■■.-,■■.''-...-■. : ';.. : ., ; V:-.-.■:. ;--o !'■;■.;■■■ ":' ' y ::'J: : ': ', ;V V' , : ':>,'' ":■• ':■■■',.] "•' VV' ' '".^ ■^■X /y^% '9.': MSCALITEES, ;.', v:. :■;_: ;^ ;■:' V;;ALABM [ OF IRISH UNIONISTS^ : V.'■. :;■.: /■;. '■'■■■';'; ; ; ■ London, January 28.-. ■■[ i ; The;Marquis -of.-Londonderry, of Ireland, in'a speech: at Belfast;' ivarhed : tb.e. .Conservative-Unionists : - -that if , extremists placed '■; their I fiscal;' viewes'. in the forefront,' overlooking: the ; 'dangers' of Homo;Rulo, the result;at,the;next;.election.would be serious ;to the;party;and'full'.of danger to"lreland.' . '.[The; speech" by the Marquis of Londonderry" i.ropresents another contribution to ■ the* controversy, between ihe.itanfflte soctfon and other ttranones : of tUe/TJnionist party. The tariffitcs --force : tariff: ■ reform I on all Unionist candidates at next. 1 elections, '.and have sucfSvfe''-'^' that ' the ' Conservative ■Central Office: recently resolved not to .support. Unionist free-food candidates' at the elections ■unless> the free-foodefs unreservedly adopt' Mr., iialtour 6- tariff reform .policy, as outliued in Jiis notable, speech' at the Birmingham conference uuNovember, 1907. .The contention: of the free-fooders. is that, an all-tariff party will not. succeed.'. Furthermore; it. has - been: suggested that ..the. tanffites; with -their tariff-reform-at-policy, might he willing toseU them- r selves not only ; to'.Socialism, but even to Home WUIe.J .-.;/ .'•■ ■;.- j-.y ■■•-.' ■■:> ;'..''.,