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;Uattempt : tp neutralise it in :: |- ; v: :^; '| ;^'::^SC AN A D A >i , '-'VI.:-'' s^: r , 7 , v:' f::-3;BT : :3AIOTAY:;a^BIGHTS. ; ;;!4;;: ;,vV--y.(Ecio.; January ; : 7,.' 11,25 ■p.TaJj.;.::i~i ') '&■?:■:.' '■' ~: ; X;.'; X' , j Ottawa! .January :Ti '■'■: , are. being ■ -'made'-iin' were'recently',''adopted by the- Canadian-: 1, North; ;Atlantic; ; W.esftbound'Freight .Coh-V :f6rehce,':and which , , particularly ".".affect; ■British/Eoft-gogds.W':^'; , -^.-J't.\-!ju ■!> 'rV'u ■':;,Caiwdiatf:'':merchanW^?H e ße>iWV;-:'the.' Canadian'/North y.-AUantio'/JWcst-bound , Freight;! Conferenco: '.was*'- cohtrolle'd:;^ 1 "American:.'mitnijfac£nrersiV i wno...\vin /stand. : loss'of {British,-manufacv tufers^:, v C.^ : ',^ ; ':'^:--;~:V;':';. [i,j : /:"-fti','-'-'<j :X Thfl.-Board of Trade of 'ToiqntoAasserts; tbatjthe'.mcrease in freights is. equivalent to; a' reductiori in the' British preierence; !-;li^; ; .crcascs; ; ;wili; : strike %a. ■.s^ggcring';.>low.- at BWtish;|tTade. ;;^^-: >-i'Sv;V ; >:v>:Ki:' s ; t^; :;'^ babied j-from" pttawa, ; : ; onJD6.;' .cflmber : Board of; Trade .of; Ot-. ■.tewaiihas.-prqtceted'agaihet' the' proposed. action';of. the 'North , ';Atlantic'.West-bound 'Freight,:>Cqnferencbi' , 'in ; '':increasing /.-the .traiisport ichargesvby-;.' 25' per, cent.: ■ for. icean;fTeightaybehveeii .Britain< and; Can-'; 'adav'nAll'ithe-'.Caiadiaii shipping; panies" to .the .■increase, , which will .tend tdi*di vert ■ bnsiness :■ to' ■ United '■; States: factories jand:';to : .nullify:;BriHsh : ,m'entV;.of; iOttavra'; will be'•: asked .to '•' co^; .operate :mih:. the. : boarda' , .'qfitrade;in■': this: matter.] '!j^ : 'yy^yti'\^:'^:^i-H-¥ ::^: -.'^