TAXES ON COLONIAL PRODUCE
TARIFF REFORM PLANS QUESTIONED. By Teleeraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. December 15, 5.5 p.m.) London, December I*l. Sir John Simon/ Solicitor-General, in a speech at Leyton, in criticising Lord Lansdowne's recent speech at the Albert Hall, asked whother tho Tariff Reformers intended to tax colonial articles of food. Sir Edward Carson had declared "Yes," and Mr. Bonar Law had more than once asserted that colonials would be better treated than foreigners. Everybody had been thrilled by the Dominions' contributions to the Navy. "Was it the Unionistpolicy to tax colonial produce, thus causing a grievance to the British consumer byincreasing food prices and a grievance to the colonial producer, who would be denied free access to the Motherland's marketsf
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1624, 16 December 1912, Page 7
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120TAXES ON COLONIAL PRODUCE Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1624, 16 December 1912, Page 7
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