FOOD TAXES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 5

FOOD TAXES.

UNIONIST DIFFERENCES HEALING S . BASIS OF SETTLEMENT. Bj Telesrub—Pron A*ioolfttlon—Oowrlglil . London, January 8. ilt is rumoured that the lobby differ ences between rival seotions of the Union il ist party have been settled on the basil that the food'taxes will not be adoptee until a Unionist Government has sub • mitted them to .the country., ~ ' Joseph Ward, in the course of at •' interview,' said he Had always. declarct J ' for an Imperial preference which woult ; not include the taxation of food. inGreai Britain. He still believed that this wai , D practical, arid ho was sure, that tho Do n minions would never ask tho Home country to t?x food in'order to bring th< 0 .scheme, into being. . d ■ , ° •, .. NO COMPACT WITH CANADA, i- ■- (Rep. January 9, 11.40 p.m.) Ottawa, January. 9. The Prime Minister, Mr., Borden,- hoi officially, denied the'making ol any compact. or agreemens,with th<S British tarifl party when in England. CANADA AND PREFERENCE. j NO DESIRE-FOR SACRIFICES BT 1 ' BRITAIN. , "The Times" published on November • -27 tho following telegram . from its Tor- • onto correspondent:— V i 0 : Discussing Lord Lansdowne's speeoh at r the Albert. Hall, the "Toronto News," al--3 ways a.strong advocate of Imperial- Preference, doubts if : the. Unionist"- Ltoder understands tho position of Canadar-; j . It'.says-that it'is not the intention of . Canadian Ministers-to: bargain over the table at : Westminster; for advantage in British markets, 'andit. is; not intended that control by the Canadian' Government . over the fiscal duties shall bo limited by a «>ntract,withthe' Imperial authorities. • {Neither. would " it' be in , the interest „of Canada or in the interest of tho Empire . that" we. should "impose'duties for- the advantage of British 'manufacturers which operato to 'the disadvantd?© of. Canadian ' manufactures; /It 'is not intended, to , strain.,the: loyalty of .Canadians .by ask--1 mg : for any. sacrifice! of Canadian interests in order to eorve financial or indus- , tripl interests in',the,Mother Goantry.•: So; Canada' that, if Great Britain restores Protection .she" will, in .readjusting the duties, be;governed primarily and chiefly by the copditioTi, 1 } in Groat Britain , and by, the interests of the British peoplo. : Canada, does not expect.tho^British. -people to,- mako,;;;sacrificos,. for the-Dominions, whether in tho;/OTm of foqll taxas; or in anv otherJclasaiof. •The supreme,.object of both' tho\Mother Country and the-.dominions mist bo. to unite and solidify,'..the ; Emjjite, arid'no',tax which, ' by, high',;,lmperial . considerations should V be. imposed ; oither in the Dominions: or in-the Mother Country./ Only irritation will be.pfo'duced. in Great Brifain if,,any; her peoplo are sacrificed toeerve'Canadiah'inraresis. /So-Imperial patriotism must not bo stimulfited ifany ; cl(iM of Canadians : w required; to'make sacrifices for purely British,interests. • r, As. Canada controls hor own tariff, >o l must. Great Britain: But. no doul)t''tho . future .fiscal . policy , of : .Canada", will be determined somewhat by such preferential treatment as thp Dominion, reoeivea in ; British _markfltfl,: or by the nltimats w. fusal of tho Mothor-f Country to establish' . Mciprocal:tariffs. ..