TARIFF PROPOSALS.
UNIONIST POLICY, i IM.PER.IMj £REEERE^CE. |Br Telegraph—Press iVseaciattcin—Ooßyricht j (Ree. March 1, 5.5 p.m.) ' London) F-cbntaiy '28. Mr. Botuur Law (Leader of the Opposition), in an article in the Journnl I 1 lag," outlines the Unionist policy -on ■ tariff reform for the nest election. It is not proposed to impose' new food i duties. The Unionists instead hope fco reniovo some of tho existing duties, but tiioy would impose a tariff not exceeding an average of ten per cent. 011 foreign goods and establish Imperial preference. 1 Such duties eoxsld be justified 011 the strictest Free-trsdo principles by the needs of the rcvemio, awl also 011 the same ground its the revenue tariffs of Free-fcfasle India and Egypt. The farmfirs would bo compensated. by the Gov* I ewiment using a portion of the tariff I revenue to reduce the burdens on agri* J culture. .There would also be a rcadi jnstmciit of local taxation. The annual i value of imported luxuries Amounted to j £30,000,000. a.wl these* tvoftld be best ! able to bear a tariff.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 7
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177TARIFF PROPOSALS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 7
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