CUSTOMS LAW

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 6

CUSTOMS LAW

ANOTHER ANTI-REFORM CANARD

&iX. article published in the kt-aJ '' ; anti-Jietonu. newspaper oil Haturiiay stated 1 that; i.i wCui'd probaljfy -conic it.o it: disacrecable tiurpnsi' So ; the majority of people to leant tliitt in llm px-pir'nta days last session a clause v,ss piiSKecl i« tho Custfljiis Aft pfOMtling that all poods imported by (iover.nme.Ut llousa shattM be admitted frfle of duly. Tha article .further staled fclifs -alaratioi'i of thp law "v. as accomplished snrrcjititionsly by a political trick, i A reporter vlid iiiada iiiqifirips (rii tiiG ; ; iiiifjc.cL oil. Satiii'daT was ■' informed Unit the cla. ise. rcf<jt:fccL to, dealing wiifcli ■£}ip of the governor j tfas introduced, fit tiro request of tho Homo Government, in. opte thai; eonflsli'ous hero lni.cjic. bp nuulo uniform with those iii every otter portion of tte British Empire. As to the ailogfttioii that ('lis alt&pfe fcidft _of tho IfiW: u'fiftonrtjWsijtd siii 1 !- i\vptit joiHy, tllo following facts wero Cus.tem.s Blfl was re« forred fe'r detailed c-xasiihifition to n. Kpfeeia} Committee of the House of HcprrseiHativos, which included in its meiui'Ci ship Sir Joseph Ward (tender of. the Opposition) !tii.i! Messrs. Wit ly, lludde, and Veirch. Tin: clause rolat wig to (tofeiief'fi' effects was .pxplained by. the Hon. 1". M. 13. Ki.dmr (Minister of Customs) in the House tit rftprescjitelivos svhei) tho. ©usImus lii'l ms ctfmni'itted, £hv.inf* to vfei fast that flip explanation \V«h gfveii when iho House ivas ;iu Committee the explrniiition is not rejiCrtod iu ••'Hair- : sard," but the Iloir, lit, I), Bel!: (leader 01 tlii! Legislative Cdimcil) slated, when, tho matter was. mentioned to him o:i Saturday, that the explanation <if tho clausp which he |*av£> in. the Upper 1 lous-io was based upon the explanation which lie had previorisly -hcaid prcn try .Mr. !• lshnr nr tlie llouso of Hcpre--6entr.ti\:os, Tlio oils.toi.its Bill v.'as on& of t.l» few measures brought down during the session wlsieli Mr.. Itdlhrul not r.eritl. but he was in tho Legislative GV.imcillor.s 1 (trillcry.. in the. House of I?flpT : es6ti|sit.H'e'S when Mr. Fisher a:plained the effect: of tlio clause pro* vjdmp: for the remission' of 'Customs taxation oti the Governor's effects. Wlstoij lio took ehr.riio of the Cusioms Dill in Hie. I'pper House. Mr,. Hell, for the reasons horo staicd, aslcod t!i« Council to .accept the statcnier.tK of tlio Customs- Department and tho Minister ttf Custorns.. Speaking oil tl'lo ciiiostiori that the Bill be roail tlio secntid tinip. Mi:. Hell s-vlcl. inter alia: "There is ono sttiiiii aterii'tisii'ii tef tiic iiti'v. N'isiv -Zca-' land stands alone .in rlmri;iti!;."il'.e (l.ovcrno'r dsity npr>n the goods that be may bring out here. We are, in .fact, jl'.o culv part of His Majesty's Doiiiinions which has that o'ist.iucticin, and \vo. proposri to reino.vo it. by this flltei'-ation. I do i;ot kttow that't » very hniwrtantone, and. f dn not think His Excellency the Governor lias triitiMeS alsout tli« ir.atkr, but the Secretary of Sfat« cnlled attenlicn to fin? U'liinu position we hold. atid. advantace has been taken of fltiß. Ri'.l te rnniovo tti!ti. position. '