BRITISH POLITICS.
TIIE FISCAL CONTROVERSY,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Dec. 15.
Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Lord George Hamilton, Viscount Goechen, Lord James of Hereford, and Mr Ritchie concurred in the Duke of Devonshire’s advice not to support Unionists sympathising with Mr Chamherlain. Professor Robert Wallace, in a letter to
the Times, says some alarmists who predict a scarcity and dearness of food have no idea of the vest resources of tho lands oversea. Enormous supplies of meat and grain are in sight. The Argentine alone will soon rival in food producing capacity'--, the United States. He adds that it is imperative to impose some duty against tho dumping of such vast quantities of food in the interests of British oversea and homo farmers. Mr Chamberlain, in a letter dealing with the shoe trades of Northampton, said : “ If we do anything to raise the cost of leather, we must compensate tho shoe-makers by an increased duty or proportionate drawback. Both trades should be protected from unfair competition.” Three hundred employees of Swansea hematite works and 100 Duffryn steel tin plate workers have received notice of die* missal.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1075, 17 December 1903, Page 2
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