THE AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2186, 16 September 1907, Page 2

THE AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.

ENGLISH PRESS OPINION. Jutted Press Association—Copyright LONDON, September i 3. Tili 6 Times publishes the more import m t serious of the Common wealth Tariff, and contends that the general affect is in a direction which will be detrimental to British trade. • It can. inly hope that British goods through ;he advantage they will receive comiared with foreign—in many, cases alnost illusory—may be sufficiently, in demand to prevent the volume of the* Motherland’s Australian trade under- * ;oing appreciable diminution. The Daily Chronicle, commenting on Mr. Deakin’s resolve to adhere to preference, says it is afraid his firm stand will not excite the Motherland’s grateful admiration. In commerce, principle counts for less than interest. ’ Die Tariff hits the interest of British manufacturers very hard; nevertheless, in justice to Mr. Deakin, if Australia wishes to resolve on a high Tariff all round, if, in other words, tile only choice is between the proposed high tariff with preference and something without it, Mr. DenJyiKs ' stand therefore may call for gratitude in some infinitesimal degree. Since the slight remissions accorded Britain are clearly not within the scope of substantial preferential treitment, the Pall Mall Gazette oon.dudes that Australian feeling, piqued by British Ministers’ , militant temptuops rhetoric, proved tor :asistsnt to enable Mr. Deakin,to give full effect to the policy ho foreshadowed in London. The Westminster Gazette admits the Tariff would have created a worse impression, if no preference had been" conceded. *•