EMPIRE INDUSTRIES

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1928, Page 1

EMPIRE INDUSTRIES

DEMAND FOR KM PIE E TAR IFT WALL.

(United Press Association—By Ele.ctric Telegraph—Copyright).

(Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 29

“ft is dear as crystal that unless we succeed fairly soon in welding E:npire; economic unity, wo .shall see a tendency towards economic divergences. ’ declared .Mr .Mitchell at a luncheon to the Empire Industries Association. “Sentiment and good-will will not indefinitely keep developing communities together. «Just as we must have large units in industry so we must have larger units in economies. When wo look at the prosperity of the I'nited States, to which we cannot see a st ip being put with her great five trade area within a tariff wall, and when we see the growing tendemv towards economic roapproaehm.'itt in Europe, we must wonder what is going to happen to this country. ] absolutely challenge Sir Austen Chamberlain's reported statement in Canada that England is part oi Europe. She is not. Instead of turning eyes to Geneva, she should turn them to Ottawa and Sydney. Instead of trying to placate the quarrelsome States of Europe, we should hand together the Empire s great heritage. A conference ol the Empire's big business men could wort out a scheme of inter-imperial trade paying due regard to the aspirations of the I .dominions to develop their own industries. It only we had the courage to put a ring tariff fence around the Empire. There is not a free trader in this or in any otbei country who could oppose a great extension of the free inter-change of gauds, as this would ultimately involve. 1 hope we shall never allow other nations to dictate what should he allowed to do with our gioat heritage. Tt is time the people of Britain began to assert themselves.”