ELECTION HARVEST

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1930, Page 5

ELECTION HARVEST

A PAPER’S COMMENT

United Priesa Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy right). (Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) VANCOUVER, Aug. ,25.

Commenting on New Zealand’s motor car tariff, the Vancouver “Sun’’ states editorially:—“The first sheaves in Canada’s election harvest were gathered in last week when New Zealland peremptorially cut off the tariff preference which she has maintained 'on Canadian motor cars and parts, and discussed the dropping of further preference 6n British Columbia lumber and newsprint. This means that Canada’s yearly trade amounting to twelve millions dollars with New Zealand in motor cars and motor parts will [be materially decreased, and that any hope of expanding’ British Columbia’s market for her wood products in New Zealand might just as well be forgotten, The Canadian people are paying a high price for the whimsical notion of eleetng Mr Bennetf to the Premiership of Canada, New’ Zealand’s slap at Canadian trade should give Canadians something to think about. It will most certainly injure' Canadan “trade to the extent of creating many more hungry mouths in the Dominion next winter. Of course Mr Bennett while spending his own millions won’t go hungry, but the factory workers down in Ontario and lumber and newsprint employees in British Columbia have not those millions to play with, and some of them will go hungry. Mr Bennett was elected on the specious promise of ending unemployment by act of Parliament, yet the first consequence of his election is an act that will take jobs from Canadian workers and make food more difficult to buy for Canadian mouths. Canada’s election harvest is beginning and looks like * a sad, sad crop,”