BRITISH FEARS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1931, Page 3

BRITISH FEARS

OF BEING UN DM I {SOLD. United Press Asaociat/mn Bv ElwtriTelegraph—Copyright! LONDON, April 24 “Weil equipped workshops are springing up throughout Russia. The output is increasing in a startling manner. ‘Flic Beds are wady to raid the world markets.”, said Sir J. Sundemann Allen, Conservative Me nber of the House of Commons, addressing th. Associated Chiunboiis of Commerce. “Russia's new methods of marketing." he said, constituted a serious attack on the commercial system. The goods would he sold at from twentyf tv,« to sixty per cent, below the poKsibl ■ (Ost of production. Tn Britain th e c- ecutive of the Associated Cham>w'rs were 'nstructod to study the posi t.ici and consider counteracting inea-sur'-s. ex- r 'hanceilor Exchequer. Sir ’n'lert. Hr me. in a speech to ••-,''i'"i v -r<of i'- 0 !n l>er of Commerce. London, ail that although an optimist hv nature. he <ould nothing b” f a steady di ft to disaster if Br : *ain •ii‘ ; ’ ied her present course. We t,! 'd h . i Jghes taxation in the world. U we went on as at present, w ■ w n uld he unable to support our soc’ il ser•i( -s im i hieb w<> were spend"’g 78s fid per b< 'd of the population compared to ”7s fid in Germanv : 1 i" France; and 5s 6d in Belgium.