The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times THURSDAY, JUNE, 30, 1932. ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1932, Page 4

The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times THURSDAY, JUNE, 30, 1932. ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.

Naturally the advantages to be derived from the coming conference at Ottawa to the Dominions are one of the main considerations to be given by the representatives of the various Governments, in addition to tile purpose of intensifying the bonus of Empire. There is, however, another viewpoint to which consideration must be given before any concrete results are to be obtained. This side of the question is set out/ in an article from'"a home paper which gives a warning to Britain against sacrificing too much to the Dominions to the prejudice of her own markets, and goes on to say that the question addressed by Lord Sccce to the President of the Board of Trade on the subject of a trade negotiation with Denmark expresses an anxiety which is agitating the minds of an increasing number of people in tile country. The Danish Government, as is ivell known, is anxious to open negotiations for a trade treaty definite. Iy and deliberately aiming at an increase of British sales in Denmark in order to approximate to a better balanced: trade between that country and its c- 1 lief customer. Lord Scone asked whether a conference on the subject migbt-' not lie invited now, and received. frm Major -Colville the stereotyped.- reply that negotiates of t’dr character cannot he undertaken till after the Jnperial Conference at Ottawa. The growing feeling is that a gremt deal too much is being sacrificed to (this conference- at Ottawa ; that we are going to enter it at a heavy disadvantage, and will probably conic out of-it sheared and shorn. Our chances of, doing real business vat it would be immensely improved if those attending' it were-aware that mmultaneouslv we- were treating with other countries as well as the Dominions. Tn this I connection there are certain facts that ought to have a prominent place in the . public mind and in the mind of the politicians, and one of the chief of them is that there are- a score of countries in the world with which it is possible for us to make a much ‘.move profitable bargain for ourselves than we are ever likely to make with the- Dominions. Denmark is one of them, and typical of the- others are the Argentine and rno't of 'the South American Republics. The reasons are obvious. With a single exception the Dominions aim at being self-sufficient in the matter of manufactured goods, nwit they have pone a, long wny toward attaining that ideal. And they do rot intend to surrender at Ottawa an inch of the market for that class of goods which their protectionist tariffs have secured them.