The Fiscal Campaign.

Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1903, Page 2

The Fiscal Campaign.

THE TARIFF AND THE WORKERS. Mr Chamberlain, replying to a correspondent, said present circum-. stances offer no parallel to the period prior to the repeal of the Laws. < After emphasising the influence of railways, electricity, organistion of labour and exercise of the suffrag Mr Chamberlain declared that the condition of the country in the early forties was due to many causes quite independent of the tariff, as shown by the immense prosperity of such countries as Germany and Sweden, where tariff had been utilised for the increase of employment of workers, POOD AND RAW MATERIAL. Mr H. H. Asquith, in a latter to the Liberals of said it would be impossible to give preference to Canadian wheat and deny it to South African wool. Mr Asquith added that Mr Chamberlain’s proposal, if logically enforced, would involve rising the price of food and raw material. THE CONFERENCE AT MONTREAL. Lord Minto, Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada, speaking at a banquet in connection with the Imperial Congress of Chambers of Commerce at Montreal, said the Empire was on the eve, possibly, of a great upheaval as regards the Motherland’s fiscal conditions and the present system of Inter-Imperial tariffs. The great moves in the campaign, said Lord Minto, had not yet begun. The discussion of the matter by the Congress would place the new fiscal proposals before the public in a practical light. The Empire wanted besides sentimental connections, common interest, and it should be clearly defined and strong enough to enable all the component part* of the Empire to simultaneously withstand outside opposition. After further discussing the matter, and agreeing to an amendment which will ensure due consideration being given both to the fisal and industrial needs of the various countries, the Congress has adopted the resolution previously cabled, otherwise unchanged unanimously. Mr Peacock, the Tasmanian delgate, during the course of the debate, asked why preference', should not be given to Australian wbol equally with Canadian wheat.