TARIFF REFORM.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9070, 10 February 1908, Page 5

TARIFF REFORM.

Press Association. —Copyright. Received Feb. 9, 5.15 p.m. Loudon, Last Night. While still not believing that any practical results will flow from so extravagant an interference with commerce as the Commonwealth’s new protection involves, the _ Spectator advises the British tariff reformers, if they are sincere, to agree to the introduction of the Australian system. Viscount Ridley presided at the Tariff Reform League annual meeting, at which 15,000 delegates were represented. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain sent a message ; stating that the progress of the movement surpassed the most sanguine expectations. Mr Austin Chamberlain, M.P., emphasised the evidence there was in every direction of a growing desire for knowledge concerning fiscal reform, and the growing uneasiness in regard to the condition of trade.