AT WAR RAGING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 301, 15 August 1932, Page 5

AT WAR RAGING

■tA BARGAINING HjllNIONS ASK FOR MTyoTA AGAINST ■ -ARGENTINE quite useless ■■„By Telegraph — Copyright). m,Ang. 14, 5.0 p.m. 9 OTTAWA, Saturday. 9j[, Bruce and Mr, J. G, Kjthe most trying day of jMfonference, -when they were H^tb the British Ministers H,ia the morning until five K night. Then Mr. Bruce K'tlie g'olf course to take his Re ordeal. H,r5 are raging, as the cabHp3St few days indicate, hut H for the first time, to-night, Hjiiat the issue has been nar■arding this vital commodBpresumed, therefore, that ■jnot be any real difficulty H. 0r fruit, or the f ailure on Bjf Australia and New Zea■;er conditiops necessary for ■jent thereon. Ks earlier in the week were » Britain had hecoine re- & the inevitability of small Kw every aspect of the profeing rediscussed with new stralian and New Zealand ,s0 framed that they would jtain the granting of quanta jctions on Argentine chilled >out laying herself open to ■A that she is unjustifiably jer own market, because the ■vj not restrict Britain's toimports. plaijs which Australia and sre pushing are the ial of the Ottawa negotia.Jcould be backed by many raments. Their statement is iless we get something for tindustry, we might as well j[ come to Ottawa. If we iiave some protection, we lillbe unable to carry on." ur of the fact that Great foreign meat represents beland 80 per cent. of her total the Dominions have contendit will be perfectly reasonGreat Britain to decide to limit of 50 per cent. foreign, atotake 50 per cent. from inions, if they show they iply it. All the mysterious :oil down to this. Great Bri$0imported 455,000 tons of schilled beef. Will she agree :in 1932, only 400,000 tons. iced figure is only supposiiArgentine's 455,000 tons in jresent 50.47 per cent. of beef imports. In addition, inported 60,000 tons of Ariozen beef and 111,000 tons and mutton, making the ;ort percentage from Argen5 per cent., from New Zea■3 per cent, from Australia, ately 8.97' per cent., and ;3tints from other countries. sal decisions are expected :enext 48 hours. Tremendous Help jentine meat imports into ritain are quantitatively reby only 5 per cent., which :ear the mark, the Dominions 3g at, it would represent a ;'js help to both Australia r Zealand, which are resolspliasising that the proposal in any way place definite reion the total imports. ;er, it leaves the price at the ij of the market influence, rill be modified by the duties, , small. ibeen made plain that Great ihroughout, has talked of alone. This is useless, beb Argentine cquld well afi pay them and continue ! the market and keep the frozen meat and lamh ielow a profitable level for lucers. noteworthy, that although i British and American inrepresentatives have been ? the Chateau lobby, not a iaji from the Argentine has 3 appearance at Ottawa at !e of the proceedings. This ad to the presumption that atine knows well the strength ase inasmuch as Great Brii sucli huge investments in Berica. istory of the conference will i perspective to this titanic business versus blood ties. consider it strange that this a should he left until the iages at Ottawa. It might be by the British delegates as ?iness, to grant the requests |at the hattle is practically ar as other factors are con•his would give the Dominind for satisfaction and the iof more reciprocal trade, with the widespread belief ;innocuous currency report aally revive confidence, and flnds for the stimulation of aiterprise, in turn diminish'ployment.