FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.
The “ Auckland Herald ” of yesterday contains the following :—“ Sir Arthur Gordon has taken an opportunity of expressing his appreciation of the principles of free trade. Sir George Grey,at his recent meeting here, touched on the question of protection with his little finger, and made it clear that ho, at all events, is not disposed to misrepresent. He expressed his confidence that the audience would be prepared to pay something more for what they purchased with the object of obtaining permanent advantages. This is not the guise in which protection is usually presented to the public ; and the irresponsive attitude of his auditors was so pronounced that their approval of the other portions of his speech showed that they did not like it. Sir George Grey was perfectly honest, however, in representing protection as a tax levied on the consumer, and his audience were equally so in rejecting the notion that they, as consumers, should get less value for their money than they otherwise could, because it might be thought desirable to foster home production. We are glad that he put protection thus plainly, and fairly refused to be a party to any attempt to mislead the working classes.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2552, 26 May 1881, Page 3
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202FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2552, 26 May 1881, Page 3
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