IMPOSE EXPORT DUTY ON FOOTBALLERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 79, 24 June 1927, Page 10

IMPOSE EXPORT DUTY ON FOOTBALLERS

BEST WAY TO CHECK ENGLISH BUYERS A SYDNEY PROPOSAL Footballers n.e.i. 40 pep genera I tariff; 30 per cent Brit,.s preferential, or £SOO a h.la whichever shall be the hiohest d ' Extract from section O, sub-seclT" Q, of next Commonwealth tariff" Thus an entertaining comment! m the 'Sydney Guardian” on the 55?’ ing oi the League ban. and the thnu mg open of the folds of Australia.!: New Zealand to the- wolves of r5 n<l lish Rugby League. The articled' on: "There is only one method i which the British Northern Lear! can be prevented from depleting'T areas of their footballers, and thus rT ducing the standard of our game. This by imposing an export duty on ! footballers. The dangers of the fi r tish demand cannot be und estimated. Years ago South Afrit came into the market as of our stud sheep. The cry of warr ing raised at the time went unheeded and now that country produces Menr wool for which Bradford will pay .! much as the best Australian. The same thing may happen to footballers In the League game Australia stands supreme to-day. but strap it of a dozen of its leading men and it is reduced to mediocrity. The obvious remedv is through the Customs. League foot ball has for some years past been closely associated with politics in this State, and the football vote is something to be reckoned with. The Minister for Customs had best draft his new tariff with an eye to the inclusion of the above sub-section Q. the vote of the barr&cker may swine the other way at the next Federal election.”