Tories in Fighting Trim

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 471, 28 September 1928, Page 9

Tories in Fighting Trim

PARTY CONGRATULATE!^

LABOUR is a party in the making, while the Liberals are a party in the breaking,” was a significant utterance by Mr. Baldwin, when the Conservative Party met at Yarmouth.

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Reed. 12.25 p.m. LONDON, Thurs. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, addressing the Conservative Party Conference at Yarmouth, congratulated the party on its fighting fettle. He referred to the “long-winded and nebulous policy of Labour, which, however, was a party in the making, while the Liberals were a party in the breaking.” He favoured removal or reduction of European tariff barriers. Food would be untaxed if the Unionists were returned to power. Safeguarding would not be used as a back door through which to introduce a general tariff. Until the question was submitted to the country, no industry would be debarred from stating its case for safeguarding. The Ministry would go full-steam ahead with slum clearance. Regarding unemployment, he hoped to be able to act very early, after Lord Lovat’s labours in the Dominions were ended. The subsequent discussions in the conference will be concerned primarily with the industrial policy, including a scheme for relieving the productive industries of a large portion of their burdens, a scheme for the promotion of industrial peace and co-partnership, and the possibilities of economy in the national expenditure.

One of the most impprtant subjects to be discussed is that of the suggested extension of the safeguarding of industries by specific duties on imported goods. There are 13 resolutions on the agenda bearing on this subject, but the debate will probably be confined to a resolution to be moved by Sir Henry Page Croft, M.P. for Bournemouth, urging the widest possible extension of safeguaiding consistent with the Prime Minister’s election pledge.