CANADA’S REPLY TO U.S.

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 698, 25 June 1929, Page 9

CANADA’S REPLY TO U.S.

empire should be united in TRADE struggle GREAT ECONOMIC UNIT ( Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) R *??‘ 9 5 TORONTO, Monday. T , > a nada’s answer to the increased ( nited States tariff, now before Con?refs ’ shou ld be promotion of trade J'lthin the Empire, and the estabishment of the Empire as the greatest economic unit the world has ever nown,” said the Conservative leader, J r - B. Bennett, in his addresses fk Port Credit and Oakville, during course bis Ontario tour. Mr. Bennett charged the Liberal government with lack of foresight nu v * s * on « au( i declared that the Policy was leading to economic dependence, with political dependence ds its inevitable consequence. Mr. Bennett enunciated a twofold Policy, involving the use of all legisative means of combining trade withlp c °mpotence of the Dominion arliament, such as bounties, tariffs, and drawbacks to ensure that the anadian people should have an opportunity with fair competi,Qn to develop Canada. Secondly, 1 lny olved the summoning of an conference of the Empire, a view to the promotion of intertrade °n a larger scale. Mr. Bennett said he would summon * ,n Empire economic conference withn six months of being elected to Power. 1 firmly believe that this great ' ommunity of peoples, saluting one ‘"ag and owing allegiance to one sovereign, was not called into existpnee by mere accident, but by the Providence of God. If we could but r *ng these peoples and nations together in a great economic confere®ce which, for obvious reasons be held right here in Canada, bore is no limit to the benefits we work.”