BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 168, 12 June 1902, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE CORN TAX. PES PBBSS ASSOCIATION. London, June 10. In the House of Commons Sir William Harcout asked Sir Michael Hicks-Beach if the corn tax was a step towards preferential trade with the the colonies. Sir Michael r . that it was introduced as a wir revenue tax, b-causa it was nrees ary to permanently enl'rge the area of indirect taxation. He ridiculed the notion th;t the duty i was a prelude to a t ustoaos Union > within the Empire upon a pro'ectimiist basis. He disclaimed the interpretation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the ' (Janadian Premier, as lo the object of ' the tax. Fraettade throughout the « Eropiie woull not necessarily involve ? the impoiim of duties as against , foreign nations, but if we could secure l] Fieetrade with tre colonies, even some jjssTllices in that direction might be tjina'o. Such fr.etnrle -vhs imt at ,jpe.se if P'Ssiljlh. T,e (.! vert merit's •I ;• licy was i it t> impisod i i■ m ajjni"st 1 i Mie t'oreiini'is, but !ii;i'" ' :leh.;- -!■••-«,, h~ ■,■ ;>.■: .. -. •>),ni,, I h :.■ A. i'"a .In, n. •. . • . ' i'lii i ■• ■...:..■ :, J 111 '•" ■''«' • --J -■■.;-■,-■■■ -■!■! I ~-.i:..: : ■/■.,.. ■<■ ej tlicKs t! vch r 3 ('._]-. •••■ !■■« ! -...b5a.;.i.-.g at, a': t-mul ) e.i i.,;!-u,i, ' fui .■ ; ci-d» I'.'' m jiie Bri';s!i pc>rt. a■ -■-■ t.li -r 'V Received 12, 0 -D a.m. LmX!.».)X. Jlili' 11. i- Sr Mi.:., I Ituk ii ~c!,'s e>is f ' I •*-■ ■••■ e ■ t to xpi t! t.ur a It 1 70,000 000 ani th • i-.v min a £ 152,000,000. T:.e U-llti w-ll b- me by a Oiiis>i-> lotn, leaving a surplus i. six millions.