FISCAL UNITY.
MR OOPKLAND'S SUGGESTION Per Press Association. Received 14, 1.10 a.m. London, July 13, Mr Oopehsnd, in a letter to the Standard, instances the experience with the corn tax just supressed, with the experience of Vic'om, and New South Wiles under different economic policies, with a view to showing that prtferentftil du'ies uneppreciably raise the cost of food. The tariff should be capable of being lowered or suspended according to necessity. One pricciple, affirmed by the Tariff Act, should ba to provide an imporS duty on foreign wheat, ssy of 2?, with a rebita on ci'.onialof Is, thus slightly advantaging tbe United Kingdom farmer as compared with the colonial. Then to make a progressive increase in following years to 4s, with a 'rebate of 2s 6d in favour of colonial, with a duty on flcur slightly above that on wheat.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 63, 14 July 1903, Page 3
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141FISCAL UNITY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 63, 14 July 1903, Page 3
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