THE FISCAL QUESTION
TRADE FIGURES. LONDON, Dec. 2. Professor Haldane, speaking at Dulwich, said that now that it was. evident the colonies intended to maintain protection people spoke less of Empire. Where one manufacturer was hit by foreig'ii tariffs three prospered under free trade. Britain did by far the greatest carrying trade, and freights ami insurance were paid by foreign goads. Sir T. It. Dewar, M.P. for St. George's in the East, in the course of a speech declared that employment was even better than cheap (bread, and added ' that last week .a furnishing firm in London discharged. 150 hands. Trade had g'one abroad during the past year, and £2,500,000 worth 'of ready-made doors, ami windows had been " dumped" into England.
The Right Hon. W. H. Long, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Bristol, said he had information that the Free Food League was 'gradually dying. Mr Lloyd George, Literal member for Carnarvon, in a speech at Pais*ley, said Britain in 1902 purchased 8i millions' worth of tured steel ■dumped at a loss, and exported 29 millions at a profit.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 262, 4 December 1903, Page 3
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182THE FISCAL QUESTION Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 262, 4 December 1903, Page 3
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