TRADE PREFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 July 1907, Page 3

TRADE PREFERENCE.

TUE TIMES OX THE l,AI!OK JIANI FESTO. London. .Inly 1. I'ho Times coi.deimis tile uite,l\ ]«"Khi.!.l of view displayed i,j nhat it terms the "amazing nia.iilesto," its entire failure to realise the standpoint of tlie working ~f other |>arts of the Empire, and its cheap sneers ag iiist the Imiia |'„les i.t the colonies and their spokesmen. Jt adds: -The Premiers will probaldv r»i'hat the signatories to the "muii-f«--to represent a yry small fraction of their country. -1 A TAICIIT uv i'i;i:i: TIiADE. London. July 1. The Tariff Commission report on the i-'Uiss trade, jusi issued, shows tii.it 27 firms, employing over IOiMI hands, cvised work in the Tyne and Wear .litriets. though tlley had raw materials at their doors. through having a poteeted market besides a fre • British market. CAX.iUIAX SKXTLUEXT. URITAIX MAY HAVE A HIDE AWAKEXIXti. Received 3rd, 12.10 p.m. Ottawa, .Inly 2. Mr L. liorden.Leader of the Oppo-ition, in a message to Canadians on the 40th anniversary of the Confederation, remarks that, while the question of closer trade relations with the Motherland is of much higher importance to Britain than to C uiada, yet it is of infinitely greater moment to tlie Empire's future than some Brit ish statesmen seem to imagine. They liave been too long asleep, and may have a rude awaening.