THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF
PROTECTION INCONSISTENT WITH PREFERENCE. Received Sept. 17, 111.55 p.m. London. September 17. Lord George Hamilton, in a letter to the Times, says that colonial preference, however well-intentioned, was really unable to popularise and strengthen the consolidation of the Empire while its operations were regulated by a spirit of unbending protection. There was not a particle of evidence to show that the tariff was prompted by vindictiveness, J or that the duties were higher than the Commonwealth Government considered t necessary to adequately protect Aus- ,' tralian products and to secure revenue. c
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 18 September 1907, Page 3
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94THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 18 September 1907, Page 3
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