THE EMPIRE'S TRADE.
PROTECTING IT AGAINST FOREIO.V TRADE. Montreal. Mav 19. I lie Board of Trade overwhelmingly rescinded the resolution cabled on 14th inst. The speakers urged the adherence to the resolutions of the fifth and sixth Congresses of the, Empire. On May 7 it was unanimously agreed by the Board to submit a resolution to the Sydney (Canada) conference in favour of the British Empire protecting itself against foreign produecrs. Hence Britain and the colonlee should grant each other substantial preference and for the respective revenue* permit principles of free trade in the Empire to remain, Mr. George, expresident, who wns chosen as delegate to tlie Sydney cortference, resigned on the ground that the resolution wag ill. considered and nt variance with tha national trade policy of Canada,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 97, 21 May 1909, Page 2
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129THE EMPIRE'S TRADE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 97, 21 May 1909, Page 2
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