ARMY MEAT CONTRACTS
WHY IS AMERICA PRKI-ERRED? By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 1, 10.50 p.m. London, March 1. In tile House of Commons -Mr. Kilbride inquired the-reason of Mr. Huldane's giving the Swift Meat Company a contract for frozen meat for the Curragh camp, while the United States Government was fighting the beef trust as an unfair and illegal combination. Mr. Haldane said the points mentioned would be considered in. connection with the next contracts. He did not consider it necessary to disturb the present contract, which would expire in May.
Mr. J. O'Connor asked if the Commonwealth was not combatting trusts, and whether it was proper for a free-trade Government to encourage a trust whose profits were founded on protection. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. Haldane replied that he did not think a protective tariff had much to do therewith, and added, "As a freetrade Government we get the best article possible at the most moderate price."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 2 March 1911, Page 5
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156ARMY MEAT CONTRACTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 2 March 1911, Page 5
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