CANADIAN CATTLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1922, Page 5

CANADIAN CATTLE.

REMOVAL OF EMBARGO. DISCUSSED IN COMMONS. By Telegraph.—Pres* Assn —Copyright. Received July 25, 8.30 p.m. London, July 24. In the House of Commons, Captain William Shaw moved a resolution demanding the removal of the embargo upon the importation of Canadian cattle. He declared that only the trusts favored the maintenance of the embargo. It was all eyewash to say that the embargo was needed to protect the herds from disease. Mr. Asquith said he could not understand how anyone reading the proceedings of the Imperial Conference*’ of 1917 could seriously maintain that we were not in honor bound to redeem the pledge to remove the embargo as speedily as possible. Sir A. Griffith-Bosca wen denied that a pledge was given. He said the value of British live stock was now £300,000,000. The question was, were we prepared to take risks It was not only a question of immunity from disease, but of maintenance of purity of breed. Agricultural experts regarded the removal of the embargo as a retrograde step. THE MOTION CARRIED. Received July 25, 9.30 pm. London, July 24. Sir A. Griffith-Boscawen said the agitation was for cheap meat, but how on earth could 200,000 Canadian store cattle yearly (only 21 per cent, of the country’s consumption) materially affect meat prices. Mr. Churchill supported the removal of the embargo, even if it damaged British agriculture to do so, on the ground that Britain could not afford to break faith with the Dominions. Captain Shaw’s motion was carried by 247 votes to 171. The debate, although non-party, assumed some importance.