BRITISH POLITICS.
PRICE OF BREAD
TARIFF REFORM DISCUSSION
Received March 6, 8.20 a.m. ! LONDON, March 5. In the House of Commons, Sir J. H. Leese, Liberal member for Accrington, Lancashire, moved — "That as the high price of bread is due to natural causes, the levying of an import duty on wheat would aggravate the suffering caused by dear bread." Mr E. A. Goulding moved an amendment declaring "That the high price is due to natural causes and the neglect of British resources." Mr Goulding expressed the opinion that z re-arrangement of duties on food products, with a view to encouraging agriculture at home and giving preference to the colonies, would have the effect of stimulating the productive power of the Empire. He censured the Government for refusing to stimulate the production of wheat within the Empire by granting the colonies preference. The Right Hon. D. Lloyd-George, President of the Board of Trade, said that Germany was supplying sufficient warning against the adoption of the amendment. There Its duty was paid on. all imported wheat, and the same duty was paid upon German home-grown wheat. Mr Goulding's amendment was rejected by 293 to 90. The debate was adjourned.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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197BRITISH POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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