RECIPROCAL TRADE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10547, 1 February 1912, Page 5

RECIPROCAL TRADE

CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. ißeceTved xihis Morning, 12.50, o'clock. .OfTTAWIA,. January 31. . ; ; Mr Pfugsley, » fonmer -Minister of» Public Works, intimated debate in'the- House-the'qiiestiv,.i of ' «-the with' JLusv., a-ia. land ! the West. Indies. , ..He inafiwU . that liberalsteamship. ;•• • • were .superior to tariff s-for jprombting trade. Ke accused, the Bordern. 1 Government of insincerity in their Australian tariff negotiations. ' Mr Amies argued that. the exchange lot miniimim tariffs was unsatisfao jtory. ; "• I He advocated list for list ararngements whereby Canada would secure preferential treatment on articles new imported to Australia from , tHe Ulnited States. He concluded by advocating a conference of \ Canadian and Australian Ministers. Mr Foster agreed, preferring the list for list arrangement.. He had refrained from negotiating for a sintple exchange of nummium tariffs in. order to seek better arrangements. He hoped the proposition, of Mir Wade (writing in Australia) would result in a conference of members of the Government, and a meeting of the Government, and a meeting of special commissioners.