CANADIAN TARIFF.
IN FAVOUR OF BRITAIN,
Ottawa, April 24. In the Lower House Mr Fielding, Minister of Finance, said the new Canadian tariff gave a preference to British products. TheDingley Bill of the United States of America showed that America was not disposed to trade with Canada. It was necessary, therefore, to shape a policy with a single eye to Canada's own interests. The German and Belgian treaties prevented the colonies from granting Britain an exclusive preference, but the tariff that Government offered to countries willing to establish fair trade relations was similar to the privileges to Great Britain. England had dealt generously with and given large liberties to her colonies. She had even taxed her wines, while those of the colonies were admitted free. The Euglish public did not favour a duty on bread-stuffs, but why s'aould the colonies wait for more from England ? The members of the House and 2000 of the public who occupied the galleries gang the National Anthem. London, April 24. Mr Fielding's speech has attracted much attention in England.
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Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 127, 29 April 1897, Page 2
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