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The Blyth Standard, 1930-03-13, Page 3Fr ow. What About Empire Free Trade? Will Beaverbrook Carry His Plan? The Question of Principle is of Equal Importance to that of the Financial Benefit or Otherwise Involved in the Policy lllr Renu.t 11,!'., M0(011 1110 1,:11111100 W08 ),(0)300 la 0001.Y p,ipor iu Free 't'ir'ade. resolution 10 Me Btltlslt Canada and in a few in England. -- Douse of Commons, but it eras talked "'1 was greatly amazed at the inter. out, The "Times," commenting on est which is ixxing shown to Great Mr, Renter's remark that "Nothing is Britain 10 the Empire Crusade, impossible," says:— " There 1s greater interest In Mtn - "But one thing; which certainly de. giro traria i1 Britain today than even serves that title is the amendment by in the time of Chamberlain. I detect - the 11111(sh Parliament of a 1)08(101011 ed a quite distinct hardening of 60111 1 - tariff, Her!, iu tho determined and 1110111 In favor of the project.' notorious adherence et the D001101on "Sometimes I meet with the 0101. 13)8(114100 to their tariffs, was the first manic suggestion that Groat MUM and greatest obstacle in Lite way of should watt until lite Dominion semis Empire free trade, and nothing but a a message to as that it wants Free campaign far exceediug the limits of Trade within the Empire, these islands could hope to over- "When did Great Britain give up come it." the leadership of the Empire? When 1V10( 11008 the IlritislrEmpire think 18 (teat Britain going to give it up? of Empire fore0 Trade? It 1e a ones. Not while ice can fight the Empire Con which has to he answered quite battles. apart from the stall:Ales as to the A View from Australia wisdom of the policy, and this week 'q go to Australia, about which 1 mien prominence has been given to ant told the sante story. Ninety-five the matter. and a ball per tont, of all the 081(0). "I:+ there any proof that 3110 Bo- Of that Dominion is what might be minions and India are prepared to a1- called primary export—that Is, agri- 1o0 11)1(1011 manuttetured go01 to cultural produce, minerals andnleials, enter their ports free and compete timber, and the result of fishing. Ob• ngalos.t, the;' own grstwtng secondary viously, Australia Is immensely Inter- lndustrles?" asks the Daily Telegraph, ogled in 1110 market of Great Britain, Facts it is Folly to Ignore for here that primary produce finds 3v(denc0 Iles at ]resent the other its sale. way. 'Hie nationalist spirit or the - "It is 1rne that Australia has built Dominions tuid of India la hard set up considerable manufactures, enter - against, such a. policy. It was cob- prises that represent only 30 per cent, den's dream) that tho Colonies, as of the total production et the country. they 111011 were, would be content "Hut Empire Crusaders do not with their primary industries and be want to break it down. They d0 glad 1.o send 110 raw material in ex- not want to bre+ytk down production change tot' our manufactured goods, anywhere. They do not want to "If the dreamt was vain Urea Is the break it down; they have conte to case better now that those industries build it 1(p, here been 00 festered and develop- "If we have free trade In the Em - ed? '!'here is wealth in raw mate- rials, but in manufactures and sec- ondary Industry there 1s greater wealth and there Is also power. If one thing Is sure, it is that the Do- minions and India are Indisposed to leek at any proposal wh1111 1(0)110 or 00)411nes their industrial development. "These are facts which it is folly 10 igll01'e (11111 00111811 cannot be swept away by well-intentioned but unin- formed enthusiasm. We say this 1(9)1]0 cherishing the fullest sympathy lith every well -considered movement for the growth of Imperial trade and with a profound belief in the, value of that trade to this country.", (Ir, Scullin, the Commonwealth Prime Minister•, referring to 110 Phar pire Free Trade campaign, say's:-- "l'hero is no hope in life of getting Australia to agree to allowing the goodsof every part of the Empire to enter free, no matter muter what la- bor conditionsthey are manufactured, 1\'o Government pledged to hulld up secondary no well as primary Indus- tries could agree to removing tariff protection. We believe in giving ilrst preference to Australia, and af- teriltat preference to Great Britain and to the other Dominions." "Mr. Scullin, the Australian Primo Minister, has stated in the plainest possible language that Aest.raliann are determined to make their own goods in their own country by their own people," comments the Daily Herald. "The Canadian Manufacturers' As- sociation long ago proclaimed It their unalterable 3(011(3', which has been endorsed in action by Canadian Pro- tectionist Governments, that the minimum or so-called 'preferential', tariff on British goods must ho high enough to 'afford adequate protection to all Canadian producers.' The Beaverbrook crusade has been most severely handled In the Canadian 11)008. "'rhe following delicious quotation is front a recent Issue of the Daily Province (Vancouver). Atter point- ing out that even the United Stales, although politically homogeneous and ft magnificent economic unit, is find- ing out that it cannot live to itself Moue, It proceeds (under the can - Den `Empire Ballyhoo'): "'It Is idle to think that we cal cajnle 1110 people of Great Britain with rho pretty conceit that a tax of foreign beet and wheat will not bo 1n effect tt tax en food, and that free beef and wheat from Canada will not 8011(x11.30 cost more in Britain, be- cause of such a tax, than it would cost If there were no tax at all.' "'pkat is Canada's answer to Lord Beaverbrook and it is crushing." Lord Beaverbrook Quotes the Empire But Lord Beaverbrook in his speech 0.t. Caule•bury on Saturday did not shirk this matter, and his evidence in the other direction le quoted in full. Lord Bearorbrook "The answer I got is, '0111, yes, the Dominions won't agree.' That is just a piece' of nonsense. I speak first of all of the Dominion of Canada, I know something 01 that Dominion, "The' Dominion of Canada is 80 much int ererd00 in the economic union Itt,. of the Empire as Great Britain itself. There is less opposition to the cam- paign of free trade in Canada titan in Great Britain, and there is too much n,'msitio1 to it, both in Great Britain end in Canada. "I could develop my argument about Canada, but I would only say this. Mr. R. 13. Bennett, ]easter of the Conservative Party in Canada, visited England in the middle of De- cember, "Mr. Bennett went bac!: to Canada supporting Empire Free Trade—hut —I don't represent to you that be is he went has(: to Canada, and this is what he said in the Canadian Press, pfr0,=anytlting that makes for the wealth and development of 000lrat1a is Road for us. "I received quite recently a tele- gram frons Australia informing me that Senator Elliott and 31r, John Allen, an ex -Prime Minister of the State of Victoria, were the mover find seconder of a resolution in favor of the policy ot Empire Free 'Prada. They moved It at the 1Syabranl (Vic- toria) District Council of the Coun- try Party. "The Country Party is a very im- portant party in Atletralf8, and these ere two very imtportantAlgmr08 10 the Country Party. That resolution will go 10 rho convention of the Country ('arty for consideration next March, and w0 0111111 see if the convention of the Country Party adopts the re- solution. I 0511 wait. patiently and hope fully, firmly believing that the Country Party will adopt that resolu- tion, "Now we come to Now Zealand. "31r. Cobb,` Minister of Industries and Commerce, staled 111 the House of Commons 111 New Zealand: -- "I know of no remedy for this stale of affairs except free trade within the Empire, and a tariff against foreign that if we get economic unify of the tariff they impose ou our exports. "In au endeavor to set up (hie econ- omic unit, rest.assuredw0 011a11 get lots of opposition here in Great Bri• taiu and plenty of opposition in the Dominions, "I am not representing for a mo- ment that the Dominions ere eun- bracing the ]flan, but. we shall find that if we get eco100110y unity of Great Britain and all the uou•self• governing Chown Colonies and Do- minions all bound together In Empire Free Trade, then 'we can compete with the world." Whether this evidence is convinc- ing as to the popularity of the Em- pire Trado campaign readers will judge for themselves. "The British ICmp(ro has survived and grown in the main," asserts the Daily News, "bccnnse it has been made so clear that its Ideal Wag that each 1)1111y 1)n it, however humble, simile be left perfectly free to work Out its own salvation 10 its own way. The Thrilling "Race Horses" of th? Northland Try Their Stamina WHERE DRIVER AND TEAM ARE A UNITE IN SPEED AND COURAGE Ready for shut of first day's racing in Eastern International Dog Derby at Quebec; Emil St, Godard, Tho Pas champion, prepares for first lap of 4.l nillos of the 123 -nolo race, This is the cardinal principle o which Amanullah Will 'Empire' I'roo Trade challenges, The ono of them, without exception, wiille challenge was answered long ago by the 1000 who threw the British tea _ Into Boston Harbor!' Report Says Sentiment is "We represent only one side," says Reynolds's Illustrated News; "the Do- Growing in Favor of minions represent the other, Each Return to Throne perhaps ready to favor 110 as against the foreigner, Is intent upon building up industries of Its own, and is not In the least likely to enter into any Scheme—hardly even into any dis- cussioO--that will let us hese a de- finite advantage over its own Indus- tries." ".Last week's debate on what has conte to bo called Empire Free Trade showed up the impracticability of The deposed king is expected to re - that doctrine," states the Sunday turn to Istanbul later to john the Times, "Admirable as it may be In family of his wife, Surlya, who says Pay Turkey Visit Istanbul,—Turkish officials confirm- ed a report that Amaiullah, deposed Kips' of Afghanistan, will start for Angora immediately to Interview Pre- sident Mustapha Kemal, He will re- main at Angora for some time as the guest of the Turkish Government, w10011 has put the villa of a deputy in Parliament at his disposal, theory, it cotltl never happen. But one good thing the campaign has done is to bring the Empire to the fore in. p01(11(s. that a strong sentiment is growing in Afghanistan favoring his return. King Amanulab lied Afghanistan af- ter the throne was seized by Bache "The development of ;Empire trade Sakao, formerly known as "the IR fundamental to our future prosper- waterboy of the north." Ity, end Conservative policy nntst con• c010)01 a on bringing that develop- ment about" Battleships and Naval War "The Adelaide Chamber of Com- Melvin 10. Talbot in the Nineteenth 11(0100 has derided to telegraph to Century (London): (The author is a London a request, for the consldera- Lieutenant (S.C,) In the U.S. Navy). slot of the coming congress of Chant- Were war actually unthinkable, the bets of Commerce of the Empire, that logit seas could bo immediately 1110 - the next congress be held In Austra- armed, except for the floating police, 1ta," telegraphs the Tines correspon- dent.which would always be needed to pre- vent vent the recurrence of piracy and to "The Chamber also resolved to In- assere the safety of life and property form the congress of its opinion that, lo lands where local authorities aro since certain Dominions, like Austra• unable or unwilling to furnish the pro - iia, pursued a policy of protection, a tection given by every civilized and scheme of Empire free trade was lin- sovereign State, Such a force might practicable. It was desirable instead, count 010ny reglulents of 1„01nes, the Chamber held, to establish a sin- their transport and their trait with cern, gradual, and effective policy of cruisers in support, but It need Ip - trade reciprocity calculated to widen elude no Rodneys, no Marylands, and the market for primary products and, no Mitsns. The very existence of bat - at the sante time, stake for the pros• tleships, despite the Pact of Paris, pre• perity of secondary industries. supposes the possibility of war at sea "A special committee of tiro Chem - on an extended scale. These great ber considered the Empire free trade proposal and expressed its opinion steel forts, the central bastions of that while such a scl+eme would be naval puler, were built to tight, i advantageous to all primary produe- fight they must, in tremendous battlese ors, it would mean the destruction of 011 vast and lonely seas. Not by their Australian Industries 'created by an 1G -inch salvos can distant trader and enormous exp)nditure of private capl- missionary be guarded, and long-sof• i.e,l and by Protection' and also loss fering lands be freed at last from the 1(P employment for numerous work- curse of Haitian bandit, Chinese war ars" lord, or Communist fanatic, Battle- ships are not the weapons of world "Tecbuicai developments will nodi• order against world chaos, but of na- fy the conduct of wars, but they will lo) against nation, not abolish war, so far as one is able to forecast events,"—Admh'al von TIr- "I would rather wear out than rust pitz. out." Vlsemn tens Rhondda. Mail Plane Makes Successful Test Regina - Winnipeg Route Proves Feasible for Night Flying. Regina. Throe minutes 110111nd schedule the tirst Western Canada moll 'plane to make a night flight from 'Winnipeg to Regina, over the beacon lighted aerial trail of 330 miles, land - cd at Regina airdrome recently. It was a test flight, and proved the feasibility of the western route as far as the Saskatchewan capital, which Is the longest hop of the Prairie mail cir- cuit, The revolving beacons, placed at emergency fields in Manitoba and Sas- lcatchewan, fut1Otioeed perfectly, guid- ing the pilots over Prairie farm lands and cities. The schedule calls for completion of the flight from Winnipeg to Regina In 3 hours and 20 minutes. Captain G. A. Thompson, of the Western Canada Airways, accompanied by survey pilot P. II. Calder, brought his 'plane to a Perfect landing at Regina in 3 hours and 23 minutes. Picked up by a huge search light, giant Iyokke•-i, built especially for air mail service, zoomed to earth as flood lights swept the landing field. This is the first test flight, aid com- mencing March 3 regular service will be maintained between the western cities. Canadian Divorces Reach 816 in. '29 Ottawa, Ont,—A record for the 1111111- ber of divorces granted was created- In Canada during 1929, when a total' of 816 marital bonds Were diseolv0)1, This was an increase of thirty -ono divorces over the 1920 total, The report ehewe an almost stonily Increase in divorces stare 1013, W11011 sixty 11 11a decrees were granted. By 19'19, the yea, following the signing of , the armistice, the total had jumped to 3711. The fact which throws considerable light on 1110 divorce situation in Can- ada is 001111d 111 1110 marriage anddb verse bulletin of the United States Bureau of the Cetlsus. The statistics of thls publica3(O1t Iuel(cate 1110 sttr• prisingty large extent to which di levees are granted 111 that reentry to persons married in Canada, The bulletin states' '7t is possible that many Canadians esquire a rest• de)ce in the United Stales tot• the sole purpose of ohtnining divorce, he. cause, In general, divorce laws are more liberal in the Putted States than In Canada." Fraser Suggests Stations Use More Powet Montreal.—Canada will not be be. 1)1)1(1 its neighbors to the 0011111 In ilia character and power 0f 110 radio broadcasting stations if the reeonr ntendations of the Royal Commission 00 Radio Broadcasting are carried in- to effect, A. N. Fraser, chief engineer, of filo radio branch, Department of Marine, weclared, addresitg the Eng gineeriug Institute of Canada in Ot- tawa on "The Development of Radio in Canada. While many of the original 1401e118 in Canada employed transmitters rated at from GO to 250 watts, !here now are several 0(113000 equipped with transmitters rated at 8,000 watts, said Mr, Fraser, That these 0(111 fall short of the power employed for broadcasting in the lilted Slates lvns shown in the statement that Amel'i can stations are employing many broadcast transmitters rated 1(t 50,000 watts. The Unemployment Problem London Morning Post (Cans.): No sane man will pretend that any party holds a complete cure in its bands; but there aro at least remedial inea• 0ur00. Public economy is one et them; the depleted capital of the country should be carefully husbanded so that It may be applied by our capitalists to productive enterprise. To divert it from the employed to the unemployed, as the Government have done, is folly, To use it for extravagant schemes, like building a Channel 'funnel, for example, would bo like pouring it down a drain. What money remains should be left to fructify in the hands of the people who are accustomed to use it to the best advantage. West Indian Sugar London Times (Ind,): At present the West Indies are Producing sugar at an average loss of from £1 to 250, a ton. It the preference is taken away Lord Oliver calculates that the aver- age rate of loss will be £5 a ton, That, of course, would mean the death ot the industry. As it le, 111e growers io the West Indies are producing and trying to sell their sugar 111 compel• tion with the growers of other nations who aro supported by high tariffs, bounties, and subsidies. If they are compelled to give up the 1100qual strug- gle they might be able in one or two of the islands t0 produce other e crops for export instead of sugar. But as a general rule they have 00 a110rnativ0, The Despair of Mr. J. H. Thomas New Statesman (London): It it clew' that Mr. Thomas has quite given up the hope of doing atything 11nine(11• ately by way of finding work for the main body of the unemployed, la Mr. Thomas's view, as in that of the permanent civil servants with. whom he le chiefly working, there to no short -run remedy or even mitigation The sole case for unemployment lies in the revival of iednslry; and that 10 turn depends in it turn 011 rationalize. tion. Until we have rationalized out industries, and then recovered Out' markets, the unemployed must put tip with their plight.; for, as 11)'. Thomas sees it, the pr0vielon of work by the State can affect only a small propor- tion of the whole. But this view does not pass unchallenged, Just What They Wanted "Yes," said the eminent oculist, "Jones had a curious allliction." "Really! And what was that?" ask- ed his friend, "Everything he looked at he saw double," said the former. The other shook his head sympatha- tical ly. "flow sad!" he returned. "1 sup- pose the poor fellow found it hard to obtain employment?" "Strangely enough, no," said the oculist. "The local gas company snapped him up as soon as they heard of it. IIe's now reading ga0•meters," "The most Par -reaching phenonr enon of our time Is the industrializa- tion of women," --W111 Durant. Bacon may have written Shake- speare's plan; but hill seems to have brought home the bacon, Nothing Looks so Sad as a Lost Steamer on the Rocks RIDING ON A POINT OF ROCK AT HIGH TIDE SHE TURNED TURTLE AT LOW WATER The German steamer Mote Cervantes, sunk in Beagle canal, of Ushala, argentine, aft0r a rook had ripped a Inge hole in t:cr bottom making her cargo and 111111 a total loss. Indian House to Take Over Radio Legislative Assembly Decides to Operate Broadcast- ing for Two Years New Deihl, India --The standing conn- mfttee of the Indian Legislative As- sembly, with only one dissenting vote, • recently agreed to the Government's proposal to take over the Donal, Broadcasting Company for 0t, least two years. The 81(11111.1 expiunlflure 18 estimated at 3100.000 with a carrying charge sr $50,000, The state will inn mediately commence operation of the stations at Colcutta. and Bombay, ac1.• ing will) the assistance of a repre- sentative advisory committee. The action 18 made ne('as.cnry by the com- pany's serious 111anelal 131611100.