The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-03
TELEGRAPHTC
FAER TRADE LEAGUE.
The British Propose TO strike
Back Against Oar PTOGec
tive Laws

New York, -ReTGid'S London:
have received advance sheets ofthe pro-
gramme ( he National Fair Trade
League which viii shortly commerce. an
active csmpaigu sgaif 81 ire~ trade in
Eng and. The league desc hes itself a
formed so prpmote lrade with the c,l
onles and dependencies GU in1ipie of
reasonably free interci ange and to sgi-
tate for such fscal readiustments as shall
prevent the products OF foreign states
which refuse to deal with Great Britain
on basis Of fsir trade trO1 uHduly coul-
petlng with the products of the homo
laborer." The first private conference of
the league WAS held at Westminster Pal
ace Hote 10 May last, and was attended
by influential representatives from Vsr::-
Gus districts of Great Britain and the col
Onies, including merchants, bankers ship
owners, members of Parliament and
manufactures of iron, STEEL cotton, silk,
worsteds and WOolens of all shades of
political opinion. after numerous meet
lpgs the executive committee have now
formulated the policy which is to be car
ried out Its main features are the fol-
lowing: First, that there be no renewal
Of commercial treaties, unless they are
terminable at q years notice, so that no
ENHANCEMENT Of this kind may stand in
the way Of the adoption of such fiscal
policy as the interests of the empire and
the action Of foreign nations may render
needful; second, that the imports of raw
materials for home industries, shall be
free from every quarter In order that
Great Britain may compete successfully
with her manufactures; third, that ad-
eeuate import duties be levied on the
manufactures Of foreign states refusing
to receive British manufactures in fair ex-
change, and that the same be removed in
case any nation agrees to take British
manufactures free of duty; fourth, that
very moderate duty be levied on all ar
ticles Of food from foreign countries, the
same being admitted free from the colo
MES and dependencies, which are pre-
pared TO take British manufactures in
reasonably fair interchange.
The fourth paragraph is supplemented
by numb Der Of sub-paregIapns further
explaining the objects to be obtained by
the league, and principally aimed
against America as may be judged from
the following extracts: First, to develop
the resources of the British empire and
determine the flow Of British capital,
skill aud industry henceforth into our
own dominions, instead Of into foreign
productive states; where it becomes
force commercially hostile to US. thus to
transfer the great food-growing indus
tries, which we employ from protective
foreign nations, who refuse to
give US their custom in re-
turn TO our colonies and GependeI cies, |
where our goods will be taken, if not |
duly free, yet subject only to revenue |
duties, which are almost unavoidable in |
newly settled countries, and probably |
not equal to one-third of the protective |
duties levied by the United States, Spain |
and Russia. Third, this, meantime, would |
do equal justice to the classes interested |
in agriculture, who are entitled 10 the |
same treatment as those who are con-
nected with manufactures, and who are |
now subjected to the unfair competition |
of produce raised upon virgin and un-
taxed lands. by wasteful system OF |
agriculture, which restores nothing TO the !
soil, and is thus equivalent to bounty. |
The issue of this important document |
may be regarded as the opening of a |
protective campaign in England. AL |
ready the movement receives encourage |
ment from leaders of the conservative |
party, and there is good reason to believe |
that at the next general election, an ef- |
fort will be made 10 rally the working |
classes to the conservative standard OH !
the cry of protection for English, agri- |
cultural and manufacturing industries.