The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-30
England Will Soon Have Grain 10
Spare From Her Various
Colonies.
Discrimination Urged Against the
Grain and Food Products
OF This Country.


LONDON, June 29. Among the important
revolutions TO be discussed by the chambers
OF commerce congress 10 tho following: The
Winnipeg (Manitoba) board Of trade will
move: "That 1t 10 the opinion Of this con-
9ress that the time hns come or ID close al
hand whom the people Of Great Britain can
with confdsncs look TO the colonies and do.
Tendencies Of the empire for that portion
Of their brsadstuffs which they hnd neces-
sary to import from year TO year. The
rapid development Of grain production in
Canada and Australia in tho past ten years
clearly indicates that these countries will
soon have annually an export surplus Of
grain in excess OF the annual import de-
mand Of the British empire. and twill be
altogether unnecessary for the latter TO
look for their supplies to foreign coun-
tries. especially to those whose tariff il 20
framed as to strike specially at the trade in
terests of Great Britain and the British
colonies; that this congress secs that the
best method in securing this end il BY :
system u the mother country OF tariff dis
elimination against grain and other food
products Of foreign nations, and in favor Of
the import OF such goods from the colonies
and dependencies, and similar discrimina-
tion by tbs colonies and dependencies in
connection with the tariff ON other goods
required to be imported BY them; that this
congress- fAvors such q movement and be-
lleve its endorsement would serve a. check
upon national selfishness, which at the pre-
sent time seems to inspire many nations in
framing their tariff laws; that it's enforce
msnt would prove acounter-irritant, which
WnuId II, a ratf
cally force the great nations of the world
into much freer system Of trade inter-
course than now exists between them.''
Similar resolutions, favoring tariff retail
alton against the United States, will
be presented by the chamber Of com-
merce Of Montreal. Toronto, and Regina,
N. w. T.
The chamber Of commerce Of Trinidad.
British West Indies. declares the Mckinley
law favorable to the West Indies, and SAYS
the general feeling is that every reasonable
effort will be made to retain the United
States market AZ the best yet found for the
principal staple. sugar.
Adelegats from the Regina board Of
trade will offer the following: .Resolved,
That the Board OF Trade OF Regina N. w.
u. Canada, would heartily favor the extern
sion Of commerce and trace upon prefer
entinl basis throughout oil parts Of the
the highest collective and individ-
nal advantage. And, further, that
the provisions cf any foreign treaty in,pos-
ing limitations upon the full development
Of trade between Canada and other parts
of the British empire should be at once
abrogated. In advocating tho above We
wish ituuderstood that while we advocate
fres trade with the British empire, We have
no desire to interfere now or ut any time
with the fiscal or political liberty at present
enjoyed by the self-governing colonies. and
believe that if such scheme could be oar
ried out in the near future it would be
just retaliption on the United States for
recent legislation affecting the trade rsla-
tions Of Great Britain and Canada with tho
United States."