New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-29
The BRITISH TRADE CONGRESS OPENED.
ADOPTION OF 4 REVOLUTION LOOKING TO CLOSER
COMMERCIAL UNION-THE POSITION
or CAN\DN

COMMERCIAL UNION-IHE POSlI-ON
OF CANADA.
london, June oS.-Tho second congress Of the
Chamber of Commerce of the Empire opened In tho
hall of the Merchant Tail r. Company, Threadhec1e
ST. this mjrning. The congress vii sit four days
Tho deliberations arc presided over by Sir John
lubbock president Of the London Chamber OF Com
merce. The programme includes the dlscuss'oh Vi
commercial relations of the mother country WIN her
colonies ana possessions with special res"r' u '"e
eneval of European treaties and recent commerviai
legislation In the United States; boards OF co"cih"un
~ ,ohor a,suntes. the codicauon Of the commercl'l
,ow of the Empire: Imperial registration OF traac
marks and the adoption throughout 'he hnipH0 Vi
the Merchandise Marks act; bilis OF ia"ug ''i'"'
factory legislation throughout the Empire
education Including the scheme lhua'eu oS "o
london chamber of Commerce; emigration ana coio.
,s.,a. tho necessity Of an Imperial system' of
decimal cnrrcncv weights and measures; All inter-
rational monetary union; system OF lmper'"i fV"",
oostage: direct telegIaphic communication 'H
IN. Empire Incian taXation light railways: do'h'oh
70 ugh, dues and Treaties Of commerce Win hauNe
,1bes and territorial delimauon. Ills Is no longer
ncrammo bv nine subjects than that discussed by
,ho first congress- which met on July and :, los"'
whom ninetyeight ChambEs OF Commerce ana olhcr
commercial associations. home ara coloia-' were
represented ,.u. y,
state for the Colonies welcomed the delegate today
Id Hrasspy offered resolution declaring ilai, III
Ire o;inOn Of the congress, 1t Is eApedcht Wd'
practical arrangement, should If possible De 0eVHei
to secure closer commercial union between the mother
country and her dependencies.
Lord I,,as,cy he'd tAat dincIcntia du1es In favor
d the colonies would not find favor in England for'
. t~,de Uh the col nes could be fostercd by modify
ing the tariff the bet hope lay In gradual rcdnc-
uon Of the colonial Import duties Any attempt 10
restrict the trade Of the colonies ~ the advantage OF
England would be prcludicial TO colonial Interests
as a policy Of dincren;ia duties would be. Inc
speaker advocated fostering the trade OF the empire
by liberal subsidies steamship lines ana the m'-
tenance OF n cal arrang ments as free as now.
The resolution offered by Lord Brassey was adopted
unanimously.
Mr. Medley moved u resolution declaring that fiscal
union between Great Britain and her COLONIES ny
preferential duties being based upon protection would
be politically disastrous, and that the aiahscu'ehV "'
would best conduce TO intimate commercial union
would be for the segovcrning colonies TO adop'' "'
closely rs circumstances will permit, the hoh-P'"
ecvc policy OF Great Britain
.ir Charles Tippor, Canadian High Commissioners
to England opposed the motion lie Sad 'na' '"e
American Mckinley bill showed no favor TO Great
britain. There were risks Of the octupns A'n"fio" l
b,ovinp IFS tentaccs over the West Indies ana the
Spanish Antilles, with the view to driving ou' bii"sh
trade and it going 10 do so Bri'iah 'o''u's IL
p,rted that Great Britain had lost liraziI ana uat
America was getting hold, under her rccipfOciN sNs
tenn Americans, ne dcclaftu, uiu H'e"'
greater wrong than did the Mckinley tann III u'ci'
efforts 10 drive England out Of the southern Hci-
snhere They attacked Canada alsO, under the iniS-
taken idea that by imposing duty upon the produc's
for which they Csnadas natural marhct 'ics
could bring Canadian producers to their knees anu
leave the Canadians alternative bat to bccomc d
mart of the United states. Sir Charles addea tat III
,seo Canada took one-seventh Of the manufactured
eynor, ~ the United states, bat that not cnOdS
10 save The Dominion In the presence Of the Monroe
IIref. nf
pole. , . ,.,.r, ~ r,ado held
that there was no prospect OF cominercai uhion-oo
tween Great Britain and Canada, 50 iar as IorQh1, ~
was concerned on the basis Of free trace. me p,st
nolicv he held was preferential trade Other Caa1iaI
DELEGATES supported preferential tarin as oppoScd ~