The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-10
Unity of the Empire Discussed in
London.
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE,
ADVANTAGES THAT WOULD NECEs-
sARILY FOLLOW.
Chamberlain Cheered as He Elk
presses His Satisfa ton That Fur
Their Knowledge ny. Tend to Il
Complete Agreement Between the
Colonies and the Mother Country.

gress of the chambers of commerce or
the British empire opened at O'Clock
this morning. with Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain. the secretary of state for the
colonies and honorable president OF the
congress, in the chair.
The hall was filled with delegates
from all parts of the empire, those OF
each colony being grouped under their
own banner Canada had two tables
and the others had one. The Canadian
delegation was headed by Sir Macken-
zie Bowel and Sanford Fleming. The
gallery was filled with ladies.
Sir Albert Rollit. Mp, of the Lon
don chamber of commerce, welcomed
the delegates at the head of the stairs
Mr.. Chamberlain was accompanied by
a number of notable co1onistS and
agerts-general, including Sir Henry
BroughaIn Loeb. Lord Knutsford, the
Earl of Jersey. Sir. George Baden Pow
ell and many others
CHAMBERLAIN CHEERED.
Mr. Chamberlain was enthusiastically
cheered as he officially welcomed the
delegates. Among other things he
said he was rejoiced at every fresh in
dication of the essential unity of the
empire upon which was founded all
their hopes. The omens. he added,
were never more favorable and he
trusted their deliberations would re-
suit in an advance toward the goal to
which all patriotic aspirations tended.
Continuing, Mr. Chamberlain re-
marked: The existence of this con-
gress is evidence that we have, to
great extent. annihilated space and
that further knowledge must tend to a
complete agreement between the
colonies and mother country, The
same note for closer union rings in all
the resolutions, and all the proposals
are dwarfed into insignificance in COM
parison with the proposals to secure
the commercial union of the empire.
Such a commercial union will necessi-
tate council of the empire to which
will be RENTED all questions of COM
mercial law in which the whole empire
is interested.
BUT THIS IS NOT ALL.
Imperial defense will also come within
the deliberations of the united empire,
and this question is a root of a prob
lem with which we have to deal.
80 far, however, there has been
deadlock. The proposal of the British
free traders have been rejected by the
colonies, and the proposals of the CO.
lonial protectionists have been rejected
by Great Britain. Consequently, we
must find a third course and give and
take on both sides will be found the
terms for such a proposal
Mr. Chamberlain then dwelt upon
the resolution of the Toronto board of
trade. which urges that THE advant-
ages to be obtained by a closer union
between the various parts of the Brit
iSh empire are so great as to justify an
arrangement as nearly as possible OF
the nature of a zollverein, based upon
principles of the freest exchange OF
commodities within the empire, and
consist of the tariff requirements Incl
dent to the maintenance to the local
government of each kingdom donin-
ion. province or colony now forming
part of the British family of nations.
Mr.. Chamberlain said that the adop-
ton of this plan would establish inn
mediately and practically free trade
THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE
while leaving the contracting parties
/ free to make their own arrangements
! in regard to duties on foreign goods
except what the essential condition o.
| the proposal was that Great Britain
would consent to moderate the duie.
on certain articles largely produced il
the colonies.
In the opinion of Mr.. Chamberlain
If this proposal was backed by any
considerable support, it would not b
met with blank refusal on the par
OF Great Britain.
The honorary president also touched
upon the resolutions adopted by othe.
chambers of commerce throughout tn,
empire, of which that of the Montrea
chamber is a fair sample. He declared
that in order to extend the change ant
consumption of home products il
every part of the British empire
A DIFFERENT SYSTEM :
should be adopted by the imperial an;
colonial governments in favor of tn
home productions against the importe,
foreign articles.
All these resolutions were presenter
to the congress in printed FORM
A B. Oler submitted the resolution
of the Toronto board of trade whicl
seconded by the Marquis of London
derry.
Mr.. Donald Smith amended it by re
commencing steps to be taken by tn
governments to secure an interchang
of opinion on the subject betwee
Great Britain and the other govern
ments of the empire. Nearly ever
chamber of commerce of Importance /
the British empire is interested in tn
congress and all those who have sen
delegates have endorsed them on
way or another looking to the estat
lishment of consultative imperis
council to pass upon matters cor
nected with it's defence.