The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-08
If Successful at the Poll the
Unions VIII Endeavor to
Protect the Manufacturers
Against Foreign Competition
COLONIES WILL BE
GIVEN PREFERENCE
Cotton and Wool VIII Be Free,
but There VIII Be a Tax on
Wheat Flour Bacon and
Maize-0ther Features,
VIEWS OF A FREE TRADER

London, Dec. THE Birmingham
Daily Post tomorrow viii publish an
article from inspired sources outln-
ing the tariff reform proposals that
are likely to be made by the Union
ist government if the Umonists are
successful at the elections, prefacing
it with the remark that the countrys
financial necessities are much great
er than they were in 1906, when
Joseph Chamberlain started the
movement.
The article continues; at is proposed
TO establish general tariff, placing du-
gles on practically all goods that are not
deemed raw material with the object
riFst' or raising revenues second. OF as
sislng the home producer against foreign
compeuuoni third. Of giving preference
70 colOniesi fourth, Of securing better
terms from foreign countries, and fifth
Of mitigating unemployment by encOur-
aging the home producer.
Simple in Form.
1.-THE tariff VIII be Of the simplest pos
slole form. not protective In the sense
that that is understood in Germany ana
the United States. There Is no iuteu-
ton Of having multifarious rates which
would throw open the door TO parliament
tary intrigues. The plan favored is TO
allow raw materials duty free and TO-
impose a per cent duty on partly manu-
featured goods, ID per cent on articles
nearly completed and Is per cent on COM
pietely manufactured goods, There VIII
be no variations IN this scale, unless iu
exceptional cases. There may possibly
be, however, a slightly lower duty I'm fa-
vOr of the colonies and q slightly higher
tariff against countries seeking un1uly
10 penalize British goods.
Tax on Foreign Wheat.
Foreign wheat will be liable to a duty
OF 2 shillngs per quarter, with preference
to the colonies, but not the removal Of
the whole duty.
Flour win pay a higher rate, to en-
courage home grinding, while bacon and
maize viii also be excluded from the free
list. Important raw materials such as
cotton and wool, viii enter free.
"A tariff framed thus, it is estimated,
would produce revenue Of from e16000.-
900 TO &2JC0J,000. If the Union
lists are returned, every possible effort
Will be made to embOdy the new duties
in the budget OF 1910, OF. at the latest
1911, but the maximum duties will be with
held for two years to give time TO me-
gouats commercial agreements with for
eign countries.
The Right Hon. George Wyudham,
member Of the house Of commons for
Dover, speaking ia London tonight. also
intimated the intention of the UniOnists
to propose a 10 per cent duty on manu-
featured articles and 2 shilings on wheat
A Free Trade Advocate,
Charles Wright NIAGARA, head Of the
Cotton Federation OF Great Britain, re-
vealed himself as a strong advocate OF
free trade.
Il have been struck" he said, "by ths
feebleness Of the arguments by those who
would seriously endaugeT the cotton trade
by changing our fiscal policy. In fifty
years Lancashire has doubled Ia pOpula-
ton, doubled its cotton spinning and
manufacturing machinery, and built up
an export trade three times bigger than
it's home trade. This enormous growth
has been maintained by the Cheapness
Of production. Tax food and mill reQui-
sites and our pre-emineuce would be 6u-
daugered. Protected America where two
thirds of the worlds cotton crop grows
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