The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-08
CANADA MAY
REVISE TARIFF
Premier King Plans Sweep
ing Changes On Neces-
sites of Life
PARLIAMENT OPENS
AT OTTAWA TODAY
Government Ownership of Railroads
May BE Abandoned-DOes not Pay =
Wants TO Encourage Immigration TO
Fill Vacant Lands.

May Be not ray -
Vants TO Encourage Immigration TO
Fill Vacant Lands.
OTTAWA, Ont March s. (Associated
Press important changes in the Cana
dian tariff, especially as affecting art
icles of food and clothing and the imple-
ments Of agriculture, mining fishing and
numbering, viii be made. it is predicted,
at the. first session OF the 18th parlia-
ment of Canada, converting today.
Premier Mackenzie King, who APP
pears before parliament today as head
OF a liberal administration, has an
nouneed his intention of making sweep
ing changes in the tariff on necessities
OF life, and also on articles needed in
the fundamental industries of the do
minion. While it j. not expected that
the premier can carry out his entire pro-
gram AT his first session, preliminary
steps are to be taken by reducing Gus
toms duties on a. number of items.
The bttItrai QueSti0n OF taxation VIII
form as important a part of the work
OF parliament, as OF the new congress AT
Washington. w. =. Fielding, minister
of finance, who held the same office in
1911 when the reciprocity pact with the
United States was arranged, has had
under consideration for weeks import
icy. No announcement has been made
as to the policy to be adopted by the
government and an effort viii be made
TO keep the secret until the annual bud
get is presented to parliament late IL
the session.
The Meighen government, defeated at
the general election of December last,
named a tariff commission which took
evidence throughout Canada from re-
representatives. Of all industries. The re
suit is now available to Mr.. King, but
the question has been missed that evil
dence taken by a conservative commits
sion may. not be proper for use by a
liberal government.
Legislation TO immigration
from the British Isles. the United States
and some sections of Europe, in prefer
ence to the former enemy countries, Is
forecast. The government has been
urged by influential clements to tax
measures to stimulate colonization, to
fill UP the vacant lands of the dominion
and make pushes for the national
RAILWAYS. Thousands of miles of these
railways traverse country that is almost
entirely ~unpopulated.
Other problems crying for solution at
the present session are the Canadian
national railways and the Canadian
merchant marine. Both systems have
been losing money at a rapid rate. Par
lament now faces a decision between
continuing the experiment of govern
ment ownership and turning over one
system or both to private operation. In
the government are found supporters of
both plans and the premier must find
means for reconciling all views.
Further aid to returned soldiers and.
the decennial revision of the bank act
are other items on the seasonal calen-
dar.
Interest is added to the opening of
the session by the standing of the par
ties, the government lacking an absolute
majority of members. The election of
Rodolphe Lemieux, of Montreal, as
speaker has left the government with
ll6 members, as against Ga Progressives,
50 Conservatives, one Independent Pro-
gressive and two Independents a total
of III. In order TO carry on, the govern
ment must draw support from the Pro-
gressives and Independents, who aggee
with the premier on tariff matters.
One woman takes her seat in the
Canadian parliament today, the first in
history. She is Miss AgIfes MacPhail,
Progressive. of Ontario.