The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-03
BALDWIN PLEADS
FOR A CANADIAN
trade REVIVAL
DOminiOns to Salvage
Decaying British Trade

MONTREAL. Aug. 2. While
American and British naval competi-
ton is splitting the Geneva confer
ence, the rivalry of the two imperial
ist powers on the economic field was
proclaimed here yesterday when Stan
ley Baldwin, prime minister of Great
Britain, and England's business man
par excellance, opened his campaign
of propaganda against American in
fluence in Canada with a speech to
500 business men of the Canadian
Club at the Hotel Windsor
Baldwin-Super-S Salesman.
With 81 per cent of Canadian in
dustries in actual American posses
sion and only 10 per cent n the hands
Of the English, with American i'm
ports and Canadian exports to the
United States rising yearly while
England daily loses ground, with
American economic penetration more
and more surely creating a state of
3uitable for Canadian secession from
he decaying empire and alliance or
union with her economically domin-
ant neighbor, the British are making
frantic efforts to stay the inevitable
and to "sell" the Canadians the idea
f empire. And Stanley Baldwin has
Been sent as the super-salesman.
Calling on the Canadian business to
buy only British goods, the speaker
Emphasized the Importance of the
newly created Empire Marketing
Board, for whose services the empire
pays S5,OO0,000 year.
The prime minister pointed out the
desperate need which had led to the
ormation of this board whose pur-
1ose he characterized frankly as pub
lefty"
Organize Propaganda Forces.
eve have enlisted the services of a
| card of writers and artists" he de-
Jared in explanation of the propa-
randa work Of this body, ito aid US
n that work. They are trying to
'reate the consciousness of empire
mong the people of Great Britain
md they want to carry with that con-
sciousness the sense of obligation first
f all to Great Britain. This is the
sirst step to create an atmosphere. }"
Empire Consciousness"
Again and again the prime minister
acurred to the idea of the necessity
IF empire consciousness and of buy
'ng only British goods. He was espe-
tally careful to stress those trade
features in which the United States
s in position to be of less value to
Canadian trade than is England. Rub
Der, tea and sugar, he pointed out,
are products of the tropical parts of
the British empire which Canada needs
and for which she must give the Brit
ish empire first choice in supplying
her markets.
in reference to the British import
trade which has not progressed at its
old rate since the war, the speaker
said: Remember we are a nation of
100000 consumers" and he went
on to describe England's struggle to
regain the old economic mastery
which has fallen out of her hands into
those of the United. States.
Denies British Decadence.
That England was not decadent
Baldwin declared was shown by the
struggle which she is today making
to recover her position in world trade
after the experience of the war.
Despite the fact that generation
had persisted for British business in
Flanders fields, the premier enpha-
sized the fact that it was there that
the younger men had learned the fell
lowship Of man which would yet save
the empire and colonial trade.
The Prince of Wales and his young
err brother, who is being trained on
this trip for the usual royal propa-
ganda Of colonial visits, went thru
their PAGES here. AS the day was very
hot the Prince of Wales and Premier
Baldwin both made democratic ges-
ture and appeared in their coat sleeves
to the horror of the Canadians who
took several minutes to rise to the
occasion and take off their own coats.
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