The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-10

lens of world significance affecting
them are scheduled to be ironed out
by ministers from these lands, scat
tered about the earth, during the Lon
don meetings to do honor to the king.
Prominent statesmen are coming from
Canada, Australia, South Africa, New
Zealand and India; in fact, some Of
them have already arrived.
This conference will decide upon the
merit of results of the important Otta-
wa conference of July, 1882.
Helps British Trade.
Resulting from the Ottawa confer
ence has been large transfer of Brit
ish trade into the channels of the en-
pire. In the year before the confer
ence 2S.73 per cent of the United King.
dom's imports and 1850 per cent of
its exports went to and from units of
the empire. Last year these figures
had risen to 1907 per cent and 1886
per cent, respectively. Some Of this
gain has, of course, reduced the trade
possibilities between the United States
and Great Britain.
Australia and New Zealand, while
they have been benefited by an advan-
tage over non-British competitors I'M
der the terms of the agreement, have
been rather hampered by the quota
clauses which have largely reduced the
amounts Of goods which they are al
lowed to send into Great Britain. 1t
is the purpose of the present confer
ence to take steps toward substituting
tariffs for quotas, in order to alleviate
the condition. Delegates will be ex-
tremely wary of these discussions,
however, for they remember the near
famine times of the middle Nineteenth
century when similar tariffs were in
force. Especially concerned are states
which ship dairy produce and meats,
like Australia and New Zealand.
A similar problems has presented it.
self to the Canadian wheat farmer, but
he has been protected by tariff on
flour, which creates a fund out Of
which the British wheat grower is SUBJ
sidized. During the jubilee these min
listers will discuss the possibilities of
extending such protection to nearly all
farm products. This, of course, would
have considerable effect upon world
commerce.
Consider the Taxpayer.
AS regards defense the jubilee con-
ferences will make some effort to re-
lieve the taxpayer in the United King
dom of some of the burden he has car
ried to provide defense for the colonies,
and to discuss developments and neces-
sary protection of interests in the Far
East. Here, in the British opinion, the
interests of the United States are close
ly allied with their own, and in official
circles there has been some talk that
a new Anglo-American agreement of
cooperation will be formed, especially
in matters where Australia is con-
cerned.
These are things with which the out
side world is concerned chiefly, with
respect to the Silver Jubilee. But, aft
er all, it will be the spectacle of the
king and queen riding through the Lon
don streets to receive the cheers of the
multitudes upon many scheduled occa-
sions that will receive most of the Eng
fish enthusiasm. All throughout the
Jubilee events have been scheduled,
which will bring their beloved king out
among his people. And he is beloved,
When for months he was lying sick in
Buckingham palace, throngs of thou
sands upon thousands hung about the
walls and the gates for hours, hoping
every minute for the word that their
prayers had been answered and God
had saved the king.
But perhaps the most remarkable de-
ference of all is that which has been
declared by employees of certain Brit
ish hat factories. To show their re-
spect for the king, they have agreed
not to steal any hats during the Jubilee.
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