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[de most people knows, the lonses as distinct from
Domimons-have their own
perpusfördertydam
riad in Britan "RELEA 110 and who stood, to
a: the development of Empire trade than the British shipowner: Ninety- three por cent, of that trade war carried in British Whipaland la was complementary. He did not tunk that people in this country
THE FUTURE OF BRITISH FILMS.
TO BE DISCUSSED AT OTTAWA CONFERENCE,
A stibject to be considered by the
realized muloiently in continual British Imperial Conference good will which was being shown Oltars this year is the future, of to them by every part of the Co-
"Co-will of the trader, preference was pire. It is a ubject which cons
login Empire. Besides the good British films, în regard, to the Em the given in a very large measure cena not only the publics of the Stamounting to as much as 50 and
pretary of State in London. In 80 per cent. All the Colonies ex- British Oversous Dominions and cept thred gave a preference to Colonies, but those of practically this, country, with the exception of all abuntries in the world. those who wers barrod by tressy
Thom
view of the interest now shown both by Whitehall and Manufar turers in Great Britain, it will be interesting to hear what Sir Philip Cunliffe Dister, Secretary of State for the Colonies, had to say on the Colonial Empire. In reading this one in forced to sponder, more than ever, just where Hong Kong comes in the Colonial Empire Cha
le Hong Kong always to be just the little speck of a few square artes, as shown on man, or can it became the Light House of Bri- tish Trade and Influence in the Far East that its geographical posi. tion leads one to expect it might be? La there no way by which Hong Kong may develop, and bene
from giving it and he had no son for this is that the British doubt that those other three would Almindustry has undergone a 10- shartly follow suit. low suit
volation in the last few years and
He had also asked the Board of is now in a much more flourishing Trade to review all the tariffs of condition than ever before. After the Colonies which gave a prefer dor to sea whether any adjustment shadowed by the Hollywood solos. ance to this country to-day, in or the war it was completely dvar of those tariffs might be made in
favour of this country. It would, which owed most of its success be quite impossible for the Co to the great initial home market duties to-day. Thoso duties raised film. The certain initial; sules an lonies to abandon their Customs available for the American made a very large part of their revenus
What mattered from the point of abled American manufacturers view of mutual trade was not who sell their films shroad afterwarder At by, the Imperial Preference ther the British product wont in at very cheap rates. Ta Brita
These thoughts are ruggested by Sir Philippeech, and they are thoughts which seem well worth developing by, those who have a maian of Hong Kong as occupying a place in the British Empire, somewhat of more importance than thee it occupies to-day.]
** Good Business.**
Six Philip Cunliffe-Lister said Office he tried to make a very quick that when he went to the Colonial surver of what the Colonies were
struggled along in the face of lan erodible difficulties.
trop, hut whether the British manu futurer got an effective preferance there is no such great home over his forgign competitors Thay and hence the British film would do good business, with, the Colonies by recognizing their fin ancial position and saying, Lot us how we can adjust your tariff, and give the most effective prefer ence within your power to the mediately limited the foreign mar British produce The better, the Eats for American films, and more trade, it would be able to do. the position of the Colony was the Britain gave a considerable in
The advent of the talking-film im-
a Colony to have a Brni market British genius has loan connectad It was a tremendous advantage to petus to a starving industry
The 10 per cent, duty slog open
s soldom realised abroad-how closed grap
duce, where they could sell it and ad up the opportunity for the Codevelopment of technique. In ap what their generali Anancial posilonies to develop alternative crops, paratus, lenses and photography. tion was He very soon found that The Colonial grower could not be not to mention the genius of actors A good many of them wore already assured of security unless he was and producers, persons of British "on the dele," and "that a good given the turn of the marketh This nationality have contributed gener many more would be on the dole country had spent a great deal of ously to the progress of the Alm if they did not have balances from money on Colonial development. Since the arrival of talking film more prosperous times which they That production must be linked up much of this talent has been con had carried forward. He put to a market and the people of this contrated in England with the res his Cabinet colleagues this propost country should realize that a policy fault that British Alms can now com tion to put it at its very lowest, of Colonial preference was good pare favourably with those pro that it was good business for them business. It must, however, notduced anywhere in the world The to make the Colonies pay. It was stop there, but be extended through Ottawa Conference will attempt to good business for the taxpayer. At out the whole Empire Canada, open widely the doors of Dominion the present time grants-in-aid were for instance, might well give and Colonial market for British being paid nut to eight or nine Co preference to the signal crop of East is If that can be achieved it lonies, and they would have to be Africa, The Government had now is safe to promise a great future continued unless prosperity was re- got the chance of beginning the for an industry that has only re stored. It was good business for real work that some of them Hau cantly been able to prove its ability the trader because the capacity of wanted to do for years past. Jn Thu it will be possible for foreign any Colony to buy depended on the past it was looked on as the capacity of a Colony to sell dream. Today, the dream was bus what it produced at a reasonably iness
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