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WEDNESDAY, MAR. 6, 1935.
BRITAIN TAKING NO RISKS
HOLD YOUR BREATH
On the sands at Daytonn when, with a roaring, the British-built
ARE HIGHER TARIFFS NEEDED?
By SIR ROBERT HORNE
The Very Idea!
DUMB-BELLES LETTRES
By Juliet Lowell d
An augmentation in the importa. Green-eyed Monster Sees Red Bluebird, piloted by Sir MalcolmREAT Britain has been living Campbell, rushes along the firm under a tariff system for a ton of raw materials is all to the Toa Fucking Company.
packed sands, you can easily hold porlod of nearly three years, and good; but an increase In the Im-gir Louis is in your employ. your breath for as long na It this is perhaps not an inappropriate coriation of meat, amounting to takes this furiously driven ear to moment to review the effects of Ministerial as well as agricultural | Please don't let him bring away
this departure from our previous hopes. travel the measured mile. It only devotion to Free Trade.
I am chiefly concerned hore, how. Any more of your knives. I sup tho with the third category, Pose you buy those knives to cut takes a few seconds. Something
and laughter cattle with. Laula' articles wholly or mainly manu wife threatened to use them on me... Have we used our tariffs to of the dreadful risk he runs may full advantage? This question be indicated by the reports of his seems now to deserve considera-factured," because manufacture re-It's not nice to be jealous like she presonts industrial employment. A. So I will be obliged to you if you attempts to lower his record oftion; but the fact that it is asked crutiny shown that thero has been will have Loula return those, knives
does not in any way imply a TO- two years ago. On Sunday his section upon the Import Duties an increase of Imports under this back. You, I am positive will find.
bead to the value of
over them at his home in his trunk. goggles dropped over his nose, al Advisory Committee. It would, £20,000,000. most smothering him, and he indeed, be nothing less than a Doubtless a small part of this do not like to explain this matter, but his wife has mania for cut- could scarcely see. And this at a miracle if they hnd nucceeded in increase represents goods not avail- ting-ho used a razor-on-a-lady, |speed no little under 300 miles an compiling a scale of duties which able from domestic production; and I am positive that she will use hour that a few more or less don't had proved so porfect that no rebut at a time when we still have this knife and my akin is very ten-
mattor. We have heard of men, driving at 30 miles an hour, who have wrecked their machines be- cause they were momentarily dazzled on a straight run of road.
view of them was conceivablo.
2,000,000 workers unemployed and I suggest that our tariffs, taken are doing our utmost to developer and I bruge easily. Please over all, are not now high enough. employment in our own country,
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hurry.
It
seems upon the face of it, anomal- If we chat our minds back to ous that in the course of the last twelve months we should have the year 1931, when the question of given to foreign producers addi-
The day before, on Saturday, while adopting a tariff was being most ifonal employment in making
no
ed in it, must mean much. It is
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articles which we can well make £20,000,000 moro than in 1933. ourselves to the value of nearly
An analysis of the Board of Trude figures discloses that in 1933; that in iron and steel and manufactures thereof, an increase occurred of £3,000,000; in cutlery,
increase hardware, etc., an £600,000; in electrical goods and apparatus an increase of £600,000; in machinery an increase of £2, 600,000; in manufactures of wood
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Alice
I bruisc easily.
Up And Coming
travelling well over 200 miles an auxiously discussed in this country, hour, Sir Malcolm discovered his we shall recall that, next to the car was afire. He stopped as rising tide of unemployment, the quickly as he could, and put the most potent determining factor in fire out. There was split bringing opinion in Great Britain second's confusion in his mind. round to the adoption of a system Ile just acted, without flurry, but of import duties was the injury without loss of time. A split which threatened us as the result second's fumbling, a split second's of an adverse balance of trade pay- rolaxation of the iron control he ments.
It may be remembered that even must maintain on the leaping machinery under his hands, would when we added to the value of the mean certain death. After it was goods which we sold all that we over he merely remarked that the earned by services to the world and timber an increase of £400,000; beach was too bumpy for him to the shape of "invisible exporta" in cotton yarns and manufactures an get up speed. Twenty years ago and put this sum against what we increase of £160,000; in woollen the dare-devils were driving 26 owed for the goods which we im- and worsted yarns and manufac miles an hour alang country roads, ported, there was a deficit in the tures an increase of £150,000: in and farmers were cursing and balance of payments against us to chemicals an increase of £1,300,-
the extent of £104,000,000. This 000; in vehicles, including muter: To a Yeast Company. fighting their teams. The com- parison is not significant to a lay-contrasted with a credit balance in cars, an increase of £1,000,000; and the year 1928 of £157,000,000; in in paper and cardboard more than
Replying on the "rumour" man but to Sir Malcolm such an 1929 of £103,000,000; and in 1930 £1,000,000. advance, and the part he has play- of £28,000,000.
These figures are significant as that you are to place agencies. I'd It was therefore obvious that a showing that the tariff upon gueda like to be an agent. Although I'm likely that there are a good many steady disintegration in our post- which, if made here, would give not a college graduate, I dont men who would like to be the first tion was going on which, if con-employment in our own country, is a lot of weekends calling on a girl The decision of the British to travel 300 miles an hour on tinued, could only end in catas-not affording an adequate defence at the University. Government, no longer to delay land; but there is only one, thus trophe. It was in these circum-to our industries. Mr.
I'm rather good-looking, if the taking of what it deems far, who has had the combination stances that the tariff system was and others have recently given ex-you don't think I'm modest.
I'm antianed to go slow, on necessary measures ensuring of courage, porfect control and initiated, with the result that in pression to confidence in adequate security for the Home-super-car which bring the attain- 1982 the deficit against us on the future-not in any expectation of raises. My motto is you don't
ment within reach. land and the Empire comes as no
balance of payments had been re-a rapid increase in our foreign have to ask for promotion. If you duced to £60,000,000, and in 1938 to trade, but because they think that work hard, the bone will promote surprise. It is in line with
I know. £4,000,000.
our home market is able to absorb you. He'll promote ma frequent ministerial pronounce COST OF DICTATORSHIP
a considerably increased home pro- that's the kind of men you're look The expectation of all of us, upon duction.
ing for. ments during the past year, and is not in any sense Indicative of
Send me the cash, I don't Whether it stirs you to laughter, which our confidence in the future
I venture to agree with their mind the trouble of coming to in- aggressive intent. The White tears, or acute boredom, Huey was based, was that this beneficial Paper which has been issued on Long's recent clash with the change would continue, and that view. But auch a favourable result terview you.
Yours truly, the subject fully explains the Square Dealers" of Baton Rouge 1934 would exhibit the kind of will only be achieved if we succeed
Frank C... (signed) Government attitude. Briefly was an excellent small-scale model credit balance which had been the in checking the increase which has
An energotic, rising expressed, this Is that in her of the typical European blood universal experience of our country keen. taking place in the adverse balance of trade, and in employing
young man, own interests Britain cannot purge. About all that it lacked before 1931.
From this point of view it is our own people in the manufactura
that the of afford to continue along the path was blood. Of that, luckily, there disconcerting to find
goods which it is entirely within trace. One citizen figures for 1934 are likely to show their competence to make at
Interview with Mrs. Middleditch of unilateral disarmament,, in was only a
was wounded by buckshot, and an a reversal of the encouraging pro- reasonable cost. the face of continued military other was badly mauled by citi ceas to which I have been referring.
"Well, Mra. Middleditch," anid I, Nobody could possibly assert that "and so you're a hundred to-day " and naval expansion by otherzens who suspected him of being The statistics of imports and ex-moderate increases in the duties. "Ees," said Mra. Middleditch. Powers. For years past, Britain a spy. The rest suffered Injuries ports show that the debit balance which at present exist on a large "A hundred to-day I be and it do has slowed down on armament to nothing but their sensibilities. of visible trade has increased variety of our manufactures would zoem no time at all since good King S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. expenditure, not merely for ren- But the affair was a sign und e against us by $27,000,000, ax com- bring us into the category of high enery war on the throne.
tariff countries. Indeed, the scale sons of economy, but in the hope portent, nevertheless. Senator pared with the year 1933.
"Good King whe7" If we could hope that this in-of our tariffs at the present time
"Good King Henery. Or that her example would be Long seems to be the American
maybe followed by others. It was felt model of the twentieth century creased adverse balance would be offers the most complete dernon-it wur Willum. I do get they dietator, and this "ahindig" was redressed by increased "invisible stration. of the moderation with kins turble mixed. Now when I that the evidence thus supplied the sort of thing that happens exports" in the shape of payments which we have proceeded in adopt war a maid- of an absence of aggressive in- where dictatorships dourish, for shipping, monetary and other ing this new policy.
"Yes, yes," I said Impatiently. BSGEG|tention might induce other Note the parallels. We had, first services, we might not be dia- The time for a revisal has, how-"Yes, quite, Mrs. Middleditch, quite nations to come into line, but of all, Indignant citizens who felt posed to feet any qualms; but, so ever. arrived, and I hope that at- so, I have to catch the four fifteen these hopes have been falalfled that they could not accomplish far as one can judge, there is little tention may be directed to the sub- to town: Just tell me, will you. by events. Obviously, such a anything at the polls and who ground for confidence in any such jeet by the various expert bodies about your rheumatism?" policy could not be pursued in therefore armed and drilled in reflection, and one must accept the which represent our industries in "My rheumatism? Ay, It be definitely, and there will be few preparation for fighting. Next we disquieting prospect of confronting this country.
turble bad. I wor took bad-lat The fact that America Is дом Britons who will quarrel with had the Senator ordering out an increased adverse balance of the viewpoint that the time has tops to quell them; next, a payments on all counts for the trading on a cheaper dollar, which me see now-In eighty-three it war,
public hearing at
or maybe eighty-fower" which the year just closed.
has enabled her manufacturers to arrived when national security senator tells about a widespread
"That's all right." I interrupted. How would it be possible to re-affer their goods In external mar-That's splendid, Mrs. Middleditch. can no longer be placed in jeo-plot to assassinate him.
medy this situation? A glance at [kets at considerably reduced prices, pardy. Looked at superficially,
the statistics of our trade shows thus making their competition with I've got the general idea, thank increased importation in each of us much more severe, affords addi- you. And now good-bye, and keep there might appear to be some
the three main categories into tional justification for the recon-your pecker up; 'I hope to come measure of inconsistency in the THE LESSON
which is divided the foreign pro-sideration which seems now to be down and see you again next year."
Mrs. Middleditch was evidently fact that a Government which
duce which comes to our shores. required.
taken aback. professes a desire to serve the The thing had an odour of comic cause of peace should decide to opera, to be sure; but it followed embark on an extensive scheme the blueprints of the real thing, for increasing its fighting forces and it leaves one with an fun- comfortable feeling that next both in personnel and in equip time it may end up with shooting. ment. Actually; the charge is It was just a little too life-like to not justified. Indeed, the aban- be really funny. What is happen- donment of unilateral disarma-ing, obviously, that in this one *Alberties, JA ment is quite in line with the state: American Government belief that only by Amorieans have known them, are a collective system can peace be giving way to one-man rule, which preserved. And it is deserving a bolstered up just as one-man rulo in Italy, and Germany is of emphasis that Britain still bolstered. The Huey Long model stands firmly by the principle of of Fascism is running on co-operative effort in the realm parallel with the Mussolini and of disarmament. The dominant Hitler models. Now it is argued, point in the Government policy in defence of all this, that Sens- is that it rests on a determina-tor Long was preceded by an un- tion not to run undue risks, but scrupulous and overbearing poli- that immediately there is any tical machine, so that he is really indication of other Powers be accomplishing much for the plain people of his stato even while he ing willing to come into line on takes their civil liberties away u comprehensive agreement, from them. But even if we grant, Britain will be prepared whole for the sake of argument, that all heartedly to join in. So much of this is true, there is one more is indicated in the White Paper fact to remember: This is pro- declaration that the scheme now elsely the excuse that dictators debided on is elastic in char-everywhere give for their acts. acter, being subject to constant know that tale by heart, and Mussolini, Hitler, Lenin-they all review and adjustment, as cir- chanted it in season and out of cumstances justify. If the In-season. The Icason ought to be Iternational situation were more clear. By surrendering its bor composed than it is at present, ties to gain relief from a bad the necessity for these British altuation, a people is apt to get precautionary measures would a great deal more than it bargains not arise. But with conditions for. It is easier to set up a as they are, it would be the one down. The flurry
dictatorship than it is to knock Louisiana height of folly to temporise für was a disturbing eign to people ther. National and Imperial who believe that liberty is the security demand a policy of American people's most priceless preparedness.
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