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Show ENGLAND WANTS REVENGE , British Colonies Seeking; to Retaliate Because Be-cause of the McKinley Bill. WILL TRY TO FORCE THE ISSUE. An Insidious Attempt Will be Made to llrae ti e i iilteii States into Freer Trade Kelatiun With England. LosTJOX, June 29. Among the important resolutions to be discussed by the chambers of commerce congress is the following: The Winnipeg (Manitoba) board of trade will move: 'That it is the opinion of this congress con-gress that the time has come, or is close at hand, when the people, of Great Britain can with confidence look to the colonics and dependencies of the empire for that portion of their bread-stuffs bread-stuffs which theT lind uecessary to import from year to year. The rapid de-uelopmeut de-uelopmeut of grain production in Canada, India and Australia in the past ten years clearly indicates that these countries will soon have annually an export surplus of grata in excess of the annual import demand de-mand of the British Isles, and it will be altogether alto-gether unnecessary for the latter to look for subplies to foreign countries, especially to those whose rariif laws are trained as to strike specially at the TRADE IXTEKESTS OF GREAT HKITAIN" and the British colonies : that, this congress sees the best method of securing secur-ing this end by a system in the mother country of tariff discrimination against grain and other food products ol foreign for-eign nations, and in favor of the imports of such goods from the colonies and dependencies; depend-encies; and similar discriminations by colonies col-onies and dependencies in connection with the tariff on other goods required to be imported im-ported by them; that this congress favors such a movement, as it is believed that Its enforcement would serve as a check upon the national selfishness which, at the present pres-ent time, seems to inspire many nations in framing their tariff laws that its enforcement enforce-ment would prove a commercial counter irritant, ir-ritant, which would in comparatively a few years practical 13' FORC1 THE XATIOX5 of the world into a much freer system of trade intercourse than now exists between them. Similar resolutions favoring tariff retaliation retalia-tion against the United States were presented presen-ted by the chambers of commerce of Montreal, Mont-real, Toronto and Regina, N. W. T. The chamber of commerce of Trinidad. British West Indias, declares that the McKinley law is favorable to the West Indias, and says it is the general feeling that every reasonable effort should be made to retain the L'nited States market as it is the best yet found for their principal staple, sugar. The delegate for the Regina board of trade will offer the following: "Resolved, That the board of trade of Regina, X. W. T. , Canada, would heartily favor the extension of commerce and trade upon the perpetual basis throughout through-out all parts of the British empire and that it would be of the highest collective and individual advantage. Further Fur-ther that the provisions that any foreign treaty imposing limitations upon the full development of trade between Canada and other parts of the British empire should be at once abrogated. In advocating the above, we wish it understood that while we desire free trade with the British empire, we have no desire to interfere either now or at any time with the fiscal or political liberty at present enjoyed by the self-goveruing colonies, col-onies, and we believe if any such scheme could bg carried out in the near.jutureil.. "wxufu be jusi retaliation to the L'nited States for the recent legislation affecting the trade relations of Oreat Britain and Canada with the United States." At the afternoon session of the British chamber of commerce congress, a motion by Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian high commissioner, com-missioner, declaring a small differential duty should be adopted by Great Britain and colonies col-onies against foreigh imports, was defeated, 7'.' to 34. Sir Charles challenged the vote. Another ballot will be taken tomorrow. |