Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-18 | Page 3 | British Wheat Men Seek Trade

BRITISH WHEAT I MEN SEEK TRADE r MONTREAL Que July 18 W JP- British wheat interests whose representatives representatives rep rep rep- have ave arrived for tor the Imperial inv Im- p rIal conference which opens ne next t Thursday at Ottawa will press pres for forthe forthe forthe the establishment of ot policies aiming at good trade trado relations relations' r with all importing importing im im- im porting porting- countries In or out out of the empire It was announced today It must be bc remembered remember d that the empire is a net exporter of wheat and that the main line of any well founded policy polley must be toward the cultivation of good trading relations with all the Im importing countries said Sir Arthur Holmes member of the delegation of the National Federation of Corn Trades associations If the British government were to Impose a tariff at a flat fIat rate of so 80 many cents per bushel on wheat en entering entering en en- g the United Kingdom with preference preference for the empire producer the question is is' whether it would help him or whether in ill the end he would be the loser and whether such arrangements ar are ar- ar might not alienate some of his best customers and destroy his will in markets outside the em cm pire Naturally the governments of Great Britain and the other dominions are anxious to do all aU they they- can to improve the economic st status of cereal cereal ce ceo real f There seems to be a unanimity of opinion among the members of the grain trade of the whole of the British British Brit Brit- ish empire that any attempt to divide di vide or parcel out the worlds world's markets markets mar mar- by arbitrary means such as quotas quotas quo quo- tas is economically unsound It is of paramount Importance that buyers buyers buy buy- ers and sellers should have freedom of action in unfettered world markets mar mat I I