| Show I Trade Preferences Offered by Canada At Empire Meeting Bennetts Bennett's Plan Would Have Big Effect on U. U S. S Commerce SELF HELP SELF HELP IS EMPHASIZED Irish Delegates Join in Allegiance Allegiance Alle Alle- P Pledge edge By DJ Associated Press OrIA OTTAWA W A July 21 A 21 A definite offer proposing wider preferences for British British Brit Brit- ish goods in exchange for greater British t to Canadian imports imports im imp ports was vas made today by Premier R. R R B. B Bennett of Canada immediately after he was chosen chairman of the imperial economic conference Any such program of preferences would have considerable effect on the trade of the United States The premier declared such a system system tem tern of preference exchanges should be enduring Representatives of the dominions he said must decide now what course they intend to take and follow it without deviation His proposal proposal pro pro- was directed to the United Kingdom King King- dom dorn but the offer was extended also alsoto alsoto to all other parts of the empire wherever wherever where ever its application would be mutually mutual mutual- ly advantageous TWO WAYS OPEN There are two ways was of obtaining increased plc preference rence he said either by lowering trade barriers among ourselves or them against others The choice Is 15 governed largely large large- ly by local considerations but subject subject sub sub- to that it seems seem to us that we should follow fonow Ute tile rather than th m the second course I However R H wever gi great al o our r resources we cannot Isolate ourselves 1 best of ot the world The premier r declared that when we marshal the strength of the empire empire em em- pire which is the sum sum total of its coop co- co op tating parts we we are invincible He Re pointed out that it was necessary necessary necessary sary for each unit of the empire to todo todo todo do its utmost in the spirit of self continued Canada Canada Canada Can In that ada in the la last t two years has done as best she might to increase sc her power for service self-service and for empire ser ser- vice EMPHASIZES TREATY Only the other day this government government govern govern- ment concluded a treaty with our friends and neighbors the United States of America by which the St St. Lawrence waterway and the Great Lakes will be made into a great seaway seaway sea sea- way through which the commerce of at the empire will be carried to the heart of ot this continent and through which the products of this country will go out to all aU parts of the em em- pire This waterway will be t free e to all ships of the commonwealth and I believe will be the sure means by which the parts of the empire will vill willbe to an an- be brought still closer one other One of the first acts of the conference conference con con- ference terence was to approve a message of ol loyalty to the king kin The delegates from the Irish Free State voted in favor o this action and their vote was of particular interest terest because of the controversy between Dublin and London over President Eamon De Dc Valeras Valera's attempt to abolish the oath of allegiance to the crown a |
