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India and the Empire: A Consideration of the Tariff Problem (Classic Reprint) Montagu De Pomeroy Webb No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 6 - That the Prime Ministers of the colonies respectfully urge on His Majesty's Government the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the colonies, either by exemption from or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed.
Page 185 - Machinery (and component parts thereof), meaning machines or sets of machines to be worked by electric, steam, water, fire, or other power not being manual or animal labour, or which before being brought into use require to be fixed with reference to other moving parts ; and including Belting of all materials for driving machinery.
Page 5 - Conference of 1902):— (1) That this Conference recognises that the principle of preferential trade between the United Kingdom and his Majesty's dominions beyond the seas would stimulate and facilitate mutual commercial intercourse, and would, by promoting the development of the resources and industries of the several parts, strengthen the Empire.
Page 179 - I was so proud to hold (cheers), and that now, when I might, I think, fairly claim a period of rest, I have taken up new burdens, and come before you as a missionary of Empire, to urge upon you again, as I did in the old times, when I protested against the disruption of the United Kingdom...
Page 173 - I recognise that you have a right to call upon me for the broad outlines of my plan, and those I will give you if you will bear with me. You have heard it said that I propose to put a duty of 5s. or 10s.
Page 184 - CENT. AD VALOREM. Iron : anchors and cables ; angle T and channel ; bar ; nail rod and round rod ; beams, joists, pillars, girders, bridgework and other descriptions of iron imported exclusively for building purposes ; plate and sheet ; hoop ; nails ; nuts and bolts ; old ; pig ; pipes and tubes, including fittings therefor, such as bends, boots, elbows, tees, sockets, flanges, etc. ; rails, sleepers, chairs, dogspikes, and fish-plates other than those...
Page xxiv - All that we seek is that we shall not be pledged in advance to accord equal treatment to the imports of all countries alike, irrespective of whether they penalise our exports or not.
Page 150 - The aptitudes of climate and soil facilitate the production of raw materials. Labour is cheap and plentiful, but unsteady, unthrifty, and unskilled. Capital is scarce, immobile, and unenterprising. Co-operation on a large scale of either capital or labour is unknown. Agriculture is the chief support of nearly the whole population, and this agriculture is carried on under conditions of uncertain rainfall. Commerce and manufactures on a large scale are but recent importations, and all industry is carried...
Page 179 - I have taken up new burdens, and come before you as a missionary of Empire, to urge upon you again, as I did in the old times, when I protested against the disruption of the United Kingdom, once again to warn you, to urge you, to implore you to do nothing that will tend towards the disintegration of the Empire...