Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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oHAP. vi] TRADE RELATIONS AND CURRENCY 1179 sions on the Continent of North America are now united in one Dominion, the application of the principle of inter- colonial reciprocity is exceedingly limited, being confined to Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland ; and that, as regards reciprocity between the Dominion and the United States, the contiguity of their respective territories along a frontier line now extending across the entire continent renders the case so peculiar, that the precedent cannot fairly be applied to the commercial relations of Australasia, which is separated from the United States by the Pacific Ocean. But it cannot be denied that reciprocity bargains may be made between countries far remote from each other, and that the ever-increasing facilities of communication between all parts of the world must render it more and more difficult to maintain distinctions based upon merely geographical considerations. All these complications would be avoided if the Colonies adhered to the iree-trade policy of this country. Not the least of the advantages of that policy is that, as it seeks to secure no exclusive privileges, it strikes at the root of that narrow commercial jealousy which has been one of the most fertile causes of international hatred and dissensions. Her Majesty’s Government believe that protectionist tariffs and differential duties will do far more to weaken the con- nexion between the Mother Country and her Colonies than any expressions of opinion in favour of a severance, such as are alluded to in the resolutions of the delegates from three of the Australian Colonies. Whilst, however, Her Majesty’s Government deeply regret that any of the Australasian Colonies should be disposed to recur to what they believe to be the mistaken policy of protection, they fully recognize, so far as the action of the Imperial Government is concerned, the force of the observa- tions made by the Chief Secretary of Victoria in his Memo- randum of October 7, 1871! ‘ that no attempt can be more hopeless than to induce free self-governed states to adopt exactly the same opinions on such questions as free trade and protection which the people of England happen to enter- bain at that precise moment’: and they are well aware, to use again Mr. Duffy’s words, that the Colonists are naturally impatient of being treated as persons who cannot be entrusted to regulate their own affairs at their own discretion.” Similarly, Mr. Wilson, Chief Minister of the Tasmanian Government, in his Memorandum of September 11, 18712 ' Parl. Pap., C. 576, p. 18, * Ibid., p. 48.

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