London, Mar. 1.
After a meeting of representatives, of all sections of the Lancashire cotton trade held at Manchester, today Mr. Herbert Lec, the Chairman of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, made a statement declaring. that Lancashire interests would use every means at their command to: secure the withdrawal of the proposed increase of the Indian duty on: cotton goods to 15 per cent.
Such an Lee, would be a cashire and it seemed to give wholly unjustified additional protection to the Bombay cotton industry at the cost of heavy penalties on consum~ ers in India—Reuter:
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