"Prices have steadily risen during the past year and the British spun silk business today is only a shadow of its former self.
"We cannot increase our exports as we should, and me "are precluded from supplying our home market through the great quantity of foreign. fabrics that are allowed to pour into this country," he stated.
Mr. Goodale concluded by stating that serious consideration should be given to the introduction in Parliament of a general powers Bill to deal with this situation in Britain by imposing heavier import duties on fabrics coming from abroad.—Havas.
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