The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-21
issued: 1912-01-31
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note: EIGHT PAQES- **» 60 CENTS A MONTH ~ ~r **~ iftr <E*L SJFIED ADS 1 ' ^©ENW^ORD 111 voL io NELSON. B. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 31.1912 NO. 249 FOR mil OF TIFF POLO This Is Chief Work of Proposed Commission DOMINION GRAIN " LAWS WORLD'S BEST But Government Intends to Improve Them, Says Hon. G. E. Foster OTTAWA, Jan. 30—The two chief features of today's Bitting of lhe house of commons was a brief discussion of the powers which will be assigned to the permanent tariff commission and the consideration in committee ot, the bill respecting the Grain act. The tariff talk occurrred in committee on Hon. T. W. White's resolution oh which the bill is based. In response to a number of questions from members on both sides of the house, the minister of finance repeatedly emphasized the point that the chief work of the commission would be to secure Information on which the government might act in framing its tariff policy. •Sir Wilfrid Laurier said that he would reserve bis comments until the bill came up for discussion. Hon. G. E, Foster in committee on the Grain act, made an Interesting explanatory speech in which he laid emphasis on the fact that Canada bas better laws regulating the sale of grain than any other country in the world and yet it was proposed further to improve them. Opposition members were disposed to criticize the government for making the commission's' ruling subject to the governor general In council. They said that the commission with limited powers would not meet with the desires of the farmers. Mr. Foster assured the house that while it was necessary to make provisions for government control it was the Intention of the ministry td give tbe commission as free a band as possible. He promised to take the vari- out recommendations made Into consideration. The bill contains 247 clauses, 37 of which were disposed of before the committee rose to report progress. Sympathy Expressed When the house met Prime Minister Borden said he'desired to make an allusion to t…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0384420
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text