MERCHANDISE BILL.
MEASURE IN HOUSE OF LORDS. VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION. LONDON, Dec. 2. In the House of Lords the Merchandise'Marks Bill was read a second time by 50 votes to 26, after Lord Inchcape, who recently joined the Conservative Party, though still a Free-trader, made a vigorous denunciation of the bill. He said that it was preposterous, and would involve an increase in the number of functionaries who batten on the people. He was convinced that if the Government interfered with the free interchange of commodities Great Britain would become a mere cypher. Taxation would wipe out the country’s wealth. The proposals only sounded right to those who knew little of business. Lord Beauchamp congratulated Lord Inchcape on his speech, and asked if he .was going to vote against the bill. . Lord Inchcape replied that he was not going to support the bill, but he was not going to vote against it.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 9
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154MERCHANDISE BILL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 9
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