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two officials of the committee, Messrs. 

 E. J. Harding and A.H. Bridgman,were 

 met at Vancouver by Sir Robert Sin- 

 clair, of New Zealand, and Sir John 

 William Langerman, at the close of the 

 conference. At the present time the 

 allied powers have been discussing the 

 question of closer trade relations after 

 the war. This idea springs from the 

 antagonism to the Central Powers. 

 Whether, when the war is over and 

 commence is relieved from the straight 

 jacket tension in which it is now en 

 compassed, this feeling will be as domi- 

 nant is another question- The nations 

 are war-mad. The arbitrament of the 

 sword as a means of settling territorial 

 expansion and changing political poli- 

 cies may be essentially ethical, but 

 when it comes to dealing with the laws 

 of commerce, which are grounded on 

 the basic principle of buying in the 

 cheapest market and selling in the dear- 

 est, the problem is essentially different. 

 Service and price go hand in hand with 

 the law of supply and demand. If any 

 nation can make an article which is bet- 

 ter adapted to the service to which it 

 was designed than that of another, in 

 the end it will be adopted. This is in- 

 evitable. At the present time the 

 whole business world is in a chaotic 

 condition. The United States' lum- 

 bermen are clamorous for a protective 

 duty against Canadian lumber and 

 shingles, the British Columbia lumber 

 interests are petitioning for an impe- 

 rial preference. The republic of 

 Chile has increased its lumber tariff 

 New Zealand's state-owned railroads 

 impose a higher rate on foreign woods 

 moving on its lines than that of native 

 manufacture. In the meantime the 

 export lumber interests of the Pacific 

 Coast have wisely decided to form an 

 export company which has for its ob- 

 ject the securing of a better price for 

 its foreign market. It is quite reasonable 

 foreign market. It is quite reasonable 

 to suppose that the lumber interests of 

 British Columbia will form a similar 

 selling organization. At the present 

 time the British Columbia mills are se- 

 curing from the British Government a 

 price of $12 for Douglas fir ties, which 

 have been purchased from American 

 mills at $9. This is an example of 

 discrimination, blended with an earnest 

 desire for national unity due to the 

 stress of war." 



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