If British migrants mere to be settled in the Dominions
Britain should assist in some way in marketing Dominion food-stuffs, and imports of foreign food when necessary should be restricted. Foreign foods should be limited to making up the deficiency in supplies from the Dominions. Australia wanted to help both the British farmer and the British consumer. Personally he would prefer to help the British farmer by means of Protection —by a tariff on foreign imports with a preference for the Dominions. The tariff, however, might operate only when the prices of commodities sank to a level that was un- remunerative to the British farmer. In fine there might be "a sliding scale Tariff." But subsidies and a stabilization policy—by which the flow of foreign imports would be constantly regulated—were also well worth considering. He hoped that the Conference would refer the whole subject to a Commission.
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