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THE TANGLES OF A TARIFF
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accorded by this country. Canada, the richest, must gain most; the value to South Africa upon such exports as she sends must be inconsiderable.

2. The first effect of a general tariff would be to put taxes upon all the imports from our Allies that hitherto have come in free. The farmers and manufacturers of France and Belgium, in the depth of poverty and struggling to recover from the crushing effects of war, will be met by new barriers to our markets. French wines must be taxed higher, so as to favour the produce of Australia and South Africa. The embargo already placed on motors and their parts will be maintained by permanent taxes. Silks, dress goods, poultry, fruits, and flowers, will all be taxed, and it will be cold comfort to the French farmers and merchants to be told that other foreigners, who are not Allies, are charged still more.

In France considerable alarm has already been expressed in industrial and commercial circles lest they should stand to lose rather

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