May 21, 1930

CON

Thomas Cantley

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. CANTLEY:

Before you go any further, Mr. Chairman, I want to protest against this whole list of free items. It is absolutely useless for the government to talk of protecting and building up an iron and steel industry in this country while they place a large proportion of the products of our mills and furnaces on the free list and at the same time unfairly grant the people who use this raw material, produced under conditions to which I have referred, the highest rate of protection granted under the Canadian tariff. There is nothing scientific, fair or reasonable about the tariff as reflected in the whole list of items contained on pages 16 and 17, and I protest against those items.

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Item agreed to. Customs tariff-386(e). Sheets, _ hoop, band or strip, hot or cold rolled, when imported by manufacturers of shovels for use exclusively in the manufacture of shovels, in their own factories, per ton: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, $2.75; general tariff, $3. Customs tariff-386(f). Hoop, band or strip, drawn, coated or not. when imported by manufacturers of mats for use exclusively in the manufacture of mats, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, 5 per cent; general tariff, 5 per cent. Customs tariff-386(g). Sheets, plates, hoop, band or strip, not tempered or ground nor further manufactured than cut to shape, without indented edges, when imported by manufacturers of saws or straw cutters for use exclusively in the manufacture of saws or straw cutters, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, 5 per cent; general tariff, per cent. Customs tariff-386(h). Sheets, plates, hoop, band or strip, hardened, tempered or ground, not further manufactured than cut to shape, without indented edges, when imported by manufacturers of saws for use exclusively in the manufacture of saws, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, 5 per cent; intermediate tariff, 10 per cent; general tariff, 12J per cent. Customs tariff-386 (i). Sheets, hoop, band or strip, when imported by manufacturers for use exclusively in the manufacture of buckle clasps, bedfasts, furniture casters, corset steels, clock springs, shoe shanks, phonograph motor springs or ball bearings, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, free; general tariff, 5 per cent. Customs tariff-386 (j). Hoop, band or strip, being tagging metal, coated or not, when imported by manufacturers of shoe and corset laces for use exclusively in the manufacture of shoe and corset laces, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, free; general tariff, 5 per cent. Items agreed to. . Customs tariff-3S6(k). Sheets, hot or cold rolled, when imported by manufacturers of apparatus designed for cooking or for heating buildings, for use exclusively in the manufacture of vitreous enamelled sheets for apparatus designed for cooking or for heating buildings, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free: intermediate tariff, 10 per cent; general tariff, 12J per cent.


LIB

Charles Avery Dunning (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal

Mr. DUNNING:

With respect to this item I propose a change in order to allow the manufacturers of apparatus designed for cooking to secure the same concession with respect to hollow ware as is here granted with respect to stoves and ranges. The amendment substitutes for the present item the following: Sheets, hot or cold rolled, when imported by manufacturers of hollowware coated with vitreous enamel or of apparatus designed for cooking or for heating buildings, for use exclusively in the manufacture of hollowware coated with vitreous enamel or of vitreous enamelled sheets for apparatus designed for cooking or for heating buildings, in their own factories.

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CON

Richard Bedford Bennett (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. BENNETT:

Was this recommended

by the tariff board?

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LIB

Charles Avery Dunning (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal

Mr. DUNNING:

Yes.

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CON

Richard Bedford Bennett (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. BENNETT:

Why was it not put in the tariff originally?

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LIB

Charles Avery Dunning (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal

Mr. DUNNING:

The point was not clear originally as to the wording for cooking, as to the distinction between cooking utensils and enamelled hollow-ware generally. As a matter of fact the item as originally worded partly covered commodities of enamelled hollow-ware, but not completely. It was an error.

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Amendment agreed to. [DOT] Item as amended agreed to. 2380 COMMONS Ways and Means-Customs Tariff Customs tariff-386(1). Sheets, cold rolled, blue polished, when imported by manufacturers of apparatus designed for cooking or for heating buildings, for use exclusively in the manufacture of apparatus designed for cooking or for heating buildings, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, 10 per cent; general tariff, 12i per cent. Item agreed to. Customs tariff-386 (m). Sheets, hoop, band or strip, hot rolled, when imported by manufacturers for use exclusively in the manufacture of sheets, hoop, band or strip, coated with tin, zinc, or other metal or metals, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, free; general tariff, free; on and after January 1, 1931: British preferential tariff, 5 per cent; intermediate tariff, 7J per cent; general tariff, 10 per cent.


CON

Richard Bedford Bennett (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. BENNETT:

Why is this after January 1, 1931? Does that apply to all the preceding paragraphs of this item, or only to paragraph (m) ?

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LIB

Charles Avery Dunning (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal

Mr. DUNNING:

It* applies only to the

paragraph under discussion. This is to give notice that all dippers will be on the same basis on and after January 1, 1931.

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Item agreed to. Customs tariff-386 (n). Hoop, band or strip, hot rolled. .080 inch or less in thickness, when imported by manufacturers for use exclusively in the manufacture of cold rolled iron or steel, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, 5 per cent; general tariff, 10 per cent. Customs tariff-386 (o). Hoop, band or strip, hot rolled more than .080 inch in thickness, when imported by manufacturers for use exclusively in the manufacture of cold rolled iron or steel, in their own factories: British preferential tariff, free; intermediate tariff, 12J per cent; general tariff, 20 per cent. Item agreed to. Customs tariff-387. Railway rails, of iron or steel, of any weight or for any purpose, punched, driled or not, per ton: British preferential tariff, $4.50; intermediate tariff, $6; general tariff, $7. Item agreed to. Customs tariff-387(a); Railway ties, fishplates, splice bars, rail joints, tie-plates, of iron or steel, per ton: British preferential tariff, $5; intermediate tariff, $7; general tariff, $8.


CON

Richard Bedford Bennett (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. BENNETT:

There are no changes in these items, I take it?

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LIB

Charles Avery Dunning (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal

Mr. DUNNING:

The item dealing with

railway rails is changed by the insertion of the words " of any weight or for any purpose," for greater clarity.

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CON

Richard Bedford Bennett (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. BENNETT:

No change in the rate? Mr. DUNNING: No.

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Item agreed to. Customs tariff-387b. Railway intersection layouts, intersections, switches, crossings, frogs, guard rails, of iron or steel: British preferential tariff, 15 per cent; intermediate tariff, 25 per cent; general tariff, 30 per cent. Item agreed to. Customs tariff-388. Iron or steel angles, beams, channels, columns, girders, joists, piling, tees, zees, and other shapes or sections, not punched, drilled or further manufactured than hot rolled, weighing not less than 35 pounds per lineal yard, n.o.p., per ton: British preferential tariff, $1; intermediate tariff, $2.75; general tariff, $3. The governor in council may, by order in council, direct that there be substituted for tariff item 388 in schedule A of the Customs Tariff, 1907, and the several rates of duties of customs set opposite said item in schedule A the following: Iron or steel angles, beams, channels, columns, girders, joists, piling, tees, zees, and other shapes or sections, not punched, drilled or further manufactured than hot rolled, weighing not less than one hundred and twenty pounds per lineal yard, n.o.p., per ton: British preferential tariff, $2; intermediate tariff, $2; general tariff, $3. From and after the publication of such order in council in the Canada Gazette, tariff item 388 as it appeal's in said schedule at the time of passing of this act, shall be repealed and the provisions of the said tariff item as it appears in the last preceding subsection of this section shall be substituted therefor. The governor in council shall not direct that such provisions shall be substituted as aforesaid unless and until the Governor in Council is satisfied that iron or steel angles, beams, channels, columns, girders, joists, piling, tees, zees, and other shapes or sections weighing less than one hundred and twenty pounds per lineal yard are manufactured in substantial quantities in Canada from steel made in Canada. Item agreed to. Customs tariff-388a. Iron or steel shapes or sections, as hereunder defined, not punched, drilled or further manufactured than hot rolled, weighing not less than 35 pounds per lineal yard, viz: I-beams, up to and including 6 inches in depth, but not to include H sections; channels, up to and including 7 inches in depth; angles, up to and including 6 inches by 6 inches; zees, up to and including 6 inches in depth of web, per ton: British preferential tariff, $4; intermediate tariff, $5.56; general tariff, $6. Item agreed to. Customs tariff-388b. Iron or steel angles, beams, channels, columns, girders, joists, piling, tees, zees, and other shapes or sections, not punched, drilled or further manufactured than hot rolled, n.o.p., per ton: British preferential tariff, $4.25; intermediate tariff, $6; general tariff, $7.


CON

Finlay MacDonald

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. MacDONALD (Cape Breton South):

I know there is no use in making any objection to these items, but I am advised that this change under item 388b will ruin some of the plants engaged in fabricating iron and steel. One plant in my own city advises me

that this means absolute ruin. I suppose it is of no avail to protest, but I feel it is my duty to direct the attention of the minister and of the government to this situation.

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CON

Thomas Cantley

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. CANTLEY:

I want to protest once more. We have item 388 with a duty of SI per ton, which is less than the duty on the pig iron from which these articles are produced. Is there anything more ridiculous in the tariff? The whole tariff is ridiculous and will be absolutely useless as far as protecting the iron and steel industry is concerned. I venture to say that twelve months from now the minister will be forced to agree with what I am saying.

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CON

Harry Bernard Short

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. SHORT:

He wifi not be here.

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CON

Thomas Cantley

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. CANTLEY:

I hope he will be in the house so that I may have the satisfaction of showing him how this has worked out in one year.

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LIB

Charles Avery Dunning (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal

Mr. DUNNING:

My hon. friend may not be here himself.

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May 21, 1930