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London. With Premier MacDonald absent in Scotland, the great metropolis was relatively quiet. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden, "enemy of capitalism," provided a flutter of excitement by criticizing the agreement reached at the conclusion of the Premiers' Conference (TIME, June 30 et seq.). Said...
House of Commons. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden announced to the House that the Government intended ito promote the home production of beet sugar by granting a subsidy of 19 shillings and sixpence-about $4.25-per hundredweight (112 Ibs.)-to the industry. ¶ J. H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Colonies, informed the House that the system of dominion representation at the Premiers' Conference had been most unsatisfactory, and that the Government proposed to call a Commonwealth conference in or about October to settle the procedure of giving the Dominions an effective voice in the Commonwealth...
...measure by Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald McKenna. British manufacturers were gloomy at the prospect of having to compete on an equal footing with Americans. Great loss of business was envisaged. The decision to repeal the duties was contained in Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden's budget (TIME...
...most conspicuous of whom was ex-Premier Lloyd George. It was stated that he held himself bound by his declarations as head of the Coalition Government (1916-21) not to oppose the first four resolutions, but he announced that he would vote against the remaining six. Chancellor Philip Snowden, defending the Government, twitted Mr. George upon 'his absence. Said he: "The right honorable gentleman has evidently come to the conclusion that the Empire might be served by a tax on tinned crabs...
...Snowden concluded: "We lost one Empire by taxing the colonies for the benefit of the mother country, and if this policy were adopted we should run a grave risk of losing another Empire by taxing the mother country for the benefit of the Dominions...