... only obtainable In tbe case of trade with those countries on the gold standard. If a country decides to follow the pound rather than the foliar and franc and come off the gold standard the position vis-a-vis British trade Is. from the exchange point of ...

... Coal and Gold. With Scandinavia off the gold standard, there should be better chance of English coal exports to Norway and Sweden, two of the most important coal-consuming countries in Europe. Nevertheless, their decision will increase the atmosphere ...

... NORWAY OPP COLD STANDARD. . Oslo. Sunday. Norwegian Government announced to-night that Norway will temporarily off the gold standard.— Exchange. m- I I. —r - Joan Ml. Lialud tfeah Prtattac oSew. ...

... intended. Since the war. Great Britain has stood up to her responsibilities under the gold standard and is still doing so. Nevertheless, it is obvious that the gold standard cannot be run by one country alone. The present financial position embraces the whole ...

... Watching the Profiteer. Those who are making virtue of necessity and pretending that the abandonment of the gold standard is really a good thing for our export trade are now afraid that the dollar’s foothold on the golden pedestal may become shaky, in ...

... tbe meantime tbs Government is making arrangement for the affective use of the powers which were taken yesterday In the Gold Standard Act, deal with the emergency in the event of profiteering being attempted. There is at present no reason to expect that ...

... strain on London became more severe than ever. The loan of £BO millions was exhausted, and Britain was driven oft the Gold Standard by the impatience of the patriotic party. ’ Equivalent ta M Per Cent Tariff. Mr. Muir had written this before the newest ...

... said to “Journal representative yesterday that it was not yet possible to say what the effect of the suspension of the gold standard might be'locally. “It may be only precautionary measure, said, “if is, all well And good. Aid. Young added that at the ...

... night decided mon far-reaching measures to fight the foreign attack on British sterling. They include: Suspanaion tha Gold Standard. Raising Bank Rata from 4}% to •% All Stock Exchanges are to be closed to-day pending the passing into law of the necessary ...

... his assurance to the consumer, Mr. Womersley said : We are ashamed of the men who, lust before this country went off the gold standard, sent over to America to buy dollars. In order to make a few paltry pounds at the expense of their own countrymen.” The ...

... America, and that this affected the balance ol our trade and the gold standard. He was reprimanded for dragging his pet theory Mr. Ede. who remarked dryly that evidently the gold standard was a matter of gold Hake and fag ends of Protection and preference ...

... transition from the Gold Standard to the system that was in operation in the years immediately preceding 1(BS. has been effected without any excitement, Yesterday reminded people that in the days before the re-adoption of the Gold Standard business went on ...