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TRADE OF
BRITAIN
"No Sale of
Birthright"
LONDON. Nov. 16 (A.A.P.).
"We are working out our- own
salvation by our own strength,
and we will not sell our birth-,
right of economic freedom for . a
mess of pottage in the form of
temporary comfort and luxury."
This statement was made by
Sir Stafford Crlpps, president of
the Board of Trade, m an ad
dress to the Manchester Cham
ber of Commerce. He. said the
Government hoped by next June
that Britain would be employing
i more people on exports than be-
i fore the war, but owing to the
i time taken in production of goods
! the pre-war export r level could
1 not be reached before the end of
i next year.
"The British people," the Min
ister said; "must accept auster
ity standards until a balance ol
trade is attained or at least is
| in sight. Many industries must
i Increase exports much more than
i 50 , per: cent. The .most hopeful
immediate prospect, is .the engi-
I neerlng industry, which has not
suircrecr as otner industries dur
ing the war. Manufacturers must
not stick merely to old tradl-'
tional markets, but- must go out1
boldly and achieve new ones, both'
as regards territories and classes
of goods. The Government must
temporarily continue, directional'
control of - exports in order to.
meet definite obligations to the;
Empire and the world at large.-
British trade representatives are;
now going abroad at the rate ot
1600 a month. .
"We have two to three, and
possibly four years, in which to
put. ourselves in a: condition to
meet the competitive- struggle
which will then . be upon, us, V Sir
S. Crlpps -added.1 .
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