§ Mr. GOULDasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the practice of the German Government to regulate the prices of manufactures for export sale; if he is aware that, after taking into consideration the difference of exchange, the German Government fix prices for export sale at between 50 per cent, and 350 per cent. above domestic wholesale prices; and what steps he proposes to take to prevent the German Government from exploiting exchange anomalies to the benefit of the German as against the British working man?
§ Sir R. HORNEI am aware that it is a common practice in Germany to fix higher prices for the export than for the home trade, and that this is done with the approval of the German Government. I do not think that we can take exception to this practice, nor do I think that it would be in the interest of the employment of British working men to press for the introduction of German goods at cheaper prices.