The Commercial Advantages of Federation

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Excerpt from The Commercial Advantages of Federation: An Address Delivered Before the Royal Colonial Institute, on the 14th March, 1882, Sir John Coode in the ChairI rm it is unnecessary for me to enlarge on the fact of there being a general desire on the part of the inhabitants of Great Britain and also of our Colonial population in all parts of the world for a tighten ing of those cords which bind us to one another. Paper after paper is read at these meetings testifying to the feeling which exists on both sides, and I believe that it has no distinction in party politics. There is therefore no necessity for me to trespass on politics, even if such a thing were allowed. I have no doubt that if it were put to the vote of all Englishmen in all parts of the world, whether home or Colonial, that there would be nine in favour of the union of the Empire where there would be one against it.Sir Henry Parkes, the Premier of New South Wales, bore witness to this in a speech he made in New York during last month, and predicted that the natural future of Great Britain and her Colonies would be that of complete Federation.I must, however, look a little beyond that feeling of sentimental affection and mutual consideration which finds such ready expres sion at these meetings, and see if there is some underlying bond of interest which, by being strengthened, would for ever set at rest all talk of separation of any one of the component parts of the Empire from the others.I give below some figures from the official returns showing how the exports from this country have grown more with our own Colonies than with other countries during the last twenty years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.