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11 of raw materials of all sorts, and here we enter on a somewhat controversial question. Many of the colonists, though willing to tax our food, see that to tax the raw materials of the manufactures by which we live would indeed be a large order. Yet, as was pointed out by our Government at the recent Imperial Conference, the taxation of raw materials must necessarily follow if food preferences are given. Some Colonies do not send us food at all, such as South Africa, and others, such as Australia, send us mainly wool or metals. It is, therefore, necessary to consider the following table of our imports of raw materials:—