TARIFF REFORM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 5

TARIFF REFORM.

PEERS AND PEOPLE.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN CALLS FOR FISCAL ISSUE.

iAND IS CQNPIDENT OF THE RESULT. ;■ illy ' Teicßraph.-;fri!BB A««oclaUon.-rOooTr!sht.i ■;■:;:'■::■.■' (Hec. December.' 17,. 5.30 'p.m.). i';':';■' ■ : ''i\ : ";'.'■ ■['■[ ~. ■ ■■■' . 'London, December 17.. . 1 iMr. ■Joseph.Chamberlain, Jwho in! 1903 wrote, the preface to Mr. Ji L.. Garvin's "Imperial Rociprocity,".has'written.d preface to the 6amo author's' booklet,■''/'Tariff or "Budgotf" 'Mr. writes:— ..■;'.;' '■.:■'■::,/ : / . ; "VVhen.tho'Government camei.to.the belated, concfusion .that tho House:'■■ of 'Lords ■ meaiit business, thoy ohanged ■their"; .tune : aridV-'en-doavoiired ■ to convince themselves and-others ■that the Lords' aotion.was unconstitutional and They 7 sought, to 'fight the. election vuppn; a false issue, .and. not; 'upon,.the '. policy of tariff..refonni." which, has made, an evident impression ; in ; the country, and'which is the dnly.ipplicy, they,, dread. : - ':. ; ;' f"• ■■■'■:'■'.'■'.': : , .'"rheiri:';supporters would .sweep.', away.-: all the constitutional usefulness.of a Second Cham-, ber• ,;they. : .apparently intend , : attempt, the practical., destruction of .the ; House: of .'Lords, ,nnd..npt its' genuine'- amendment. -Any', such" proposals are. unlikely to find favour vrith any sensible ■' \, ]■■■ '■'■■■'. '■'■ i v "I'-.believe that :the;.House of Commons, if entirely .uncontrolled, -would be a great public danger, .and- much ■worse than the ■.-,House of ;Lords, • which,, :being:;hereditary,' must depend for its whole ..strength arid .influence 'upon its success.in interpreting. the. true mind, of the people/.'''.";:-:';':,■".'•.■,... ;f,: : 'i,'' ; -,,-',-.;; >..'■. . : _y\ '■■■■:'■,■ •'-.'. \:"A; second, point.is:,.whether...Cobderiism-.T-es-pecially/as regards freedom..of .foreign.imports from -all while heavier burdens. are laid upon purown trader-is to be considered a' • final;, The';',new'"'.'.demands..:. in -the 'Budget.Vare.v:haying their■ natural, Owr -pepple;.must'find'"the : .'mearis : .'of- providing for. the. fresh requirements .are 'pressing daily ,mor.e ; hardly upon; them.' ; .The.time has .surely 'come^fw-^the^^ promote.; 'British '■trade;: and ' .. 'iri; ■stead,.'. the poiicy, ;-..'■ which would; surrender our interests and:bur..security to; foreign rivals. .-;■' '■:,::■': : . if'-■''-'■■■' .•':'. ; : It : is^fetter to.abolish/Cobdenism'.and;libj; .tlie: : Cpnslitntion; it is':bctter..to:pull-doiTn : free imports:;and .foreign' privilege'..in.-buf .market, and:.hot the Second;Chamber, : wliose'"only offence is. giving -.the "nation a chance. to speak and stand by the Peers,. -who : in 'the; present case, are- standing.-by : , .them. '■'■ : .' • :''!.''■'. '/■;: ■:■': , ."If ithe: issue of 'tariff -reform j.wero'. submitted .by itself,,,there' would, be -rip .doubt whafc ;ev4r ; . of \ the ■reply." '•: ■;■ ■■y-" : ..^:-- : "'/ : ': : : .'".'■?. 7: : : V'■ ■•','

A PEEE'S CRITICISM. 1 London, December 16. Lord Willonghby De Broke (Unionist), in a speech at Earnworth, Lancashire, said th« policy outlined by Mr. Lloyd-Georgo and Mr. ChuTchill would not fill empty stomachs. It would mean Ireland for the "cattle-drivers," atheism for the school-children, .651)0 a year for paid officials, water for the working m»n, and the Empire for the foreigner.

.■;m ; ; ; on; 'me. -heaton^; .•'; : Jfc;.-jMeph':Ch^l»rWn;^m : ing ; .the;candidjatnre'-bf Mr;' flenaiker. Heaton has been/given to few ; .men:tq promotei reforms and see them.adoptcd in their own lifetime with universal" approval." ;'-'.';."-'"!,• '-''; r . ! "-":''',!■' ''"■':'"■■• ; 'i,;,, i; Mr.':Chambsrlain;adds: ""I; take' 'specialpleasure'in. the how., warmly :ybU Appreciate "the of .drawing'%f.;Em^ :'wide : toowledje.df icblonjaU'cdnditions;;uid'j'6rir- . support of the policy .1 have:endeavoured to.r«; jibmmend/ will; be; of .'great s value." ■:'':.. '■ ■:• ;Vv?: : . :[Mr. :Henniker :Henton's: majority' -at Canter-, .bury in. 1906.was ,912..'1n; the!three preceding, elections he'.was unopposed:] ;■' ! ::;"; : . '■%":■'■, '■;■'