THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SCHEME.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue LXVII, 30 January 1904, Page 5

THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SCHEME.

CRITICISM BY VISCOUNT GOSCHEN [I'IVKSS ASSOCIATION. 1 LONDON, 29th January. Viacount Giwclu'ii, *>pi«uking nt llamas, said, while Mr. Cliamborlain promised increased ompioyinent, ho had failed to show wlierc liundreds und tlioiiKiiuls of workmen would bo found to eiinblc us to do without foreign imports. It would bo an iminutuso relief, ho thought, if v Hoyul Ci)inmiK.sioii oxiviuined the- ligiuvn of all pnrtuw, an<l inonounced an i^uthoritativo judgment on them. Mr. Chamberlain's whole argument, ho considered, reMed on a writ.i ot dangi-roius fallacies. There wm no doubt that a trade depression existed, but (bat wast no rciison why the country fchfluld u|»ob its hado tjyMvm on the experience of a few mouths. Protection abro,ul neither gave regular employment nor prevented cominerciiil crisis. In Germany undoubtedly it \\:ut accompanied by long hours, Un» p;iy, nnd a (fimitiutiori uf food. Tho speaker protested againut Mr. Chamberlain's denial of Imperial jnslincls (o his opponi-uU*. A COB DEN CLUB PAMPHLET. LONDON, 29th January. A pamphlet iwmed by thu^Cobdon Club, onlitfod "Facts versus Ficti6n," travei'seii Mr. (jlinmborluin's contentions, and declares tlmt bi.% stntfinetil* relative to destroyed and languishing induAirics are ludicrous cxiiggerations. Tho Secretary of State for tho Colonies has !>ent the following cable niesnago to Iho Premier (tluough tlio Governor) in icply to tho despatch notifying Uie : passing of tho Proforcutini and Reciprocal Trade Act : — "His Muj«M>y will not be advised to exorcise his power of disallowftneo witJi respect to Act No. 78, 1903, but I assume your Ministers realise that any advantage which may be granted to foreign Governments in futuro by virtue of and within tho space of arrangement under section 13 cunrot bo withheld from a third' foreign Power entitled by trouty to most favourvd'iiulion tiuatmenl in New Zenlund."