FREE FOODERS' REVOLT
The most dramatic incident in recent British party politic* is the abandonment of food taxes by the Unionist Party — a small" minority dissenting. But "the laying aside of the 'food taxes' by consent _ will not stop the progress of the Unionist policy," says The Times. "It will not even stay the principle of Preference, for all that has been said to the contrary. It will not obstruct Tariff Reform." "The real trouble is," adds The Times, "not that the Unionist Party is untrue to its convictions, but that upon this one highly important matter it , lacks conviction altogether. It is unconvinced, except for a very small minority, that the policy of food duties is either necessary or possible. And being unconvinced, it is not to be wondered at that Unionists have failed to 1 persuade t the country of their sincerity." So soon as the Ashton speech was made it be.came clear to all men that doubts were prevalent in the highest councils of tho party. Opinion was immediately released, and the private member has since_ made him6elf heard witii no uncertain _ sound. It follows from this that it is no longer within the bounds of possibility that the food duties can be made an issue at the next election."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 51, 1 March 1913, Page 10
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213FREE FOODERS' REVOLT Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 51, 1 March 1913, Page 10
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