BURDEN INSTEAD OF A BOON

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 3, 5 January 1910, Page 5

BURDEN INSTEAD OF A BOON.

ENDED, MENDED OR BENDED?

(Received Jan. 5, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 4

Lord Claud Hamilton will stand as Conservative candidate for South Kensington. ■■ ; -

Mr Churchill, in a letter, declared that the 10 per cent, duty on imported leather which the tariffites promised in order to win the Bermondsey seat will place an additional burden upon Leicester manufacturers of £200,000 a year, equivalent to about 3s per week on the wages of thi ordinary operative. While the industry will thus fee greatly injured through the protective duty designed to raise the price of the material, it stands to gain nothing from protection itself. •Lord Rayleigh, speaking r.t Witham, favoured making foreigners contribute to the national expenditure. There might be some doubt regarding who would pay export and import duties, but there was no dispute regarding who would receive them. ' He therefore strongly supported tariff reform. The Times, discussing the future of the House of Lords, says that Mr Asquith has definitely disclaimed his intention of ending it, and his party have sufficiently indicated their objection to mending it, which means altering and improving the composition. There remains bending, which seems curtailing its powers while leaving the composition alone. This alternative, which jurists consider the worst, is chosen by the Government.