A CURE FOR BOYCOTTING.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J
Sia,—There is a way to counteract Boycotting which I believe it would be in many ways desirable to make part of the perma- nent law in Great Britain as well as Ireland. Let every retail dealer, in whatever articles, be required to take out and pay for a licence, as is the case with publicans at present ; and let refusal to sell to any one at ordinary prices be an offence punishable with forfeiture of the licence. Such a system would greatly strengthen the hands of the authorities in dealing with the offences of short weight and adulteration. The licence-tax ought to be proportioned to the value of the premises. It ought to be considerable in amount, and, as in India, it might be made a substitute for income-tax on the smaller class of incomes.-1 am, Sir, &c.,
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