LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
suggest that on the occasion of the deputation of the unemployed waiting upon him, Mr. Balfour's silence on one point was the most eloquent part of his speech. I refer to his silence on Mr. Chamberlain's contention that a change in our fiscal laws would increase employment. .Surely if he agreed with Mr. Chamberlain on this he would have been relieved from the embarrassment of the situation, and he need not have sent his deputation empty away. It of course redounds to his honour that, not believing in the nostrum, he did not shelter himself behind it. But his silence on the point is eloquent. One can easily imagine to what profit either the Chancellor of the Exchequer or the late Colonial Secretary would have turned the occasion.—I am, Sir, &c., F. A. GARDINER. Chorley Wood, Herts.
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