LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE POLICY OF THE UNIONIST PARTY.
[TO TRX EDITOR OF TUX ..SPXOTATOR.”]
SIR,—Having had twenty-five years' daily intercourse as works manager with workpeople of many different trades I have come to the conclusion that the Spectator's advice is absolutely right; that the Unionist Party should, for the present at any rate, drop the question of any import taxes on food. A reasonable tariff on, manufactured articles from abroad would, I apprehend, meet with no opposition, although the question is by no means properly understood by the working classes. The dear bread and food bogey will do the Unionist Party continued harm at the next election, as it has done at previous elections. Drop it, and the Unionist Party will go back with a big majority. The country is sick of all this unrest and Socialistic, legislation, and manufacturers are groaning under the many disabilities imposed upon them by one-sided legislation. The more reasonably minded work- people can see that employers of labour are being imposed upon all round. I repeat again that, as far as my experience goes, the working classes individually shy at any experiment which they believe will raise the price of their food. Per. tonally I am not keen on Tariff Reform, but I shall vote for the Conservative candidate, who is a Tariff Reformer, be- cause,,like the Spectator, I believe that Tariff Reform will do infinitely leas harm than "Lloyd Georgeism."—I am, Sir, Sic.,
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