The Case against the Protective Taxation of Food and Raw
Material. (The Unionist Free-Food League. ls.)—The object of this clearly written and important book is "to piece together as complete a picture as possible of the Empire in its commercial aspect." Part I. shows the immense progress made under a policy of free imports ; Part If. exhibits the improved condition of the agricultural labourer; Part III. sets out details "regarding our foreign supplies of food and raw material" which demonstrate the dangers that Protection would necessarily involve ; Part V. gives a compilation of notable speeches made recently on the fiscal question. The book will be found invaluable by public speakers. The statistics are from the latest official returns. The first chapter, dealing with "The Evidence of Income-Tax," demonstrates the fallacy that the apparent excess of imports over exports "is a sign of national impoverishment." Arguments of equal value will be found in the succeeding chapters. The volume should have a very large public.
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