18 OCTOBER 1924, Page 2

We must now briefly summarize the programmes of the rival

parties. The Unionist programme is issued as Hr. Baldwin's Election address. In general it pleads for a broad and stable national policy and states that a general tariff is no part of the programme. It points out that the Labour Government forced the Election upon the country. Under pressure from their extremists the Government "reversed the considered action of the Attorney-General in the Campbell case." They no doubt hoped by dissolving Parliament to obscure their utter failure to deal with unemployment. At the end of September the unemployment figure was 180,000 higher than at the end of June. Although not recommending a general tariff, the Unionists are determined to safeguard employment and the standard of living against "unfair foreign competition." It is proposed that this should be done by applying the principle of the Safeguarding of Industries or by analogous methods. It is added that the best hope of industrial revival lies in the development of the British Empire itself.