20 JANUARY 1923, Page 13

BUSINESS MEN IN POLITICS.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The assertion in your "News of the Week" column of January 13th that "Money-making unfits men for govern- ance" is surely too sweeping. A successful business man is usually compelled to exercise wise governance as a condition of his success. And this training in governance has produced men having the best and widest outlook in politics, for example, Joseph Chamberlain, Cecil Rhodes and Bonar Law. Personally, I would prefer a business man to a lawyer or a nobleman to represent me politically.—I am, Sir, &a.,

MANAGING DIRECTOR.