23 MARCH 1929, Page 45

" 007sq[nEn." . At a ,,inornent.when all parties. are vigorously

making • their bids for public support, .I notice a cartoon in last liondays Daily Express, • by that clever cartoonist, Strube,' irhiCh well merits the .attention of the three great pal:0 leaders. : The cartoonist represents 'Mr. Baldwin, 'Mr. Rarnsay,MaeDonald, Lloyd- George, in the rode of " bookies," immediately outside the (political) paddock offering'ffiriOnslk' odds, oil thiS or that particular hore. • Inimediately inside the paddock is the little figure of the ordinary- Englishinan or taxpayer,- dressed as a jockey, standing by a neglected and distinctly emaciated horse bearing the wcirds,„` Economy," and the jockey is saying : " I haven't heard one of those bookies. mention my horse's name yet.."' • . • • - • -