12 DECEMBER 1903, page 15

Labour And Protection.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEC1'ATOR..".1 SIR,--In reading your admirable review of "Labour and Protection" in the Spectator of December 5th, I was struck by a curious fact, which......

The Wages Of Agricultural Labourers. [to The Editor Of The

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—My whole life previous to 1897 was spent as a labourei in a quiet part of Bedfordshire. I have for several years kept a strict account of my income and......

The Iron And Steel Trade. [to The Editor Of The

"SPECTATOR."] Srn,—A remarkable comment on such a jeremiad over the iron and steel trade as Mr. Brailsford indulged in a short tone ago is afforded by the following Return......

Mr. Gladstone's Diction.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") certainly did not understand Mr. Tollemache to suggest that Mr. Gladstone invented the phrase "bag and baggage" (Spectator, November 28th),......

[to The Editor Of The "spzerazas.1 Sxn,—in The Spectator Of

November 21st, p. 867, we are bidden to remember that the phrase "bag and baggage" occurs as early as in "Tristram Shandy." It might have been added that it occurs twice in Lord......

Mr, Chamberlain And The Plate-glass Industry.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sul,—In the Spectator of November 7th you inserted a note from me on the subject of " dumping " of plate-glass. What follows here applies to......