14 NOVEMBER 1903, page 13

What Is Spent . On Bread In Poor Families. [to The

EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent " Ruthinensis " in the Spectator of November 7th calculates the burden of the consumer in twenty-fifths and fiftieths of a......

The English Shipbuilding Industry. [to Tee Editor Op The...

SIR,—In the Spectator of October 31st you ask the question : " What has enabled us to obtain almost a monopoly of ship- building ? " Would it not, however, be much more in......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator:] Sin,—the Figures Given By

Mr. Ellis in the Spectator of November 7th purporting to show a loss of £2,654,000 per year in wages to British workers as a result of our importation of, approximately, one......

(to The Editor Of Ran ..specta Tor."j

SIR,—What can one make of the letter in the Spectator of November 7th under the heading " Germany and the Steel Industry," in view of the enclosed cutting from the Dundee......

Mr. Chamberlain And The Repeal Of The Corn-tax.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Mr. Chamberlain's statements with respect to the effect of the mitigation of Corn-duties that took effect in 1848 are little short of......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator.")

was somewhat amused by Mr. Jos. Ellis's very naïve letter in the Spectator of November 7th. Of course, the same reasoning can be applied to every manufactured, or partly......