21 JANUARY 1905, page 12

Sir, — As A Contributor To " The Hungry Forties," I Should

like, with your permission, to say a few words in answer to Lord Colchester's letter in year issue of January 7th. It is a pleasure to find in the ranks of the Tariff Reformers......

The Pound Near The Church, Where The Wages Were Determined

by the number of children the man had, not by his age - or capacity for work. An unmarried man with no family received the lowest wage per week,—I dare hardly write it, but,......

Sir, — The Full Significance Of .mr. Chamberlain's...

be realised unless your readers are acquainted with one or two circumstances which have not met with adequate recognition in the London Press. Perhaps the most important is the......

"the Hungry Forties."

SIE,—Mr. J. W. Gordon in last week's Spectator seems utterly to misconceive the object of my reference to France in my letter which appeared in your issue of January 7th. I had......