23 MAY 1908, page 14

Old-age Pensions.

[TO Tin • EDITOR OP THE "SP Norvron....] Stn,—May I explain why I and others whom I know welcome the old-age pension scheme of the Government, although we are in no sense to be......

Mo The Editor Or The "srsarsron."1 Sir,—the Quiet Letter Of

" Free-Trade Unionist" in last week's Spectator seems to me full of warning. tour correspondent, a retired M.P., does not defend old-age pensions on the merits, but pleads that......

The Sad Case Of The Kentish Hop-grower.

(To THE EDITOR 017 THE '' SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is impossible not to sympathise with the Kentish farmer who incurs an outlay of 55s. for every hundredweight of hops which he......

Half-a-million Of Paupers.

TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Does any one doubt that in England at this moment the most potent cause of penury, beyond all comparison, is —not want of money—but want......