29 AUGUST 1903, page 15

Ruined Trades.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE “ SPECTATOR:1 STR,—You do not fairly answer the important point in Mr. Elwes's letter in the Spectator of August 1st, the question of the displacement of......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator:1

Sin,—In accounting for the large excess of imports into the United Kingdom over its exports, should we not consider the profits made by large business houses with foreign......

[to The Editor Op The . Spectaltor."1 Sie, — Whilst I...

the pottery trade as one which has been ruined by Free-trade, it seems to offer an example of a trade which is very rapidly being ruined, and which would be undoubtedly greatly......

Bread, Tea, And Sugar.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — When you assume (Spectator, August 22nd) that if about 212,000,000 of taxation be taken off tea and sugar and put on corn, even if it......

(to The Editor Of The "spectator] Sir,—in The Spectator Of

August 22nd your correspondent "W. H. H." instances the thread trade as a ruined trade because one firm of manufacturers (Marshalls, of Leeds) some years ago transferred their......

Corn-duties And The Price Of Wheat.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SrE, — Efforts have been made in your columns (June 20th, July 11th, August 15th) to show that the price of wheat in France differs from that......