10 APRIL 1909, Page 2

We are glad to note that at a meeting held

on Tuesday and attended by many prominent City men, both Unionists and Liberals, it was unanimously resolved to form a City Committee for the furtherance of Free-trade principles. Lord Avebury was elected chairman, and Sir Felix Schuster, Sir Albert Spicer, M.P., Sir James Mackay, Sir Ernest Hatch, Sir George Gibb, and Messrs. Brodie Hoare, Huth-Jackson, Charles Stewart, H. C. Blyth, and L. R. Erskine form the Executive Committee. We trust that the Committee will not confine their work to Free-trade in imports, but will do their best to further the principles of free exchange throughout the whole field of legislation and administration.