11 JULY 1903, Page 14

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."'

you allow me in perfect good faith to put three questions to your Protectionist correspondents ? (1) If wealth consists in commodities (and Mr. Seddon appears to be

alone in his opinion that it consists exclusively in " golden- sovereigns "), how is it possible for a nation to become wealthier by imposing restrictions on the importation of wealth ? (2) If the nation does not become wealthier, how is it possible for Mr. Chamberlain's promises as to higher wages and old-age pensions to be fulfilled P (3) If through these promises he obtained a majority, may not their non-fulfilment result in a reaction dangerous to the Empire P—I am, Sir, &c.,

F. C. H.