SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[under this ;wading we notice such Books of the week as have not hum reserved for review tin other forms.] The Revolt in Canada Against the New Feudalism. By Edward Porritt. (Macmillan and Co. ls. net.) By the "New Feudalism" Mr. Porritt means the privileged interests, the manufacturers of all kinds, and the gravamen of his charge is that the official Liberals have betrayed the trust committed to them. They came into power pledged to a tariff for revenue only, and they have gone on adding duty to duty and bounty to bounty. He supports this accusation by describing in detail particular transactions. Such is the career of the Iron and Steel Company. This was founded by three financiers from the States, who, to say the least, have made a good thing of their connection with Canada. Of course, the company's operations have created an industrial centre of some importance. Sydney, in Nova Scotia, where its headquarters are placed, has a population of 14,000, as against one of 2,500 ten years ago. But is this an adequate return for the £1,500,000 which it has received in bounties ? If anyone wants an example of the "tangled web" which we begin to weave when we begin to meddle with tariffs and bounties, let him read this book. And if he would further know what is the end of all these manipulations, let him take to heart what Mr. Porritt says about tho result in Canada : " Politics at Ottawa, and Dominion politics generally, have been as squalid during the last fourteen years as at any time between 1878 and 1896—so squalid that among the political capitals of English- speaking peoples on the North American Continent, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is the only one that in this respect can be compared with Ottawa." Are we going to enter London for this sinister com- petition ?
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