It would be impossible - to enter into the details of
the debates in the house of Corainons-oxi the Safeguarding of Industries:- The - debates - have -revealed-the usual- hard and fast dividing line between those who believe in protective duties on principle and those who do not. The amount of safeguarding recommended, however, does little to justify the protests of the straitest sects of the Free Traders. So far twenty-four industries have applied for examination of their cases ; thirteen have been rejected by the Board of Trade, and of the other eleven only one hitherto has succeeded in getting a duty imposed.- There is no excuse whatever for the accusation that the Prime Minister is breaking his election pledges. In his election address he said in the most precise language that though a general tariff was not part of his programme he was determined " to safeguard employment in any efficient industry which was imperilled by unfair competition by applying the Safeguarding Act or by analogous measures."
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