THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—I have read all the articles and correspondence on the fiscal controversy in the Spectator, but there remains un- noticed the most serious aspect from a strictly political point of view. The ball was set rolling in May; September is here, and we are still enjoined to hold our tongues and wait. For what ? Some of us have constituents who do not admire a mind unduly prone to openness. We are told of an "inquiry," of a "grand inquest of the nation" (on what corpse ?) If this be the position, that the public must consider and make up their minds before the Cabinet can decide, then we are avowedly confronted with government by the "man in the street," a policy which nobody has ever defended. I cannot understand why so few people seem to realise this, and why
so few politicians resent am, Sir, &c.,
REGINALD LUCAS.
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