* * * * Mr. Baldwin's Campaign Mr. Baldwin's opening
speech, at Sheffield, was remark- able for two points. The first was the definite promise that a Unionist Government, ".the moment we get in," would restore all the Safeguarding duties taken off by Mr. Snowden. The second was a reaffirmation : " I will not ask the people of this country at the forthcoming election to put any tax on foreign foods." Mr. O'Connor, at Nottingham, has further committed himself to the statement that " Lord Beaverbrook travels a little faster than public opinion." Evidently, the Protec- tionist split is not within sight of being repaired. As Mr. J. A. Spender acutely points out in the Daily News, Mr. Baldwin's remarks about the standard of living in Protectionist countries cut both ways. If their manu- facturers have not to pay. such high wages as ours, neither can they afford to do. so. Do we really want to attain the same. conditions f
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