THE COBDEN CLUB AND THE NEW FISCAL POLICY. •
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Will you permit me through your columns to make an appeal to Free-traders without regard to party distinctions to support the Cobden Club in the campaign which it is carrying on throughout the country P The Club itself belongs to no party, and on account of its non-party character has already secured the hearty co-operation of other non-party bodies. The Club will not confine its propaganda to the special emergency created by Mr. Chamberlain's action, but will utilise the present opportunity for educational work of a lasting character. For more than a generation English people have ceased to think about economic problems. They have been content to enjoy a prosperity largely derived from the sound economic system that they have inherited. They are now forced to think, and therefore it is now that the work of education should be done. Unless the nation is to be com- pelled every few years to waste its energy in debating some new scheme of economic quackery, the mass of our people must now be taught the root principles upon which Free-trade and sound finance are based.—I am, Sir, &c.,
HAROLD COS, [We wish the Cobden Club every success in its missionary efforts. The Club has often been most unfairly attacked, but if its record is fairly considered it will, we believe, be found to have always maintained that greatest of national interests, Free-trade, with impartiality and moderation.—En. Spectator.]
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