24 FEBRUARY 1917, Page 3

The letter to the Prime Minister very properly insists that

the sacrifices made and the services rendered by our fellow-subjects overseas make it necessary to pay attention to the unanimous demand for Preference made by the Prime Ministers at theIsuperial Conferences in 1902 and 1907. Tho writers add that though they do not overlook the practical difficulties involved, they desire to emphasize the fact that " for the purpose of recovering trade lost during the war, of securing new markets, and of consolidating the resources of the British Empire, the system of mutual tariff pre- ferences is a subject which cannot, in our opinion, any lenges be neglected."