THE PRICE OF FOOD UNDER PROTECTION.
rTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—Mr. Chamberlain continues in his speeches to repeat the assertion that his proposals will not add to the cost of living. It may be useful, therefore, to your readers to hear the opinions upon this subject of a German lady whom I know. Asked what she thought of Mr. Chamberlain, she emphatically condemned him for making such assertions, adding :—" I have some experience of these things. I lived in Hamburg when it was a free port; all articles of food were then cheap. And I have lived in it since duties have been imposed, and I know that prices of articles of food have risen greatly. In some cases they have been multiplied several fold. So that a city which was formerly cheap to live in is now dear."—I am,
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