29 MAY 1909, Page 25

In the Grip of the Trusts. 13y J. C. Haig.

(Methuen and Co. ls. net.)—In this "Story of 1914" we get a vivid picture of affairs in England as they will be after some years of a Tariff Reform Government. There is a General Election in 1910, and a Tariff Reform majority is returned. The Government begin with a modest 2s. per quarter on corn. A. bad harvest brings the farming interest into trouble, and the 2s. duty grows to 30e. A similar advance takes place all round; no interest will bo left out, and each has to be satisfied at the expense of the consumer. All this is familiar enough, but it becomes real when we find it in the shape of a vigorously told story.