[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Snt,—The laudable • desire of Conscience Stricken " to obey the above precept is checked when he finds that British typewriters cost " more than double the price" of foreign ones of equal quality. Were he contemplating the purchase Of a motor car, he would find that price—to say nothing of quality—was in favour of the home-made machine. The reason .for this anomaly is that ears are protected, while type- writers are -not.
If the McKenna Duties, or the Safeguarding Act, embraced the latter, the manufacturers could obtain abundant capital with which •to develop their factories, lay down up-to-date plant, and attract the best available brains and skill. All this would enable them to multiply production and reduce the proportion of overhead charges, and so bring down their selling prices, and thus meet foreign competition on equal terms.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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