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n week, place before her family a more plentiful, 

 wholesome and nourishing diet than it is pos- 

 sible for the English housekeeper to provide on 

 a similar amount. 



Meat and groceries are cheaper in England, 

 but milk, eggs, bread and vegetables are cheaper 

 on the continent. 



Further, the continental working-classes eat 

 bread of a much more nourishing kind than the 

 wretched white bread in general use in England. 

 And in Germany the consumption of bread is 

 much higher per head of the population than in 

 England. I have carefully studied the Board of 

 Trade Bluebook on the comparative cost of living 

 in Germany and England, and, though its figures 

 are undoubtedly correct on paper, it does not do 

 to judge a diet by its monetary value as shown 

 in an official report, but by its nourishing and 

 appetizing qualities as it appears on the table. 



I venture to express a grave doubt if the pains- 

 taking gentlemen who compiled the Report in 

 question were also good housekeepers — could 

 themselves make puddings — and yet no one un- 

 versed in the art of making puddings should 

 have had the temerity to offer comparisons 

 between the cost and quality of the food in 

 different countries. 



There are many Free Traders and also, I 

 think, some Tariff Reformers, who fear that 

 trusts may follow the introduction of Protec- 



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