CHAPTER V. 



TARIFF REFORM AND ITS EFFECTS. 



The proposed tariff is 2s. per quarter on 

 "foreign" coru; 5 per cent, on "foreign" dairy 

 produce and meat; and 10 per cent, on " foreign " 

 manufactured implements, &c. ; and in this cliap- 

 ter v/e deal witli the probable eli'ects of the tariff 

 upon agriculture and agriculturists. There is to 

 be no tariff on any goods from our Colonies ; and 

 no tariff on foreign maize or foreign bacon. 



We may say at once that as Mr. Chamber- 

 lain's proposals are intended, so far as coru 

 growing is concerned, to give a preference to the 

 Colonies over the foreigner in our markets, it is 

 clearly not intended, or likely, that corn-growing, 

 for instance, in Great Britain will receive any 

 particu lar impetus by their adoption. I We agree 

 with the best'iufurmed agricultural opinion that \ 

 the future of British farming will be mainly in 

 a stock-raising and dairying direction, accom- 

 panied by a large increase in small holdings for 

 the production of those smaller articles of the 

 farm which can be grown best by what is popu- 

 larly expressed as the " small man." 



Opponents of Mr. Chamberlain have, on the 

 one hand, asked how, if the farmer is not given 

 a high tariif on foreign corn, will he be bene- 



