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culture iu Denmark." This Commission started 

 on Thursday, June 16th, 1903, from Scotland 

 to Denmark. From enquiries which have been 

 made, it appears that the money for paying the 

 expenses of this " Scottish Commission " was pro- 

 vided by three prominent ilembers of Parliament 

 and by a Scottish peer, all of whom are out-and- 

 out opponents of ^.fr. Chamberlain's scheme of 

 fiscal reform. 



We say again that this is very interesting. 

 What v.as the object? It has been said that 

 Denmark is a free trade country, and that we in 

 Great Britain oug]-t to adopt the Danish agri- 

 cultural co-operative system. The Commission, 

 therefore, ostensibly went to make impartial 

 enquiries on this joint riiatter; but, in view of its 

 composition and party political origin, it is more 

 than likely that it vv'ent v/ith the very definite ob- 

 ject of proving that ilr. Chamberlain's proposals 

 for tarilf re-form arc all v/rong. 



'Noxv, we v,'ish to state that Denmark is not 

 a free trade country in the sense that England 

 is. It is triis that v.heat, wool, and some other 

 articles are alio, red to enter Denmark free of 

 duty ; but it is equally true that cheese and a 

 large number of other more or less manu- 

 factured articles have also to pay duties, and 

 very stiff duties, too. It is monstrous, there- 

 fore, that we should be told that Denmark is a 

 " free trade " country. 



AVe are, however, told to copy tliC Danish 

 people in their agriculture. What does that 



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