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the world," auJ that " if France will not admit 

 our goods free we must fight them with the same 

 weapons " {i.e., tariffs). 



The quotation from the American paper to 

 which we refer is as follows, and the paper it 

 appeared in is the New York Press of October 9th, 

 1903: — 



"We do not like Mr. Chamberlain's proposition. We 

 do not like it because it strikes at our foreign trade, 

 since Groat Britain and the British possessions (Colonies 

 and Dependencies) are our greatest, our r-chest and our 

 best foreign customers, taking much more than half of 

 our total foreign sales. 



" But the man who does not see that Mr. Chamberlain's 

 proposition is for the benefit of the British market, and 

 the markets of British possessions, is a fool. 



" He is a ' fool,' because it means to take away from 

 us and others a rich gift of trade and commerce, and to 

 keep it for British subjects at home or in British pos- 

 sessions. 



" And the man who thinks that the people of Great 

 Britain will not listen to Mr. Chambtrlain's programme 

 because it is one of Protection, so long scorned in the 

 United Kingdom, is infatuated with a delusion that, 

 wrapt in the contemplation of a fetich, ignores empty 

 hands and gnawing stomachs. 



"When the British trader can no longer sell his goods 

 to foreigners, he will listen to any economic or fiscal 

 pioposition to gain him a market for them. 



" When the British workman cannot get, or hold, em- 

 ployment because there is no sale as formei'ly for what he 

 produces, be will do more than barken to Mr. Chamber- 

 lain's programme ; he will vote for it and he will fight 

 for it." 



