PROTECTION FOR AGRICULTURE 117 



The Agricultural Bloc as a unit lias not dis- 

 cussed the tariff because of its present political 

 nature, but there is no question that there is 

 a growing sentiment that the only just tariff to 

 agriculture must be settled on the basis of eco- 

 nomic justice. Conditions in world-production 

 of agricultural products may change very quick- 

 ly and make it desirable that there be immediate 

 tariff adjustment upon an economic basis. 

 Foreign countries have learned through ex- 

 perience to make their tariff adjustable and have 

 provided quick-acting legislative machinery to 

 do the job. Even in free-trade England, where 

 tariffs are again beginning to appear, Parlia- 

 ment merely lays down the general lines of 

 protection and does not attempt to fix rates or 

 details, but leaves that to a competent Board of 

 Experts, 



