The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Issues Manifesto FOrcibIy E0un- ciating the Cardinal Features
 of His Fiscal Policy
THROWS ASIDE ALL IDEA
 OF REPORTED COMPROMISE
He Says Unless Great Britain Can Agree on Commercial Union With the Colonies There's Little
 Chance of Consolidating.

London. October 3.-Former Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has written man. ifesto forcibly enunciating the cardinal features of his fiscal policy As the docu- ment will not be published in the United Kingdom until Monday mornng, the ef- feet upon the public and press can only be estimated. It Is certain, however, that the aggressive attitude which the Asso- ciated Press is able to announce Mir. Chamberlain adopts, will add bitterness to a controversy that already rages with vigor almost unequaled in the history of English politics.
 Mr Chamberlain now not only reiterates I h lief that the federation of the em- pire depends upon fiscal retaliation with its consequent taxes upon Englands food, but openly classes the our ana out cob denites with the Little Englanders," whom he derides with all the force of ridicule and argument of which he is a master.
 His four and one-half page preface to the pamphlet, in which c. A. Vince, sec retary to Mir. chamberlain's tariff organ ization, summarizes Mir. Ckamberlain's policy, is almost equally divided between a fervent plea on behalf of preferential trade. which is 10 federate the empire. ana strilsing dissection of what he holds to be tffe anticipated decline of Cobden- ism Of Premier Baifoucs nHddle-rDsd policy. which asks only the power to re- taliate without taxing food, he makes no | mention; but the whole manifesto and pamphlet teens with evidence of his final conviction that nothing short of what he 1 advocates can keep the empire together and restore it's trade prestige to the Un- l ted Kingdom. Only one slight reference Is made to his former colleagues in the cabinet
 Care Nothing for Colonies. T have already said" he writes, that the little England free traders care noth- | ing for the colonies but 1 am bound to 1 the imperialist free traders when they declare that the interests and union of the empire are as dear to them as to us. | But if 1t be so, what answer are they going to return; shall we treat our colo | nies in commercial matters a little bet ter than the foreigners, especially when they promise reciprocal advantages in re- | turn?'
 This quite refutes the rumor that MT Chamberlain contemplates compromise in order to bring his programme more into line with that of the premier Not
 only does he adhere to his taxes on wheat | and meat, but, through the medium or
 MT. Vince justhes them, and declares
 that they will not add a farthing to the working mans family.
 MT. Vince, emphasizing Mir Chamber lain's contention that the imperial issue must be put first. said;
 | within the past half century we have seen the federal principle defended sue cessfully against revolt in the United | States. the greatness of that nation there- by secured and the people of Germany welded into national federation.
 Fiscal Union Essential. | "The essential condition of the acts | of unhcation is fiscal union Let it be | laid down at the outset that unless We agree on commercial union with the col- | onies at a cost, if it be so, of some eco- | homie sacrifice. we may abandon the pro- | ject of federating and consolidating the | empire, and that the colonists will have | to be informed that all the eloquence | spent on the blessed word federation is mere idle talk and that once more the mother country does not mean business
 Dealing with Canada's attitude, MT. Vince says frankly:
 By joining the United States. Canada | could win the commercial advaptages | which that great federation secures to | the states of the union. The strong im- | perial sentiment among the Canadians | has hitherto stood the stress of this | temptation. but if by refusing reciprocity and support to the Canadian overtures we declare that commercial relations are to count for nothing in our scheme of empire. what result Is to be expected. | In all the colonies a party will rise. whose cry will be if the mother coun- | try refuses us reciprocity. let us seek | reciprocity elsewhere We have the | testimony of Premier Seddon of New | Zealand that this cry is already being raised in that colony"
 | Seeds of Dissension. | These conditions" Mr. Vince holds, 'sow the seeds of dissension." | He adds
 | MT. Chamberlain has proposed his so- | lution; we are still waiting to hear the solution of Mir. Chamberlains critics l To the 'art and theory of dumping" | a whole chapter Is devoted and figures | given, show that American carpets, glass | numbers and organs. and German wire | nails are sold in England in large quan- | titles. under the cost of production in the | home market. A table is given showing | how the American manufacturer can l double his profit by judicious dump | ing" The British market MT. Vince as- | serts, Is the most promising, indeed, the | only promising field for dumping oper- | ations. and the British manufacturer is 1 the only victim who is powerless to re- | sist. He is shut off from retaating by | the American tariff.