New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-17
PROTECTION In ENGLAND.
" Nation Of Shopkeepers-PersonaI
Mates and PAR of Paradores.
London, October >.

=. TIE Prime Minister'S manifesto from the
.,euav house Of Retaliation IS copyrighted as
.Ayrlfrc pamphlet which costs fraction Of a
-, - tie printers. and on which he ought
. Aev-e AZ least a royalty OF sixpence. Another
.,,isher has secured the privilege Of selling a
.~rus- parrrhlet containing Mr.. Chamberlain's
= A. vtnce's arguments in favor OF preferen-
"a, tariffs and the taxation OF imported food.
- as the arst edition is announced in six fig
.,-es the royalties ought TO yield handsome re-
.r-rs Mr.. Richie and Sir Michael Hicks-B Beach
ave not yet written pamphlets for the trade.
- the Liberal leaders are not copyrighting
sAs,- fiscal deliverances: but Mr.. Harold Cox.
,..-e-a-r Of the Golden Club. has prepared an
,Hc,sl reply 10 NJ Balfour, which costs less
.,sn a penny and Is sold for a shilling. and
.hs-e win probably be a rejoinder from the
s-,a source 10 Ny. Chamberlain's fiscal reform
.,srusl Even II the royalties from these
PAMPHLETS ere not retained for private use. an
Elective method OF raising political funds for a
,.r,naic1 of education has been devised The
Tne',sh in this respect manage their tariff agf-
cations more scientifically than the political
-arries n the United States with their costly
lre-ary bureaus. Royalties are squeezed out Of
,be printers. The publishers advertisements are
Jess sentimental than Mr.. Cobden's solemn ap-
neal 70 Nr. Bright in the house Of mourning
where the young VIE lay colo IN Death. 'Ihere
s-e thousands OF houses IN England at this
moment where wives, mothers and children are
diving Of hunger. Now, when the first paroxysm
Of your grief is past I would advise YOU to come
with ne and we VIII never rest till the Corn
Law is repealed" Nevertheless sentiment is not
business. and thrift is an old fashioned English
virtue and authors royalties are not inCompat-
tbe with imperial craftsmanship,
The newspapers have also taken UP the fiscal
controversy in a shopkeeping spirit The Daily
Telegraph" which has been advocating Mr..
Chan berlain's cause in leaders and special
ticles is rewarded by a fine advertisement and
BIT q exclusive news The statesman himself
has written a preface Tor the second edition Of
reprint Of its articles on fiscal reform. and this
r published IL large type as the most i'm
Tortant news q the day. and rightly. too. for IL
contains the first detailed statement OF his views
since the date Of the birmingham speech. The
preface is good business for The Daily Tele-
graph and possibly for Mr.. Chamberlain as
well II he has some practical method Of offer
Ing compromising advantages TO his jealous ally
r. tn London press. The Times" The half
penny press which ordinarily condenses the
most important political oratory into a bare
sumnary. is preparing 70 issue supplements
with the fun text Of Nj Charnberlain's speeches
NJ. Pearson. who is one Of the most Jealous
among Nj Chanberlain's converts. is not con
te-t with committing his morning and evening
London journals TO the preferential tariff policy.
but IS purchasing newspaper properties n New
castle and elsewhere and enlargfng his field OF
missionary work. NJ Harmsworth who like
M-. Pearson. was q clerk not long ago in the en-
ploy Of Sir George Newnes and is now million
sire owning string Of newspapers and peri
Odicsls has stopped. with Nr. Balfour. at the
halfway house Of Retaliation. and refused 10 be
driven toward Mr.. Chamberlain's goal, at least
while Lord Rosebery is brooding in silence over
the fiscal question and is likely TO become a
free trade Prime Minister. Nevertheless Mr..
Harmsworth Is bent upon selling his papers. and
has hit upon the novel device Of employing spe-
cialsts 10 conduct a joint debate in the columns
q The Daily Mail" so that free traders. pro-
tectionists retaliationists and food takers can
IND every morning what they want for q half
penny.
Nj Harmsworth's enterprise does not end
with fiscal supplements and parIiaments Of sre-
cialists. He has organized a systematic can
Tass q public opinion. which promises 10 pro-
vide occupation Tor the unemployed and recrea-
Ton Tor book agents and typevriters through
out The United Kingdom. The idea IS 10 obtain
popular vote on the three policies. free trade.
preferential tariffs and retaliation and 10 stiuu-
. j .
Offering rewards varying from $1,000 20 a single
sovereign for th= largest collections OF voting
papers. with authentic names and addresses
This inquiry. which is 70 occupy two months
WEI probably involve the invasion of the bust
less quarters ot every large town by amateur
canFassers. and also "a house 70 house visitation
0 residential districts At every hour of the
cay the man En- the street viii be buttonholed Ly
pretty typevrl-ars and invegled into "a confess
sion o- his secret convictions respecting the
hsca- policy n the empire, and the exits and
entrances NJ public halls. theatres. railway sta
tons, restaurants and variety shows viii be
blocked With shabbily dressed tract sellers and
nqulsitive bores. working industriously for the
Prize Of 4 900 IN The Daily Mails lottery.
Conservative business men are already appalled,
oy the prospect Of a campaign Of education
which wll subject them TO ceaseless Interrupt
Uon and annoyance. and are disposed to favor
general election IN November as a more prac-
ucal method Of ascertaining the opinion Of the
country on controversial question OF supreme
Importance.
The Sheffield caucus Of Conservative Associa-
IONS. which closed yesterday established the
'act that the political workers IN the party are
strongly IN favor OF fiscal revision on Mr.
Snainberlains lines The free traders were well
-epresentec by Sir John Gorst. Lord Hugh Cecil.
ar Marlborough and Mr.. winston Churchill but
'aey formed an Insignificant group in that repre-
sentative body. There was only one name TO
oO9ure with IN the conference. Mr.. Chamber
an vas not present. but his grip upon the or
es-4zauon q the party was felt by that as
asnolage Of practical politicians, and it was
WIKI difficulty that The delegates were kept
-1er restraint by an official resolution and pre-
'el'ed from declaring IN favor OF moderate tax
-'ol q foodstUfts and preferential treatment
-oI colonies. Mr. Balfours leadership was rec