The Cambrian

CHAMBERLAIN'S POLICY. Magnificent Speech at Glasgow. Hinging Appeal to British Imperialism. fio Tax upon Raw Materials. Imported Foreign Manufactures to be Taxed. Food Imposts Reduced and Re- adjusted. Mr. Chamberlain delivered his eagerlv- anraitod pronouncement on the future fiscal policy of the country to a huge and wildly- cnthusiastic audience at Glasgow on Tues- day evening. The largest hall in the city- Eft: Andrew's Hall—was densely packed by a crowd estimated at wme 5,000 ler.ons. Over 70,000 applications, however. ;iad bc-E-n received for tickets. Mr. Chamberlain ar- rived in the city shortly aft-er six oc.cck, and after being entertained to dinn.-r drove to the hall, and on rising was at fir?!: pre- vented from speaking by a deafening series of cheers and the singing of "For he's a jolly good fellow." When order was at length restored the right hon. gentleman delivered iiis long-looked-for speech. In it he empha- sised the vital reasons for the commercial consolidation of the Empire. He advocated ft, tax on foreign corn; but a remission of g»art of the taxes on tea, sugar, coffee, and cocoa, to more than balance any estra cost from corn. He also proposed a eta!iaix>ry er reciprocal impost on goods manufactured abroad. Mr. Clumbeilain, who received an extri- *idinarily enthusiastic greeting, paid he de- n sired no better platform than the one he was 44u. Ho was in the city in which Free Trade took its ùîrtli-wbe-re Adam Smith fought Ao long He was a g.-e-at man, but it was r.ot given to liim to foresee all the changes that mav occur in a century-half. Even then, however, he did ad* ocate retaliation tir.der cctain conditions "I am not afraid, «aid Mr. Cittmberliin, "to come here to the Lome of Adam Smith and to combat free im- ports, and ctiil less am I afraid to preach to you pivtcr.ii:'> with our Colonies — fttea", li«-ar)—to you in this great city whose whole prosperity h,t", been foundt-d upon its cobn- ),11 relations—-(heir, hear, and c,heers)-and I most not think only of the city, I miis think of the country. It is know n to c^er^ man that Scotland has contributed out of oil proportion to its population to Luild up the .great Empire of which we ar.j all so proud (cheers)—an fimpiro which took genius and capacity and courage to create—(hear, hear) —and which requires now genius and capacity and courage to maintain. (Loud and pro- longed cheering.) I do not regard this as a party meeting. I am no longer a party It-ader—(laughter;—I am ,n outsider—(re- newed laughter)—and it is not my intention —I do not think it would bo right—that I should raise any exclusive party issues. But .after what has occurred in the last few days, after the meeting at Sheffield—(cheers)—a word or two may be forgiven to me, who, although I am no longer a leader, am still a loyal servant af the party to which I belong." t Cheers.) cl HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR MPV. BALFOUR. Mr. Chamberlain continued thait the party li;ul found a lea del- whom every member might be proud to follow. For himself I,the speaker. 1 agreed M'ith the principles which Mr. Baiiom had stated — he admired the <ourage étnJ -source with which he had faced difficulties whbh even in their varied fjolitica. history had hardly bee l surpassed. Kothing that men who did not know what jalty and friendship meant could influence in i.slightest degree the friondship arid t-onfiden^- which existed, between the Prime Siinist'-r and himself. (Loud cheers.) He a« eant to ''oiion- his fritnd and leader. (T^-ud cheers.) Meanwhile, putting aside these personal questions, what were their objects? They were two. They all desired the maintenance and the increase of th? na- tional prosperity and strength of the United Kingdom. In the second place, their object should be the realisa.ti-Ht cf the greatest ideed which had ever come to st«te$m»Ti in any age—the creation of an Empire such as the world had new-i- seen. They hod to con- solidate the Btitish race. H u Wel-e they to attain that? Surely it should be treated in a manner worthy of the magnitude and cignity of the theme He would disclaim -i any imputatioi of evil or innvort'r- motive upon those wb:, disagreed with him. and he claimed eqial considerati;m fr< ir, them. (Cheers ) Some people had asked: "Why not leave well alone?" Well, he .v..ntr-d to prepare them for a itruggle greater than the war fro n which they had just emerged. A GRAVE WARNING. I tell you (continued the right hon. gentle- man with emphasis) that r.t as not well to-day with British industry. We ihave been going through a period of great expansion. I see sdgns of a change, but let that pass. When the change comes, I tluink ever the Free Fcoders will be converted. (Cheers.) But meanwhile what are the facts? The year 1900 was tie record year of Rrii-h trade. lhe exports were the largest we had ever known. Trie year 1302—last year—was nearU GOOU. AND if YOU wiii. '*oiiipare your trade in 1872, 30 years ago, with the trade of 19C2, the expert trade, you will find that there has been a moderate increase of 20 millions. That, I think, ds something like 71 2 per cent. Meanwhile the population has in- creased 50 per cent. Can you^go ou support- ing your population at that rate of tincrease wfieu even in the best of yeais you can only show so much smaller an increase iri your for- eign trade? In the same ttime the increase n the United States of America wa;o; 110 mil- lions. and the increase in Gonnai y was 56 millions. In the United Kingdom trade has been practical}- stagnant for 50 ytai>. It went down in the interval. It has no^ gone up. In the most prosperous times it is hardly in the least degree better than it w. s 50 years ago. Meanwhile, the protected -jountries. countries which you have been :old, and which I myself at one time belli ved, were godng rapadly to wreck and ruin, have pro- gressed in an infinitely better proportion than ours. Now, tliat is not all. for the amount of your trade remained stagnant, but the character of your trade has changed. H. knew ic was difficult for a great meeting like that to follow figures, but he must give them some on which to base litis argument. Xiiey liad to analyse their trade. They were not an agricultural country, they were a great manufacturing country. Now in 1872 thev f protected countries of Lt:ropt and to the United States of America £ 116.000.000 manufacture, in 1882- ten year, f £ 8a.000.000 in 1892, to: "years V li 1° £ 75,000,000; in lS02"(la*t year), a though tt*e general exports had in- creased. the e xports of manufaotU s had de- clined aga;m to 7^ mili;onSi and tht, l suit tit chi £ iS tliut itft-er 30 rf-irc Tdi,|? £ 42,500.000 they did o0 years ago. HOW r that thi<i ,a,E ted ™t now? It wa; because the change }u,(1 I J. concealed by their sffcatistdes, wbicli we'e not put in a form w luich wis undt cstanded of the people. DKPKXUKXCK OX THE COLOMi.s They had failed to observe that the continu- ance of their trade was dependent entirely ou British jxis.-essions. While foreign countries had declined 46 milhous. the British posses- sions iliad increased 40 niiloous. l'lirni g the period of thirty years, exports by foreign countries to us had risen from £63J:GO.OOO to £ 149.000.000. He did not sa/ for the moment that was not all right. He would say that they were altered circumstances. (Laughter and cheers.) They had leaelted their highest point, arid he was nt I certain that some of this opponents did rot regard that with absolute complacency. For him- self he did not believe in the setting of British star, nor did he believe in the folly ?h te.Knt'vh people. (Cheers.) He trusted that the working-classes, who wercs eiector- ^jv-speakirig, their masters, would uak< up. It tnear imperial trade declined, they de- clined a.so. and it would inevitably decline unless teey took the necess^iy step>, to pre- serve it. WuRD TO LABOUR LKADF.Rs. Have you ever considered tasked the spea- ker) why it is that Canada takes etx timep as much of the products of British maaufee- turers as th" United States of America does < per head? When you ao>wtr that the- i have another conundrum. (Laughter.) Why does Australasia take about three tames as much per head as Canada? And to wiud up why does South Africa-the white population of South Africa—take more per head than Australadsa? When you have got to the bot- tom of that-alld it is not difficult-you will see the whole argument. These countries are all Protective countries. I see that the la- bour leaders, or some of them. in this coun- try, are saying the interest of the working classes is to maintain our present system of free imports. The moment those men go to the Colonies—I will undertake to say that no one of them has ever been there for six months without singing a different tune. (Loud aheers.) The vast majority of the working men in all the Colonies are Protec- tionists. Well, I am not inclined to accept the easy explanation of that that they are all fools. (Laughter.) I do not understand why all intelligent mall-a man who is in- telligent in this countrv—becomes an idiot when he gees to Australa-ia. (Li lighten and cheers.) But I will tell you what he does do -he gets rid of a ^ood number ot old-world prejudices and superstitious. (Cheers.) Mr. Chamberlain then traced the history of Pro- tection, and indicated how industries grew and were fostered behind tariff walls. In America the process had been completed. She produced evervthtng and excluded every- thing. (Laughter!) Canada, had been pro- tective for a long time the principal indus- tries were there and could never be got rid of. rp to the present time, however, the secondary industries had not vet been created and there was still an immense amount of trade open for this country to do. They could intervene at that stage of the process. They could say to the great Colonies. "W e understand your views and your condition, ^e do not attempt to dictate to you. V\e do not think ourselves superior to you. We have taken the trouble to learn your objects, to jappreciate and sympathise with your policy we know vou are right in saying you will not always be content to be what the Americans call a one-horse country, with a single industrv. and no diversity of employ- ment. We understand that, and will not propose to you anything that is unreasonable or contrary to the policy which we know is deep in your heart bait we will say to you. after all. there are many things w Inch you do not now make, many things for which we j h;ive a great capacity of production. Leave them to us as you have left them liitheito. Don t increase your tariff walls against us. Pull them down where they are uimecctssary to the success." Ask them to remember they are our kittLsmen, and that the s < J• is nec-js sary for tne Kmpire as a whole. Now >uji- posing they had made an offer oi that kind. he would not say to the Colonies, but to Co many, to the L idted States, ten or twenty years ago. LI»< »X FROM THI: 1 T', l' L.\T I.: TRADE, "Do j ou Mippo.-i* asked Mr. Chamber- lain, '"that- we should not havt li en aid, to retain a great deil of wdiat. we have now lo.-l I and cannot recover? I will giv^> you an jl- lustration. America is the stiictest of pro- kdin. nations. It has :1. tan If which, to inc. is an abomination—(laiighttr and cheers)— I it is so immoderate, so unreasonable, so un- ncce.>.iary—and although America pro- litcd enormously undtr it. yet [ think it has beer, carried to excessive lengths, and I be- lieve now that a great number of intelligent Americans would gladly negotiate with lis for its reduction. But until very lectnt times even this very immoderate tariff left us a great trade, it L'ft lJ." the tinputto raue, and the tinpla-te trade amounted to mi ions per annum and gave employment to ion,sands of British workpeople. !Jul if wt ia g„ne to America ten or twenty vea-.s af°' larl 'If vou will leave tiu' tin- plate trade as it i,; put <ii:|v t t:tl. ].HU — you have never had to oon.piuir. -:tu. "«v 1uality cr our pii( >—v.e in Ie, tin11 «'!lt give you some advantage on some article which you produce/ we should Jmv ktpt the tinplaie trade. It would not have b:eii worili Americas while to jiut a dirty upjn an article for which it had no [kir'in;- lar or sj>ecir! aphtud • or capsu ity." Thw were hundreds of artudes wlneh wer- 111,1:: in Germany and sent here which could have lie. I, lit to 11 on l in rot tun for concessions. Th-v 'lid not take that course. They weie uot prepared for it. They allowed th." mat- ter to drift. Were they ^cinu to allow it to ;)rif). now? (Cries of 'No."i cr • they HO- [Fit: to lo-e the C'd.vijii-s? C'Xo. ( PARTING OE THE WAYS. This was the parting of the ways. If they did not- tike the chance it would not recur. í. He predicted with certainty that Canada I would fall to the level of the United States, that will fall to the level af Cana- da, South Africa would fall to the level of Australia., and that wtnild be only the be- I ginning of the general decline that would de- prive them of their most important custom- ers, of their most rapidly increasing trade. He was quite convinced he had reason to speak with authority on the subject. The Colonies were prepared to meet us. In re- turn for a very moderate preference they would give us a substantial advantage. "Tiheiv was a. margin of trade in the Colonies which he believed they could permanently retain''—(cheers)—"and I ask you'' (continued the speaker") "to think that if that is so much I importance to lis now that we have only eleven millions of white fellow-citizens in these distant Colonies, what will it be when, in the course of a period which is a mere mo- ment of time in the history of slates-what will it be when the population is forty mul. lions, or more? (Cheers.) Is it not worth your while to consider whether the actual trade which you may retain, the enormous potential trade which you and your descen- dants jiiay enjoy, be not worth a sacrifice, even if sacrifice be required? But they will do a great deal more for you. This is cer- -tain. Not only will they enable you to re- tain the trade which you have. but they are ready to give you preference to all the "trade which is now done with them by foreign oom- pt'titors. I never see any argument of the free importers tin reference to the magnitude of this trade. It is ominous what it is. It will increase it has increased enormotisly in thirty years, and if It goes on with equally rapid strdes we shall be ousted by foreign competition, if not by prot !ctive tariffs, from our Colonies. It amounts at the presient time, I havo-jiot the figures here, but I believe I am right in saying it is forty-seven mil- lions. But it is said that a great part of that forty-seven millions is in grooves which we cannot supply. That is true, and with le- gard to that portion of the trade we havt- no interest in any preferential tariff. HE DRAWS A STRIKING PICTURE. But it has been calculated, and I believe it to be accurate, that twenty-six millions; a I-e: off that trade might come to this coun- try, which now gees to Germany. France and other foreign countries, if reasonable prefer- ence were given to Bullish manufactures. (Cheers.) What does that mean? The Board of Trade assumes that in manufactured goods one-half of the value is expended in la- bour. I think it is a great deal more, but take the Board of Trade figures. Thirteen millions a year of new employment — what does that mean to the kingdom? It means the employment of 164.000 men at 30s. a week. (Cheers.) It means the subsistence, if you include their families, of 830,000 per- sons. and now If you will only add to that our present export to British possessions of ninety-six millions you will find that that gives employmenl. at 30s, a week to 615,000 and it finds subsistence for 3.075,000 persons. In other word*, your Col ottial trade, as it at puvent.Vith t'he prospective advantage of a preference against the foreigner, means employment for three- quarters of a million of workmen and subsis- tence for nearly 4,000,000 of our population. (Cheers ) Perhaps that argument might be de.ei'ibed as a squalid one. A squalid one? He came there appealing to their jnterests. He came there as a man of business. He endeavouring to point out to them that their w ages depended on maintenance of this Colonial trade of which some of his (Mr Cham- berlain'-) opponents spoke with such con- tempt, and above all with such eggregious igioiance. (Laughter and cheers.) He would leave that line of argument for a mo- ment, and appeal to something higher, which was. he believed, in their hearts, as it was in his. Mr. Chamberlain eloquently con- tinued "I appeal to you as fellow-citizens of the greatest Empire the world has ever known. I want to esk you to think what this Empire means, what it is to you and your descendants. I will not speak on—at least. I will not dwell (m-its area—greater than that which has been under one dominion in t!ie history of the world. I will not speak of its population, of the hundreds of millions of men for whom we have to make ourselves responsible, but of the fact that here we have an Empire w'd.h with decent organisation and consoMdatioa ruight ba absolutely self- sustaining. (Cheers.) Nothing of the kind has ever been known before. There is no ar- ticle of your food, there is no raw material of your trade, there is no necessity of your lives, no luxury of your existence which can- not be produced somewhere or another in the British Empire, if the British Empire holds together, and if we. who have inherited it, are worthy of those conditions. WHAT THE BRITISH EMPIRE IS. There is another product of the British Empire—that is. men. You have not for- gotten the advantage, the encouragement which can be given by the existence of loyal men—(cheers)—inhabitants indeed of distant states, but still loyal to the common flag. (Cheers.) It is net go long since these men, when the <dd country was in straits, rushed to her assistance. No power was necessary. It w;as a voluntary movement; it was not a squalid assistance. (Cheers.) I should be wrong if in referring to our white fellow- subjects I did not also say that, in addition to them, if straits befell us, there were mil- lions and hundreds of millions of men born in tropical climes, and of races very dif- ferent from ours, who, nevertheless, a'though they were prevented by political considera- tions from taking part in our recent struggle, would be in any (leatiltllloe of the Empire— (cheers)-equally eager to show their loyalty and their devotion. (Cheers.) Now. gen- tlemen. is such a dominion, are such tradi- tions. is such a. glorious inheritance, is such a splendid sentiment—are they worth preserv- ing? (Cues of '-Yes" and cheers.) I say to you that all that is best in our present life, best in this Britain of ours—all of which we have the mo.st right to be pronul—is due to the fact that we are not on]y sons of Britain but we are sons ,,f the Empire. (Loud cheers.) Continuing, the ex-C'olonial Secretary said that, like the late Mr. Rhodes—(cheers)—the whole thing lay in the question Could they invent a tie that would prevent separation of the 0 lonuv, from the Mother Country? It was only fLy commercial union, reciprocal preference..that they could lay the foundations of the confederation of the Empire to which they all looked feu-ward as a brilliant po.-si- bility. i j tl!|ey to gain by preference? They would gam the retention and the in- crease ot their customers, they would gain wolk foi the enormous nUlUlber of those now unemployed. and pave the way for a firmer and more enduring union of the Empire. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S FOOD TAX PROPOSALS. What do the Colonies ask? They ask a preference on their particular productions. l ou canni'it give them—at lea.st, it would be futile to olfer them—a preference on manu- facturcd goods, because at the present time the expoit manufaetmc of the Colonies is entire-y insigniifica.nt. You cannot, in my opinion, ff1^' them a preference on raw materials'. It has been snid that I would piopose such a tax, but I repeat now in the m st explicit terms that I do not propose a tax on raw materials—(cheers)—which are. a necessitv "t our manufacturing trade. What remains'. l"ood. Iherefoie. if you wish to have a. preference, if you desire to gain this increase, it you wish to prevent separation, you must put a tax on food. (Cheers.) Now, there is the murder—the ni'urder is out. (Cheers and laughter.) I said that in the frfousc en Commons, but I said a good deal more. But that is the only thing of all that I said that my opponents' have thought it particubrly interesting to quote—(laughter)— and you see that on every wall, in the head- ings of the leaflets of the Cobden Club, in the speeches of the devotees of fr.'e exports, in the arguments of those who dread the res- pon.stbihties of Empire, but do not seem to car: much about the possibility of its dis- solution. All these, then, put "in the fore- I front that -Air. Chamberlain savs you must I tax truth—food. (Laughter.) Well, there is 1 no need to tax truth, for that is scarce enough already—(renewed laugh,ter)—but [ was going .tg to say this statement which they quote' is true, but it is on,y half the truth, and they never give the other half. (Cheers.) You lievr fife attached to this stattMnenit that vou must tax food the other words that I have used in reference to this subject, that nothing that I propose would add one farthing to the cost of living of the working man—(cheers)—or of any family in this country. (Cheers.) NO DUTY ON COLONIAL CORN. Well, how is that to be achieved? lave been asked for a plan. I have hesitated be- I cause, as you will readiily see, no final pLLn can be proposed till a Government lli autho- rised by the people to enter into negotiations upon these principles, until that Government has had the opportunity of negotiating wi". the Colonies, with foreign countries, and with the heads, the experts, in all our great industries. Any plan must be at the present time more or less a sketch plan, but at the same time I recognise that you have a rigid to call upon me for the broad outlines oi my plan, and those I will give you 'f you will bear with me. (Cheers.) "You have heard it said that I propose to put a dufy of 5s. or 10s. a quarter on wheat. 1 propose to put a low duty on foreign corn, no duty at all on the corn coming from our Brr.ish possessions. (Tremondous cheers.) Buf. I propose to put a low duty on foreign corn — net exceeding 2s. a quarter. (Cheers ) I propose to put no tax whatever on maiw partly because maize is a food of some o, the very poorest of the people, and partly also because it is a raw material for the farmers who feed their pigs on it. (Cheers.) Co.'i- tinuing, Mr. Chamberlain said the corres- ponding tax which would have to be put on flour should give a substantial preference to the miller, and he did that in order to es- tablish one of their most ancient industries. (Cheers.) He proposed to put a small tax of about five per cent, on foreign meat and dairy produce. (Cheers.) He proposed to exclude bacon, being a popular food with some of the poorest of the population, and lastly the pro- posed to give a substantial preference to their Colonies on Colial wines, and perhaps upon Colonial fruits. (Cheers.) Those were the taxes which he proposed as additions to their burdens. But he also proposed some great remissions. (Cheers.) He proposed to take off three-fourths of the duty on tea—(cheers) -and half of the whole duty on sugar, with a corresponding reduction in cocoa and coffee. Now what was to be the result of those changes upon the cost of living, and upon the Treasury? HOW THE WORKER IS AFFECTED. As regaids the cost of living, I have ac- cepted for the purpose of argument the fig- ures of the Board of Trade as to the consump- tion of an ordinary workman's family, both in the country districts and in the town, and I find that if he pays the whole of the new dluties that I propose to impose it would cost an agricultural labourer 16,1 farthings per week more than at present and the artisan in the town 19! farthings per week. In other words, it would be about 4d. ner week increase in the expenditure of the agricultural labourer and 5d. per week in the expenditure I have proposed. Again take the consumption as it is declared by the Board of Trade. The reductions would be in the case of the agri- cuiluial labourer seventeen farthings per week, in the case of the artisan 191 farthings per week. Now. gentlemen, you will see, if you follow me, that upou the assumption that you pay the whole of the new taxes your- selves the agricultural labourer would be half a fartlang per week to the better, and the artisan would be exactly the same. I have made this assumption, but I do not believe in it. I do not lielieve that these small taxes upon food would be paid to aiiy large extent by the consumers in this country. I believe, on the contrary, they would be paid bv the foreigner. (Applause.) That doctrine can bo supported by authoritative evidence. He (Mr. Chamberlain) had it on the highest pos- sible authority, and had worked it out him- self, and found that the cost of the new du- ties would really be 9 £ farthings to the agri- culural labourer and ten farthings to the ar- tisan, while the reduction would still be 17 farthings to the labourer and 194 farthings to the artisan. This was his opening declar- ation—(loud cheers)—and he felt he ought to leave nothing untold. The loss to the Ex- chequer he had to say would be £ 2,800.000 per annum, and lie proposed to make that up bv another branch of fiscal reform called re- taliation, and sometimes reuipioqity. No- body was sanguine enough to believe that. America and Germany and France and Italy and all those countries were going to drop the whole of their protective system_ Realise they were asked to do so, or even because we threatened them. What he did hope was that they will reduce their duties so that worse tilings may not happen to them-- (Cheers.) A moderate duty on all manufac- tured goods—(cheers)—not exceeding 10 per cent. on the average, but varying according to the amount of labour in these goods, put- ting the higher rate on the finished manu- factures, upon which most labour would be employed in this country, and the lower duty on goods in which very little or less labour has been employed—a duty averaging 10 per cent, would give to the Exchequer at least. nine millions a year. (Cheers.) Nine mil lions a year! He had an idea that the pre- sent Chancellor of the Exchequer-(loud and prolonged cheers)—would know what to do with a full purse. (Laughter.) WHAT DO THE COLONIES SAY? "It remains to ask, What will the Colonies say? I hear it said sometimes by people who I think have never visited the Colonies, and do not know much about them, that .the., will receive this offer with eopJterupt, and that they will spurn it, or that if they will accept it they will give nothing in return. Well. I differ from the critics. I do not do this in justice to the patriotism or the good sense of the Colonies. When the Prime Min- isters representing all the several States of the Empire were here this was a matter of most interesting discussion. Then it was that they pressed on the Government, the consideration of this question. They did not press—tit is wrong. it is wicked to say that they pressed it in any spirit of selfishness. They had no idea of exclusive benefit for themselves. No. they had Mr. Rhode's ideal in their minds. They asked for it as a tie—a practical tie whdch would prevent separation and I do not believe that they will treat ungenerously any offer that we may now be able to make to them. (Cheers.) In conclusion, Mr. Chamberlain said lie believed his policy would consolidate the Empire. "It is for no personal ambi- tion, he said, amidst lotod cheers, "that I have given up the office which I was so proud to (hold—^renewed ,eheers)-iand that now whefn I might, I think, fairly claim a period of rest I have taken up new burdens, and I come before you as a missionary of Empire, to urge upon you once again, as I did in the old times, when I protested against the d:s- ruption of the United Kingdom—(prolonged cheering)—once again to warn you, to urge you, to implore you to do nothing that will tend towards tlhe disintegration of the Km- pire, not to refuse to sacrifice a futile super- stitien. an inept prejudice, and thereby to lose the results of cenfuxies of noble effort and patriotic endeavour. (Loud and pro- longed cheers, amid which Mr. Chamberlain resumed his seat, having spoken for an hour and threequarters.) The- Solicitor-General for Scotland (Mr. Scott Dickson) moved, and the Hon. Thomas Cochrane seconded the follow ing resolution "That this meeting accord its heartiest tbauks to the Right Hon. Joseph Chamber- lain for litis address desires to express its grateful recognition of Ihis devoted patriotism and public services, and cordially endorses the view held by his Majesty's Government j that the time has now come for a recousidera- lion of the fiscal policy of tile United King- dom." The resolution was unanimously agreed to iUid Mr. Chamberlain briefly but warmly ac- knowleclged, and the meeting terminated with renewed cheers for the right hon. gentleman. c =—

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— ( I ¡'-IIÜ:T'f'ï' WEDDING. At English Congregational Chapel, Sketty, I on Monday. Miss Florence Rees. daugthter of j tile late Mr. Edward Rees, builder and con- tractor. and of St. Helen's .School, was mar- ried to Mr. Charles Fear, of Bargoed. The Rev. Edward Nicholas. St. Paul's, officiated. The bride, who was given away by Mr. W. Jones, was attended by her cousin. Miss Louie Harvey, as bridesmaid. Mir. Reg. ] Harvey acted as best man. Mr. and Mrs. Fear afterwards left for the honeymoon.

LATE MR. GEO. TARR'S FUXEIUL With reference to the funeral of the late Mr. Geo larr, all members of the Roval Hearts of Oak Friendly Society who were present (upwards of 100), liad oak leaves and acorns (the emblem of the Order), in their button holes, and dropped these upon the coffin when it was lowered into the grave. Letters of sympathy came from the Caradoc Lodge of treemasons, Loyal George Tarr Lodge of the Royai Hearts of Oak, Loyal ^arr Lodge of Forresters, Loyal Amy Ian- Lodge of Forresters, Cottaee Committee, Clerk to the Guardians, Town Clerk, and the following towns: Sheffield London, Birmingham, Plymouth, Bristol' Cardiff Newport, Shrewsbury. Derby As' \Ii S T en an,d Mrs' 1)ruiT' M* and j (Borough Arms, Mr. D. T. Jen- kins (deputy grand master and general sec- /n arJm Hrarts of )ak)> Councillor Watkins. (Lardiff), the Executive Council of the Society, the Abertawe Lodge, D. J. Rees, Adamo Adami (Craig-y-Nos), J. Austin, ti-tends on the Docks, and U. Bath (Shrews- bury). This list is in addition to that pub- lished oil page 6.

WILLIAM M. DA VIES STOCK AND SHARE BROKER, 56, WIND-STREET, SWANSEA Telegrams, "Discretion" Telephone No. 113 BCYER: 10 English Crown Spelter. £ 400 Rhondda Railway Debenture. £ 500 Ben Evans' Debenture. 300 Ben Evans' Preference 50 Ben Evans' Ordinary 100 Abontiakoons (Gold Coa&t). 50 Wassaw Gold. SELLER: 200 Imperial Tobacco Preference. 10 Capital and' Counties Banki. 10 Rhondda and Swansea Bav Rv Pref. 10 Rhondda Valley Brewerv Prefs £500 Swansea Harbour Stoèk. Special business at close prices in South, and West African Gold and Land Sliares. C. HAMILTON SHAW STOCK, SHARE & MORTGAGE BROKER. 15, TEMPLE-STREET, SWANSEA. 0 Classes of Stocks and Shares Bought and oold at close Market Prices. SELLERS £ 1,000 Swansea Gas 4 per cent Bond. £ 600 Swansea Gas 5 per cent. Stock Swansea Harbour 4 per celIt. fctoek BUYERS: Weaver's Pref. Shares Swansea Harbour 4 per cent. mort- gages. Dillwyn's Pref. Shares. Hature'* Perfect Remedy or all kinds of Worm*. WILLIAMS' (PONTARDAW3) ORM LOZENQ R For over 30 ye-ra this highly Valuable Remedy lias met with the rtatest success. The effect upoa Weak Delicate Children (often given up as Incurable) is likr AJagic. Getting rid of his tormenting pest. by taiing these Lozenges, the thin, pale-faced, inanimate Child becomes strong, healthy, and lively, the pride nstead of thesniiety of his guardians. Llangennech, near Llanelly, August 30th, 1872. DEAR SiB,-My youngest daughter, Emma Ann, 13 years of age, got rid of a great number of worms by taking only three or four of Williams* Pontardawe) Worm Lozenges. I am glad to say that she has much improved in health, being previously lingering and In h6&lth,—Yours very truly, MARTHA GRIFFITHS, late of Ynlspenllwch. SYMPTOM^.—Any of the following Symptoms indicate Worms: variable appetite,foetid breath, adderjcta- ions, palps in the stomach and bead, sickness, grlnd- cg of the teeth during sleep, dreams and restless- ness, paleness of the countenance, stitches in the side, short dry cough, and emaciation of the body, often itistalcen for decline, nervousness, slow fever, and ir- regular pulse falntness, sometimes convulsive fits, often causing sudden death; dizziness, sore throat, and Inflammation of the bowels. The above symp- toms vary according to the kind of Worms. The Lozenges contain nothing detrimental to the Constitution, and are suitable for .U ages. Williams' (Pontardawe) Worm Lozenges are pre- pareo from the Original Receipt by JOHN DAVIES, M.R.P.8., Chemist, 30, High street, Swansea, and told by most cheaiisrs, at 9id., 13*d.' and 2s. 9d. per box; by post, 14 or 34 stamps. Pro- ected \>y the Government stamp, on which are Dgraved the wnrt'i WUliao.a' Worm Lozenges. 28 Printed and Published for the Proprietors bv DAVID DAVIES, at the Offices, Alen.aj\ dra Arcade, High-street, Swansea.