The Cambrian

N BUMPER MEETING FOR THE j COLONEL. I "• i ^arlV'.stAge Jl j Even at this comparatively e Division /'•tie campaign in the Swansea ( the interest in Colonel J- «• v Monday j daiure Li simply unbounded, Albart evening's public meeting that ths 't Minor Hall gave every eviode ceed in his de- local business man would ces- Bare to represent an the llfJn tre like Swansea m at eager- Parliament. There «» ^ting. A', jsees displayed to get to i start, peo- 7-50, or half an hour befo fifteen min- began to assemble, a that ac- I vies it was with no little being a K cess was gained, the r ting> wticli i crowded and enthusiast* fashion Colcwl gneeted in the most beax-iy presided k .Wright, Sir John •eWtrLrters of the cause. and other prominent suppo cunmorted by Dr. if The worthy chairman Latimer, "Mr. ,T. D. Griffiths, !>• rf' Edwards, and.M-. (Joseph Hall, Mr. W. H; .Fred WaddingtonS^Z^nSIST FOREIGN t TEN YEARS OF U^r? j POLIO*. wa.s very enthn- | Sir John Llewelyn, could not ►AstioJly r^aved, sarf ta■ Vri bt fcr ^dWthecandMawreo^f" j the borough of time represent- | (Sir John) j?r cf Commons—\?-p fed in the coming once on f pJaose)—to §° yghoW bis deep sympathy (Applause-) Durh-, the last lew F With it. l-»PF* be very careful about *.»-■* ■» fj"'liXt. The state of « f hg had been, happily, well preserved, |r health had had to be most-care- he found be could not Tlay the-t«CKS E:tT' Jto do. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) £ jLt it was always a pleasure to Mm to | Soe amongst a Swansea audience, because E fw^r aJwavs respected him id gavo-im ere- I difc for doing the best he could. (Applause ) Lionel Wright was a Swansea man with r&Swea interests all his aims m hie we fSSected with the great inaastnes of ,u,. f^Stry, and he (Sir John felt perfect ? JSro that their best interests were safe m I S hands, and that he would do everything Ffcf could for Swansea, living as he-did in the l-Sdst of them. (Applause.) ior very t\many vears Colonel W right wa^ master ot ? xue great question which was before t.ie country at the present time The word g j^rco Trsd^ wis rzithcr 3 C3,t-c*iworQ. iriw I' /gir John) was In favour of freedom. (Hear, i bear.) He was also in favour of trade. I./gear hear.) But when he put the two ^words' together did they imply the whole t trbth? ("No.") It ^'as nofc even fair | .trade, and he thought it was essential, ;n the interests of the country, that we should ^have some degree of refer.n in what we now |«a]led Free Trade. (Hear, hear.) He could f remember-and many of those presen. cou d r remember-the pail that fell upon Souti f 'Waks Avhen the .McKinlev tariff was passed. t Had we at that time the power to negotiate, p' he thought it was very possible that the s | which overtook this country at that r might have been averted (Hear, hear.) t | was at length averted bv the grit of the F people of this country m finding new mar- kets. And those new markets could, he (thought, still be found in our Colonies. (Ap- Irplauso.) The Colonials were our kith and T.kin, and Teadv to receive us—to hold out f: band of fellowship to meet us in tra-dJ. fe-^Applause.) And he thought it would be a p'sin if we did not take advantage of the at jHitude of the Colonies ^nd" look for reefpro- Ii-city in our trade. (Applause.) The unem- .pioyed problem he regarded as one of the niost difficult things we ha^T to meet. (Hear, hear.) Colonel Wright was one of those 'who had studied thai question, and was most capable of giving sound advice as to where, ^bvsoroe means of reciprocity, to find those ^w markets that would give that work to t the unemployed, and not wait till other v'xoontries came and took trade away iro n %-os. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir John) was very Vtn'-rious for quiet, steady progress. He was ,«>pro"Tessive, like everybody else, and on this t'ground, that we must be either going fcr it ward or going back. And now was the no Pior us to put our house in order. And yet E>«t the present moment he was almost ap- r palled to s*_o one member of the new Cabinet & in his address saying he was in favour of tb^ '"abolition ot the House of Lords "and all hereditary authorities." (Laughter.) That included the King and Monarchy, and ^though he thought those words might have fbeen hastily, cavciessly written, yet a man '"in the position of a Cabinet Minister had ao Wight to write hastily words of that nature, .because he compromised himself and also Hhe whole programme of the Liberal party. ¡ He (Sir John) hoped such words would be "repudiated by the rest of the right hon. gentleman's colleagues—(hear, hear) 36 Ithey showed the danger there was, if w3 'were ntt most careful to use words such us would coii nend themselves to the best >n- s±ere6ts of the country. (Applause.)^ Refer- hing to the position of the United Kingdom .in the Councils of Europe, Sir John said that Lten years ago we were in the position of "splendid isolation" without a friend in th 3 0 European Councils. How did we find mat'crs v.,3jow? The illness of the late Lord Sa'is- "l>ury caused anxiety abroad because ^it was said that "England, under her great Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, was the • one factor for the peace of Europe." (Ap- plause.) Lord Lauidowne they had since had to thank for having carried on the same policy in the leadership of the oouncils of the nation, with the result we had the entente cordiale with France, the Anglo- Japanese Alliance, and wer#> now on the ypowt of breaking down the jealousy of Ger- many, which had been a most dangerous factor in the peace of the country. (Hear, Jbaar.) So, instead of a position of "splene I isolation," we were now the friends of :> 11 703*ions- (Applause.) With regard to the question of education, he claimed he had a yjght to speak upon it, as being a graduate of Oxford University, and also upoin the ground that he had tlioucrht. ?.nd money in education, both primary and eecondary and higher in Wales. (Applause.) He had also a right to speak of it as a large ratepayer. (Hear, hear.) But above all he claimed he had the right to speak as being « parent of children. (Applause.) He had been able to give religiq*is education to his -children, and ne claimed that other parents phould have the right of getting that reli- gious teaching for tneir children where they chose. (Applause.) Therefore he wanted to see those parents in tne position of claiming chose. (Applause.) Therefore he wanted to see those parents in tne position of claiming iheir inalienable right to have their children gtjocated m the Rational schools. (Hear, bear.) In conclusion. Sir John again ex- pressed warm sympathy with Uk. Wright's candidature, and hoped they would do their very best to return him at the bead of the poll on election day. (Loud applause.) GOOD OLD COLONS' EL Col. Wright was greeted with considerable enthusiasm, and a voice "Good old Colonel." He the warmth of their welcome was too mncn foi him, and then brteriy endorsed what Sir John liaa said about education, considering that that and ,sanitation—the health of the people—of prirn .ry imt<> t- ance in our country's welfare. He had therefore never begrudged any money for either of those two things. Addressing him- pelf to the on*} Dsorbing topic before country at. tlie present time—the fiscal •question—the Colonel once more urged that it was a natter of great moment u> tbe industries ot Swansea and district, for if there was any part of the United Kingdom tfcat was affected by tbe "dumping" of foreign ^manufactured or semi-manufactured goods, it was the neighbourhood of t van- "e3- "ear-) By the system that was applicable in Cob- 0&n-& time, when we were the manufactur- ing nation of e world, and could not afford ?4o put a burdensome tax on com, the huge i^flteelrau trade South Wales did with j.jjSM^rjca*nad been, wiped out because Axaecica r manufactured them herself, and kept us out of the market by Protective Tariffs. What next happened? Having the means to manu- facture the steel, the Americans in 1891 be- gan the manufacture of t-inplates, with the result that, whilst the Welsh exports had gone down from 303,000 tons to 69,000 tons, their own majiufactureis of tinplates had gone up from^900»tons to over 365,000 tons. (HeaT, 1 .hear.) "So you-see," paid Col. Wright, with much force, "we have been wiped out by one nation of one product." (Hear, hear.) That meant that we had had to do some- L tiling for ourselves, and, fortunately, the expansion of the world had brought new markets. Ihe Continental markets, how- ever, would sooner or later be lost to us, as the American market was leaving us, and so it was essential that we should make our vast Colonies become the markets for British goods. (Applause.) What foreign competi- tion meant to us Col. Wright demonstrated by the case of Germany, who had increased her trade with the British possessions in manufactured goods TT per cent in the ten vears 1894-04, whilst we had only gone up SJ per cent. "Is that right?" as lid the colonel. "No," said the audience. "Should there not be in our favour," he went on, "some. discriminatory tariff seeing the Col- onies are ready to give us preference if we tak their products as against those of the foreigner?" ("Yes.") They said, "Give us some benefit with regard to our produce, which is the only thing we semd to you, and we will take your manufactures." (Ap- plause.) Mr. Chamberl tin's proposals to do tiais were quoted, Col. W'right'asserting again that the tax on foreign corn and meat ) meant, in effect, that 5<1. would be put on to our food, but with therremission of duties on tea, sugar, etc., 8eL. would come off. But the difference be&ween the taxes re- mitted and collected for revenue pur^osps would be £ 4,963,008. The proposed duW 10 per cent on the.imports of foreign manu- factured and partly-manufactured g(}oO(},s would fhvow7|r- ljnnS £ 120,003. fro:n which tin difference could be made up with a *ur plus of £ ^,036,992 as a nucleus, c,iT of oid age pension fund. (Applause.) Yn other woras the 10 per cent, duty on the foreign t^^ed and partly manufactured goods that came into this country would sist the workingmen of this country. (Hear hear.) The £120,000,000 worth of' fore^n manufactures competed with our working men, keeping the wages down and manv men out of emplovmert /"Ou L ,P, He wanted them, therefore to t( ^hame- ) tialities of our Colon £ a^ with ppeferemtial tariffs, tW was'^ ih^' that couki fstop the success of Tv;< nothlng factures. Thev w,^re toW < nian"- tariffs would not, a^ist V?ref5Te,ntia! Wright. forcibly diaprovS bv th- UJoneI Cape Colony. Tn 19^: we s^% a of of the goods to that counfn 20.4 was sent'lay the foreic^ TTh% ing year our exports to 4e^ Cnr3 l down to 75 per cent., wbiW tV ? rdw;in<1flwl eigner went up to about 25 °! e, 0^ was increag-Kl to 29 nPT f- f r CPn • wbich 1904 Cane Colonv -^1 T ,m ,1905- In ence, and immediately on? 4nOTt -prefer; up to over 76 per cent ,STu -]UmP came back to 23 p^r crV foreigner tha-t worth having 5 onel. Again the a^ed the col- He thoufht ;• "Yes" tbe case of Can.,<k,' per cent, nerterenre in f "I •a- manufactures, we bad j.ay?u, ot I:,T!t,fa "Now ]« it „ It. doubled our trade. ence or not9"'T having a prefer- answer wa^- *-V e,,r'eP€at'e^. snd asain the that^vaoes" dJ -U had »>ecn said tion. T lnc^e Pee- per cent hi'frlln all round 50 per cent, higher than in England and tak- ing Krupp s Works in trat.irm 1-.L v. 7 ,la trf™any as an lllus- f' showed how the wages there had iZVjT 3s" before the Pro- "DnTTinin3"111 t0 ^3" a Present. U'ri- vH ° "was also touched 1 non, Colonel ^^p.-aeising that the point was that wQ~0rin a*SK "dumping" of foreign ba.rs > a owed, we could not advance because new woras could not be built. To hi" mind rp lU'est.'on.s paled before this one of arn tJeform, but Col. Wright once more ne u ed the Radical obiect-ions to Chinese labour, and was slightly interrupted. "If. there is any one who is willing to t.ad:le the job, he declared, "I am sure the job is open to him at Is. 6d. per day." (Loud applause.) Putting it another way, he in- vited any Britisher to'say whethtSr, even if he could, he woultLwork side by side with the native in a country where to do eo was regarded by the whole of th-e white popula- tion as a great degradation? (Hear, bear.) The fa<ct was the unskilled- native or Chinese labour was absolutely- essential, so that the white skilled labour could be employed at the stamps aaid machinery which we ought to send out there. (Applause.) Were we to stop the mines because we would not let the Chinese supplement the native labour under conditions which amply protected both whites and Asiatics? ("No.") No. it was not business. (Hear, hear.) Let them look at the thing fairly and scfuarelv and sav whether it was -slavery or not, The placards cn the o.-uer side were "very catchv" to the eye, but he thought that brains "were cultivated now more than they used to be- (laugnter ar.d "E0.u, hear")_and therefore he did ji.ot think the electors were likely to such clap-trap about Chinese slavery." (Applause.) in conclu- T'0n,ff p gfaV<? 11 a'S ^^re conviction that Tariff Reform would benefit every working- man m the Swansea neighbourhood in every sen&e of the word. (Loud applause.) TWO QUESTTONS. 1 of the abolit 1 or^ of the coS Tax, Z^lZl he regarded the granting of pilotage cen fi- cates to foreign mas-ters and mates as a injustice to British pilote and a great danger to our country in time of war /Annla„« D? 1.NI) !rmNEsi: LABoSt.1 lly app^ved of Colonel Wnghts candidature, and replying to one point m the address of the Liberal opponent; 6aid that no narty would be so pig-headed as to r^n .to th<> sUto •' tS, eXfh S tlITO'- As a fact- what with the introduction of stea-m railways, fcele- graphs, and so on, was absolutely im- possible for us to return to those days. But times had so altered" that now foreign coun- tries manufactured-goods and protected them, a.nd therefore it was essential we should pro- mote by means of preferential tariffs the trade between the Mother Country and the Colonies. (Applauae.) Touching upon the Gfun^laWurqu^tion, Dr. Latimer pointed lout that Mr. Gladstone himself approved of the employment by the British of Chineoo labour, and that autogether no less than 22 ordinances for the employment of Chinese were made by the Radicals. (Laughter and j'Ui. j Ihe most recent was in British Guiana m 1894, and that was far more stringent than the present one in South Africa, for there 18.. per day without food was allowed as against 2s. and keep per day in South Africa, and competition with the whits skilled labour was also allowed whereas in South Africa it was not. (Ap- plause.) Dr. Latimer added that in South Africa, whites could not, as a fact work side by side with Kaffirs or Chinese. (Hear hear.) 1 Dr. D. T. Griffiths moved a resolution of confidence in Colonel Wright's candidature. Major Sinclair seconded, and gave an il- lustration of the effects of foreign competi- tion by pointing out that two years a»o when the Tramways Committee decided to a man in favour of British rails, £ 9,000 went to Middlesboro' instead of Belo-ium finding employment for 120 British work- men instead of 120 Belgians. (Applause.) That lie thought was an object lesson. (Hear, hear.) t DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF DUMPING. Mr. W. H. Edwards, who was splendidly received, reminded those present that dump- ing in South Wales not only directly affect- ed the employment of 3,645 men, but there was an indirect loss of wages throughout iron and steel trade in the country generalIv, because if there was too much labour in the country, dlle to foreign bars coming here and keeping men out of work, the market value of labour went down. (Hear, hear.) He hoped they would return Colonel Wright on Tuesday—a man who had for so many years done so much for the district. (Loud applause.) The resolution was carried with but two or three dissentients. Colonel Wright, in pioposing a vote of thanks to Sir John, said he was "an old and faithful friend of yours, most respected for his sterling worth, and the most charit- able man we have got in the whole district, his charity knowing 110 partisans, but is general." (Applause.) He regarded it -*s of the greatest compliments he had ever had paid him to have had Sir i_ platform that evening, on te Dr. Howel iWjSKKy said "ir Jolmwa, one of the old sort." Mr. Joseph Hall supports and remarked Aring "We The^rP r man f°r US" (Applause.) est enSSr with The Chairman b fl rIe.y :icknowledcre¡}. an; a S^ndidWSng^d^id^;Ck,10Wted8e,

SIR GEORGE UNBURDENS HIM- SELF. Sir GeorO' N Swafis^Tw^W^r Lhlbo;a' candidato. for in tho his first public me«6txngs arrana-erl °U ^on<1ay night, it being ino- ;ft F ^f;u .G first address a meet- gt° 1G Bay Chapel Schoolroom, Mourn'TSLTc proceed to advert j 1 ^-cnoolroom. At the time to^etlnT xr° coaimence there were gathered nla™ 1 1, ^e Fabian's Bay meeting WTrd« tU l ni-T;ber \v,vs increased after- „i +l a!*>ut 300, which included a few Oi tne tair oex. ^at»hews presided, and said the 1 i °,Was in support of "our excellent \nni^ future member of Parliament. a'"&e-) He. spoke of the m'sreprecenta- ,0, en opponents as regards the atti- .01 Liberals towards Home Rule, and ui Owansea we wanted more Home Rule than we had to-day. Sir George would sup- P°r ,a measure of justice to Wales simuar I°K 1 ended to Ireland 36 years ago. pp'a>usc ). There were hundreds of Churcxi- in Swansea, who were in favour o o»ne Rule for their own churches and jns '1Ce to Nonconformitv. Parliame-nt »a voteo out of the public purse upwaids 01 £1,5()(fr.OOO towards f'e erection of Church schools. What Nonconformists wanted .hat all colleges and schools maintainedl oy the public should be managed by tii«Publ should be onened for the children o Liie public independent of sect an< c (Applause.) The adoption of the P sation Act by the late Government was stealing their opponents' thundeT „r.j a plank from the Liberal timber-^ard, spoiling it. (Hear, hear.) u»orfilv re- Sir George Newnes, who was a ceived, l'1;/d theTe seemed to na^' >jount slight mistake to the effect that gut Pleasant meeting would be ne vcry it did not matter very mucn- pleasant to open th° fight m • ns in He had heard from two dinere I in Swansea, who had lived all 1 much the town, that they had never s pre- L'b 1 cause enthusiasm for the Liberal cau.^ cause, sent., They had never had » from his ad- (Applause.) He had omitte^ one_vva> die,-is two most important 0't'ncr was the licensing question, a know per- Welsh Disestablishment. nuestions." fectly well I am sounci on _nrrHent would (Applause). Tlse new g T^r^nsmg have to do something t o rec 1 y given Bill, which was very unfair- was going plenty of compensation, bu and the to get it? Why, the the brewer. "That counter," with three who p« ? thap, and a house, said he was a = t ^a-t v/as rot should not be turned out. com pen-si the man who was gomg 6 tj.v3) ano tion he got *h.te or six | The that was the end of bnn.^ ^ut^rs to the brewers were the §rea Conservatives Conservative funds, an jor t,hei' enor- were largely in their wav ft ill took mous influence. The j^retion. In away from the magisterial <11-g what Swansea the magistrates j-c_hou.ses that they considered to M l haps were not were not required, or t hope<j to get so well conducted, .t would meet the number down so t vvpople without the requirements o* to th" people to offering undue temptation jo th- P^P drink. (Hear, bear.) g t (^e bing the poor man of Act stoppedwa^c^o^ of temperance re- ? i^hino- would have to be done; form. Someth o wjno. t 3 conditions where magistrates, » think of crime and what not that the public-houses ought to be reduced, thev ought to have the power to do,so (Hear, hear.) The question of the number of licenses in different localities ought to be un<- the popular control-of the districts. He was absolutely in favour of Welsh DlS- estab 1 ishmetnt-» and, though he did not want I to do any injustice to the Cliurch of Eng- land, he believed in religions equality. He did not intend to talk about education; first of all, it had been thoroughly thrashed out in Swansea, and he believed they understood o'.te another. (Applause.) It seemed to li n a great deal of the fight was going to turn on the fiscal question, which was a verv complicated one. It was a favourite topic with his esteemed opponent, Col. Wright, whom he had not yet had the pleasure of meeting, but whom he should like to shake by the hand. (Applause.) Because he wanted this contest to be carried on from first to last wit.h the mont complete friendli- neF- and no personalities. "We don't fight men, but principles." (Applause.) What- ever might be said for t.he advantage of protection for any other trade, it was found to be absolutely injurious to the shipping trade. It would interfere with our inter- change of commerce with other nations, and that meant they would have fewer and fewer ships coming into Swan/sea. He supposed one-third of the people in Swansea were directly or indirectly interested in shipping. The other side could not deny it. He did not believe they would, because the other side were honest—some of them. (Laughter.) "I didn't wa.nt to qualify it." But what- it removed he went and bothered the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer in his room until be thought he was going to lock t.he door against the speaker. (Laughter.) The result was an interview was granted to a deputation, I' but the Chancellor absolutely declined to take it off. No efforts could have been I greater than he and others made to get the Chancellor to take the tax off. The new Government had promised to take it off as soon as the adjustment of taxation—the finances of the country would allow it. There might be an "if" it was true. But he was perfectly certain it mearnt, only, that it would take a little time but the new Go- vernment intended to do it; "you can take it from me." Sir George, in conclusion, asked them to support, not him, but the cause, which wa.s sound and would bea.r every investigation. (Applause.) R-V. Myrddin Thomas proposed a resolu- tion of support to Sir George Newnes. Mr J. Livingston slso spoke. Miss Dillwvn, wtio was well i-A^ived, sup- ported Sir George Newnes 011 account of the Education Act, 1902, and of his Free Trade policy. What had Sir George done for Swansea? Jae had represented in par- liament the opimon of the majority of the town of Swansea. (Applause.) Dr. Jno. Evans said females should not be excluded from planning the education of their sex. Mr. R. L. Sails then replied to Col. Wright's arguments, and sooke of tha pros- perity of trade. The motion having been carried, Mr. R. Martin, who was labouring under a cold, also spoke. A vote of thanks was passed to the chair- man and speakers.

BREEZY PROCEEDINGS AT GWAUN-CAE-GURWEN. Mr. Ernest Helirie, Conservative and Tar, iff Reformer, was in an avowed stronghold of his opponents on Monday night, when ne addressed Gwauncaegurwen electors. The Council School was packed. A kind of op- position that vented itself in the noisy drop ping and raising of window blinds, or whist- ling, was evident, much to the disgust of more responsible inhabitants of the village, but the candidate himself spoke almost with out disorderly interruption. Mr. F. W. Gilbertson (of the Pontardawe Works) pre- sided. The Chairman said on the question of Tariff Reform he knew no politics. From a conversation lie had had. with Mr. Helm he knew he took a very broad view of the Education Act, but at the same time the present was the opportunity for the country to rise against the manner in which foreign- ers treated us. W hat was good for him ts a tinplate and steel manufacturer was good for them also; but tltey could not say that trade was what it ought to be, or making that progress trade was making in oth -r cometrics. They must try to find a remedy. The* amount of foreign steel that caax&into the country last year wou d have provided employment for thirty works and the influ- ent that had on the coal affected hem in Gwauncaegurwen. Therefore, he thought they ehould look to their industries and im- prove the demand for labour in this country (Chee-s ) Mr. Helme had a good chance < t Lin* successful, for this question of Tariff Reform was going right home. (Loud ap- PlM^ Helme, who was enthusiastically re- ceived said the radical cause of the presen. unemployment was those very tariff walls by which, although what we bought was free of tex, when we wanted to sell things we were charged for selling thorn. (Hear, hear ) We waited fair play and also fair trade. Instead of making fancy promises, he would make one promise, to agitate that goods from our Colonies should come in free. (Applause.) There would be no tax on raw materials. (Cheers, and a cry, "Wha.t about our beer?") "Chin Chin was yelled out, and the can- didate said they should hear all about tha-, (Hear, hear.) But Mr. Heltne finished his subject thoroughly first. Solne amount of disturbance manifested itself when the candidate sat down, a body of vouths causing the trouble. There was an organised attempt to cry down the ext speaker, Mr. R. J. Richards, Port Talbot, who, however, persisted pluckilv. Mr. Richards snid the cry of Chinese ia- bour was simply raised for election >ering purposes. ("Quite true," and "It isn't. ) j Verv few told them much in the same argry strain about the 13 millions on the verg* of starvation in this country. Unheeding lnud disorder, Mr. Richards asserted that It A a., all done with a purpose. Who ir^' ss);<d for this labour? ("Chamberlain.' ) Futy seven thousand out of sixty-1 e thousand white people in the Transvaal sigi rd a peti- tion for it. At this point lbc yoiuifo? r- rt^n ,f :i'€ audience took amusement in tlx, e.\<ited egi tation of a person in the front, who, jump- ing about and waving his arms, declared that it wasn't true. Chairman Much as I would abhor it, you will agree I should be right in asking this man to leave the room if he doesn't stop. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Richards again thumped in his state- ment as to who demanded Chinese labour, to the accompaniment of dissent and the demands for the authority. Mr. Richards said previous to the war they never heard anything about black slav- ery. If there had been sufficient blacks available. Chines? labour would never nave been procured. And the conditions for th.- blacks were not nearly so favourable as those of the Chinese. The meeting continued antagonistic, giv ing the speaker little chance to proceed Responding to whistling and calls for 'vour authority," Mr. Richards read conv:n^ng extracts on the question from a book wTi+ipn by Mr. Tom Burt, Labour M.P. for Mor- peth. "He is a Liberal; surely you will ce- lieve him," said Mr. Richards. The mission of the audience was to believe nothing, and the extracts were therefore received with ridicule, though much subdued. In an appeal for questions, an inhabitant told his friends to remember that thev iiad a wolf coming there very soon in lamb s clothing. 0 A number of questions, not very pointed, were answered, and a vote of thanks to the speakers ended the meeting.

"FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW." COL. WRIGHT'S RECEPTION AT YORK- PLACE SCHOOL. Colonel Wright at" York-place Schoo JP01" 011 Tuesday evening, when Councilor l ^-°rker presided over a crowded and enthusiastic meeting. The candidate was supported by Mr;c, Wright, Dr. T- D- Griffiths, Major I3-> id Lewis, Major A- Sin- ciair, Mr. iner Leeder, Mr. YV. H< wards, Mr. J. R. Davies Dr. Howel Thomas* Mr. R. J, Richards (Mid-Glamorgan), a-nd others. THh COLONEL LOOKS LIKE WINNING. The Chairrpan said it was a great gratifi* cation to him to preside over the meeting" the largest he had ever seen in the build, ing—and being the first time he had had the opportunity of meeting' his constituents in the Castle Ward, he wished them all a Happy New Year, and thanked them for returning him unopposed at the November elections- (Appla-use.) He hoped thev would as a bor- ough do the same thing for Col. Wright at future time. (Hear, hear.) As far aa tne present election went there seemed ever^ prospect of the colonel being elected to re- prospect of the colonel being elected to re- tne present election went there seemed ever^ prospect of the colonel being elected to re- present the town in Parliament. (Appl*use"j They as Conservatives had to thank Wright very much for championing t"el. cause at the present time, and if the bor°ug selected him they would, he believed, 6e^V the right man in everv sense of the WOj j because, unlike Sir George Newnes, he> aw not represent an antiquated policy. was patent, to anybody who bad anything to do with workmen. (Hear, bear.) There were 13,000,000 of people in tfcis country <wi the verge of starvation, and yet men prefer work to doles. Further, what the use of our young men learning unless thev were able to work at them a' wards? (Hear, hear.) And yet there was » vast quantity of manufactured goods com g into our country. Well, Col. Wright, » returned, was going to do his best to verse that condition of things, and he hope*1 the colonel would be returned. FIGHTING THE WORKPEOPLE 5 FIGHTING THF. WORKPEOPLE 5 BATTLE. Colonel Wright met with a splendid ception on rising to again give his ylf ception on rising to again give his ylf The momentous question of Tariff that was before the country, he ^P^j V wa»s the reason he had taken up the c ? in the contest, and determined to come ward and fight what he believed to be battle of the businessmen and the batt the workpeople. (Applause.) He said meaning and believing it. (Applaosed Edwards, a Liberal—(applause)—bad • with him all along the line on this one one«- tion. "And before the content," said colonel, "I told him that if he wottW taKe my place I would have gone and backw him, a Liberal, on this very question. (Ap- a Liberal, on this very question. P plause.) Businessmen of both parties ( proceeded) looked at the matte* as a issue to be determined by the working classes of the country. (Hear, hear.) It was a long story, necessarily long, and could not, be dismissed with the flippant remarks that we are as well off now as we were years ago. That was what we as a nation hnd to face, and we had to do it a verv great deal. ( J?ar> hear.) How could it be done? He hop "i show them that we had the potentialities in [our own Empire showing that we can the question with a calm front; up by the nation we can not only maintain our trade, but increase it with our Uolonies to a wry large extent. « were no nearer at the* present time to th* universal Free Trade that Cobd«n rightly wished for when he introduced the system wished for when he introduced the system into this country; but sixty yea" H should be remembered, we had the wor at our feet as far as manufactures went. III 1870 the United States be--an to manufacture and having captured the steel rail trade of South Wales turned t'.ieir attention to tip. plates. They knew that John Lull wae there with a weak heart aJid bowed hea^ willing to accept anything, and so they eaid, "Never mind, put a duty on the next beti thing—templates," and the MeKmley Tan5 was put on. What might the power to re. tali ate have done? Might not the Far West farmer have feared a tax on corn, and th* Chicago packer a tax on the tinned meats, and might not they have sa*i, "We won t have anv duty put on tinplates? (Hear, hear.) Verv likely indeed that power of re- taliation would hav- checked the McKmlejr

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POISONED BY COLD WEATHER. AN UNSUSPECTED WINTER DANGER REVEALED. erybodv knows how unpleasant is a ■lorough chill, the cold that seems to grip your heartstrings and make you feel phy- Sltlly. sick ;.but that a severe chill is capable poisoning the body is an aseertion as 1y.?l it is startling." f, he poisoning spoken of is effected in this *asTlon- To repel the attack of cold, blood us e« from tlie vital organs outwards to KoffS- 1 an<^ mu6cles, a~d much of the vital urkr> ,■ m the effort. The liver is called hwS increased supplies of food-laden o°ct, and new supplies of vital h»at, and hlsm!}* robbed of one-half its own supply of witK Ev.ery such chill affects the liver, of ri Ulevitabla result that the process lUtermg poisons from the food-juA^s, t: ls 013e of the most important f^nc- 'it^ s °f the liver, is partly suspended, poisons escape into the blood, causing hr^USiattacks> indigestion, palpitation, s.ck dipc.^ an<^ °lber familiar evils of the tliA Vv? organs. Thus it comes about that Weather18 literally "penned by c{11d unlhis little rerelation will account for the £ t«,~ 1 Prevalence of bilious and ql troubles in winter—troubles that by S|" Eorde a bile beans combat best of all o«br Ping ^le bver in perfect working laP°nt forget that the liver is Nature's Duwhere the blood is renewed, up l'i loaded with food-juices, a.nd kept Hv. 1<1"^eat- So that if you keep the y0„r ea., thy bv ta:.1.1g bile beans regularly, of v.; disease with A full supply bron^- blood. Colds, chills, uifluenza, arp C l!8' ^tbma, and other winter evils stolh robbed 0.£ half their terrors if the ir,„ and liver are kept in perfect work- ti«^° €T" virtue of their unique bii f6 a Purely vegetable tonic-laxative, nw ans are the best and safest family in<*hcioe. y^0111.6 your own neighbours will tell mww superiority of bile beans, for it a be remembered that bile beans are not Drr.ew, untried pill, but a rare medicine of T!*y cure stomach and lit^ troubles and give tone to the system no ordinary remedy can.

-=- |,ariff, or, at any rate, got it put on so low yj the Welsh tinplate trade with the would not have been wiped in a short vcars. (Anplause.) The Con- ft«ntal markets would be lost in the same unless we had that power to negotiate, vne^r, hear.) It vras straight reasoning and *>y apprehended, and he was sure there ) not a man in the room' hut who could ,?.|ow him in his argument. (Hear, hear.) bat then was to be done? We wre now a moss. What was to be done? In reply, Wright pointrd to the va^ne.-s of our .Monies, but said that "when poverty came lnto the door love firs out cf the window, "d, so with trade, sentiment would not ifTv them, for when cheap goods came :nto •hi buyer sentiment fiew out of the country, ^fughkr and applause.) So we cou.d not our Coloni€6 bv sentiment. (H-ear, hear.) r,at there was a "means of keeping tnose ponies, and it was this: "If you wdl help thev are readv to a&sist you, and the °n'y wav"to help them is thro-igh what they prOduce." (Hear,- hear.) Therefore, there v*s to be a tax on foreign corn and fcr.n if our Colonic were to be helped '• Mr. Chamberlain had bfen tv-stted "rtlth j"a^ing changed his views, but m 1885 he had not hadVhe knowledge he had gained the Colonial Office—a with £5,0(\: a year he threw Ut) in order to try and a commercial jink with our Colonifs. he know that that commercial link wo-id a far better bond of union than all the ?**itiment their friendS on th-3 other side $ked about. (Hear, hear.) .>ir George fj^wnes had snd with regard to the question ^at the figures were so great that it made "addle-headed." (Laughter.) "Thev ^dn't make me addle-headed, said tho j^onel, a.mid ro?r., of laughter, "if th-y some of our ooponents.' Then he (Sir S>rge) added that he left him (Co!. Wnght) JS combat the question with Mr. Sails. T^u?hter.) The proceeded toco 60, how we should benefit by the ad- justment of taxation, and by a 10 per «n!. iity on foreign manufactured gcods coming 'tto this country. (Hear, hear.) He was nH a pupil of Mr. Chamberlain's as he had ^n trade declining as a result of our Policy of r-e Trade. (Hear, hear.) He pro- W>esied what would happen, and at that 3?r>e begged that people would 1ook to the V^Jonies and develop them, so that when America manufactured entirely herself, we 1':1.. hQouJd h^ves them to fall back upon. (Hear, *a*.) He advocated it in 1895, and he ad- v^ated it at the present time far stronger what had actually happened in "America. (Hear, hear.) The tinplate trade Swansea district, he urged, affected th^ Wn itself, and in regard to "'dumping," ,6a.id it stopped us 'rom progressing when ought to progress. (Hear, hear.) The 'a,ct that 3,54-5 more men might have been *fnployed for a year in South WJIOS but for dumping of steel bare in 1904. war, re- b.ea.t.r.r1. and in regard to an order for Canada for 185,000 tons of rails, said that if that ^ould have been secured to South ,,).es, 't meant that 1.576 men would have been ^ployed for 50 weeks a.t £2 per week. That was not a big order, as Canada wanted millions of tons of rails and rolling stock for railways to develop the country, and were those manufactures going to be British or American? It was for the electorate to Bay it the next election. (Applause.) In con- elusion. he asked that the voters should look at th. question seriously, remembering that the fiscal policy was afteT all one that touched us all the way round. (Hear, hear.) Let thent not, look at side issueshnt the broad issues and they would see how the matter affected manufacturers and workmen. (Ap- plause.) Look at it reasonably, and not be led away by the lawyers who were in the habit of using beautiful language to catch a jury when they were on the wrong side. (La.ughter and applause.) BOROUGH MEMBER AND AMERICAN UNEMPLOYED. Mr. R. J. Richards followed with a spirited speech, and tae audience laughed ironically when he repeated a statement ?y Mr. Tutton that more children attended the Sunday schools than the day schools. That Was not the case in Birmingham. (Voice: "Nor here.") He urged. that the nation Would suffer once the Bible was abolished from the school. On the subject of Tariff Reform, he maintained that a 10 per cent. duty on foreign manufactured goods must give some relief to the 'unemployed and aged poor of this. counftry. (Hear, hear.) Sir George Newnes had said theTe were four times as many unemployed in the United States of America as there were in our own 'Oontry. Well, we had 13,000.000 of peopJ on the verge of starvation, and that meant un- employed, and multiply that by four brought it to 52,000,000 813 th* total unemployed in the States out of a population of 80,000,000. (Voice: "Absurd" a.nd applause.) Sir Geo. Newnes 0.V0 said what advantage was higher wages if they had to pay more for the things required. Well, his (the speaker's) opinion was that the trades unionist of this country, when he earned good wages, didn't mind paying a little more for an. article if he kpoe.w he was benefitting his fellow-trades unionists. (Applause.) Lastly, Mr. Richards dealt with the Chinese labour question, and argued that whites absolutely refused to de, grade themselves by doing the work of the native, and that the more natives or Chinese employed to do the unskilled work, the more white skilled labour was employed, at from 17s. to 20s. per day. He made a point that was appreciated when he reminded the meet- ing t.hat neither before nor since the war had there been any complaints about the cheap Kaffir labour employed in the mines, and said the Chinese labour question was consequently raised to take the attention of the electorate off the fact of 13,000,000 of people being on the verge of starvation in this country. He trusted the white would always be in the position of "bosses" over the natives of South Africa, who out- numbered the whites by thousands and thou- sands, and quoting a long list of skilled labour that the Chinese were not permitted to do, asked in Heaven's name what there was left for the Asiatics but the rough work that the Kaffirs had and still continued to do. (Applause.) THE ATTACK ON MR. VINER LEEDER. Mr. Viner Leeder, who was greeted with much applause, proposed a vote of confidence in Colonel Wright, and, in doing so, re- ferred to the fact that be had been accusal of vulgarity and uncomplimentary language towards Sir George and Lady Newnes What be 6aid was actually a prelude to the points he was coming to and he referred to the absence of Sir George Newnes t'rom Swansea, and endeavoured, if possible to the absence of Sir George Newnes from Swansea, and endeavoured, if possible to excuse bim—(laughter)—by saying in all good humour that he had no doubt that Sir George was consoling with Lady Newnes because he had not been raised to the House of Peers as he expected. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Now. if that was regarded ;n any way vulgar or uncomplimentary then it was not intended, and he could also as- sure them that Colonel Wright had not the slightest idea that he was going, to say snv- thing of the kind. (Hear, hear.) As for saying. a word against Lady Newnes, every- body in Swansea, he thought, knew he loved the ladies too well for that. (Laugh- ter and applause.) The following day, Mr. Leeder went on, he was grumbled at tor taking part in the election because he was a public official. (Laughter.) He, however, paid rates and taxes like other people, and so long as he did that he thought he had a perfect right to give his opinions on any public platform he liked. (Hear, hear.) And more than that lie did not believe theroe \73S a man in the room who would not say that he (Mr. Leeder) would be a very poor sort of a gentleman if he did not take part in the election. (Hear, hear.) Since Sir George Newnes had had a certain oaper it had actually attacked a public official. It never did before. (Laughter.) Mr. Leeder thsn proceeded to deal with the Chinese 1<1-1 bour question, showing that, notwithstand- ing the importation of Chinese, the number of Kaffirs and whites employed had also in- creased considerably. It was mere clap- trap therefore to say thit the Chinese dis- placed the whites. (Applause.) On the tnril question he contended that a tax en foreign manufactured goods would have the effect of inducing foreign capital to put works on r-ltish soil and so give employ- ment to Britishers. (Hear, hear.) He could not imagine any thinking working man who could think otherwise. (Ap- plause.) Mr. Hy. Thompson seconded and extolled I the claims of Colonel Wrigh' as a 'vge employer of labour living in our midst. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried with about óix dissentients. The candidate, who w?s received •vitn the singing of --For he's a jolly good fel- low," and much cheers, briefly replied, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed a verv successful n,c,e+j„n.

LEVITY IN LLANSAMLET. BUT MR. HELME MAKES A FA YOU H ABLE IMPRESSION. Strains of music reached people passing | the Lla:n,amlet Parish H-all oa Tuesday even- ing, but instead of a concert proceeding, it was the Conservative candidate livening mat- ters up. Mr. Helme played :1 couple of eelec- tiocs on the pianoforte, which evidently were as much appreciated as unconventional. Mr. Joseoh Weaver presided over ap attendance! <• £ 2o0. Mr. R. L. Paxton, hon. secrotarr of the Cardiff Brameh of the Tariff Reform' League wan? amongst those present. The Chairman said the candidate harl p •->. perly come before them OIl one question on' without beating: about the bush, and his pro- gramme was that of fiscal reform. That evening they would chat over the Liberal programme: nons of the things contained m it. he thought, would benefit either himself or them. c'Diassta-bliskment will.") 'Ihe Iyibera.1 planks were too old. If they were not strong enough to bear Gladstone and his party they would never beair Campbell-Ban- nerman and his partr- In fact, these planks wore rotten, a.nd out of date, and the Liber- als h, d nothing new to introduce. (Cheers.) Mr. Eme-Tt Helme said he came there seek- ing their suffrages with the honest convic- t:on that tbe change he proposed would do them good. I,Hear, hear.) He was in favour of amendments spoken of in regard to the 'Workmen's Compensation Act, which be claimed as a Conservative measure. (Voice: No. sir, Asquith brought it.. Mr. Asquith brought out the Employers' Inability Act. Jnterruptor: Ko, sir!) Stating his case for Tariff Reform, MH. Helme sa.id when the Welsh Industries Association wished to send some homespun flannel to the World's Fair they were told that for sending about i&20 worth of goods thev would have to pay any- thins from £2) to £,3) before putting the goods in-to the country. There would be a ■baA of from 1m to 150 per cent, to pa-y before they conl-di get manufactured goods into America. That was just a small ipstance of whait was going on, and injuring larger Brit- ish industries. In this question he was not a party politician, and- he would readily 115- ten to any proposals that came from the op- posite party. (Loud cheers.) Bat although Sir H. Gaanpbell-Bannemian had admitted that one quarter of the population v.ere on the verge of starvation, yet he had no pro- pcsial to offer as a remedy. (Cheers.) An elector wanted the candidate to go into the land question, but Helme explained that he ha»d to attend another meeting, and was already a quarter of an hour late. If, however, any question were written, a reply would be sent, honestly and straightly. (Ap- plause, and "That's not fair.") Mr. Sam Thompson, Tyloirstown, detailed alignments for tariff reform, but there were constant eruptions of feeling from among: the audience. There was a demand for a- discussion on Chinese labonr, aind Lfter it had been renewed several times the speaker j said he would make a compact with them, If they would allow him to speak on tariff reform, they could arrange a meeting and h., would address them on a.ny qijestioji they liken. 'Cheers.) Mr. Thompson, after hav- ing resumed for some minutes, was again in- terrupted with "Pigtail" and laughter. "Gentlemen," said Mr Thompson, "I take it some of you are Liberals, and yooi should appreciate t.bp value of pigtails, for you a.re climbing into office by them. (Cheers and laughter.) Unabashed by this hit, how- ever. the hecklers took up again their self- imposed missiop of Derbyism, but sentences were shouted out in such excitement that they were altogether mixed up. "Be sensible beings," Mr. Thompson appealed quietly An Englishman shortly aiterwarde asked for Quietness, a.nd Mr. Thompson was then given reasonable treatment. Mr. Thomas Griffiths, Llansamlet, spoke as a tinplater who had suffered through foreign tariffs. Some of the people who had made t.b^ most no;se that night, he said, were meu who themselves had suffered in the way of reduced wages. To a remark that trade was going to America, it was retorted, "Who took it there; W. H. Edwards, ycur master!" (Laughter). M-r. John Thompson, a witty North Country man, said he was not going into a lot of figures. It was said figures could not lie, but stili liars eould figure. (Laughter and s-n interrupt ion.) "But, Fir," Mr. Thompson added drily, "I didn t ask anybody to put the caP on." (Koans of laughter.) Mr. Thompson cloaking his fiscal arguments in the guise of a story, ghowed how the Sheffield knife, gold in England for Is., was so burdened by tariffs that in America it could not be sold at less than 2s. America could manufacture the sa-m-e quality knife as cbeuiply, and not being wa-cidled by tariffs, could put it on the market t'cxr 15. 6d. The (result was that people bought ISe 5s. 6d. knife, and men in tb>s country were put out of employment. (Applause, and "Send them back to the land.") They bad come from the land be- cause they coulu get. better wages in the towns. \Vhy was it they never thought of the farmer until it suited them to cry out about the la.nd? (Hear, hear.) There was not a single table commodity which was not being imported free from foreign countries, aPd the British farmer was not having fair- play at all. But what did they care; they let their -wives buy l>anish butter simply becanee it was a bit cheaper. I>id they ever trouWle to look inside their hats to 6ee if they were produced by sweated labour or not? No! The very worst enemy of the working m:m in England was the working man himself. If they onl-y were fair and stood shoulder to shoulder, their trade would very soon go up again. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks to the candidate was supported by a working man at the rear of the hall, who ridiculed the suggestion about Chinese labour made by hecklers. He thought they were very dull. (Laughter). Enthusiastic cheers were giveji for Mr. Helme at the end, and hearing loud "boos," MT, John Thompson ejaculated, "I thought an the geese had been killed for Christmas!"

Colonel Wrig-ht at St. Helen's. The St. aelen's Ward electors, to the unmber of ovér 700 had the benefit of hearing ing Colonel J. R. Wright's political views at St, Gabriel's Parish liall on Wednesday evening, and the meeting throughout «vas marked with much enthusiasm. Mr. David Davies (editor of the "Daily Post" and chairman of the Ward Committee) presided, and was supported on the platform by Mrs. Charles Wright and Miss Brown. Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Latimer, Messrs. F. Gag-e, H. Thompson, Matt. J( nes, Fred Parker. J. R. Da-vies, R. J. Richards, J. McHo'.e, ■ir-d others. It was a magnificent meeting, the hail being simply packed. r THE CANDIDATE FROM TWO ASPECTS. The Chairman, who was cordially receiv- ed, said there was no need to do more than formally introduce Colonel Wright to them, as he wais a resident of Swansea, and he had been identified with the industries of Swan sea a.nd district for more years than he (the chairman) carod to -neLtion. (Applause > They were met to consider what they should do in selecting a member for the next Par- liament, and he :hought it was possible to look at the matter fro>n two different as- pects--the personal aspect and the public as- f-ect. (Hear, hear.) As to the personal a; pect as he understood it, it was that they were about to confer upon somebody th greatest distinction that they as a com- munity could confer upon, anybody. Now the question that arose in that connection was: "Upon whom are we to confer that great distinction! (Hear, hear.) Who de served it? Was it the man who lived with them—(applause)—the man who had been identified with every practical interest of the town for tens of years—the man who had been the pioneer in establishing one of the great industries of the neighbourhood—and the mar. who had directly and indirectly found employment for hundreds of people ( (Applause.) That was the kind of ma.n who deserved the great distinction. (Hear, hear.) He was not going to say one wor,: -i disparagement of the candidate on the u; r side. (Hear, hear.) Nor was he going to ,->ty in what respect he (Sir George) waj de- ficient in those qualifications. He merely asked them to think for themselves as to the kind of man who best deserved rhe great distinction that they, the people of Swansea, had as their gift. ( Hear, hear.) Then there was the purjiic aspect oi it. And it W,t., this: ColonelW right came forward as a man who was prepared to go into Parliament to represent what was call- ed Tariff Reform. (Applause.) And they who were believers in Tariff Reform thought that in sending a man to Parliament to ?d- vocate that cause, they were doing some- thing for the benefit not merely of the flOO- ple of this district, hut for the whole of the people of the British Empire. (Applause ) He was riot going to stand between then and Colonel Wright, but he would just like to mention two matters which directly con- cerned this neighbourhood, and the effects of which came home to them alL ihe tn- plate tntde was the staple industry oi Swan- SoCa.. On one occasion Mr. TJryan j said of the agricultural bia-tes of America "Burn down our cities and leave us cUt farms, and the cities will spring up again if by magic but destroy our farms, and -h? grass will grow in the streets of every city in the United States." (Hear, hear) 1 hough not quite to the same extent, but in ^wamei once anything destroyed their tin pI. trade the grass would grow in many of r.3 streets. Some years ago, up to 1891. thit trade prospered amazingly, and every ten years it doubled its proportions, and then it received the severe blow of the Mo- Kmley tariff. Mr. McKinley had very pro nounced views on the subject of trade. fip embodied them all practically in one sen- tence when he said that "no nation in his- tory has ever permanently prospered under a policy which sacrificed its home industries to build up a.nd develop the resources and give employment and the labour to foreign ^t-;ites. (Hear, hear.) That was Mr. Mc Kinlev s faith. And that system what we had in existence in the British Em- pire to-day. (Hear, hear.) Acting upon that faith, Mr. McKinley was the instigator of a policy. He believed it was possible to transplant into the United States a very important industry. Up to that time the Americans had paid huge sums to the peo pie of Wales for the tinplates they import- ed. Tn return, if they did not actually send money, they sent corn and various pr. ducts. And by means of Mr. McKinley was able to practically paralyse the staple industry in South Wales. They knew what happened, ,,1¡e net result of the protection- ism was this At the present moment there were 25,000 men employed in the manufac- ture of tinplates in America, producing every year 75,000,000 dollars' worth of 'lD" piates. That industry had been built -1? entirely by Protection, and at whose px pens-?' Why at the expense of the pcop:e of Wales. (Applause.) But for the system of Free Trade, which n c.de us helpless in this country, the Americans would not have to-day that tinplate industry, whilst we. in- stead of having the mills we had to-day, would have probably double the number, (Applause.) He contended that every man and woman who was then practically driven across the Atlantic to seek new homes in that great Republic, represented a precious asset 1c:t to this country. (Hear, hoar j For, remember, the wealth of a nation did not consist in its factories, its shops, and its buildings; the best wealth of any 'coun- try consisted in the manhood it produced (hear, hear) and yet our helplessness in 1891 was responsible for the streaming atr056 the Atlantic of a class of people we could in-afford to bsc. By their skill and aptitude they had built up a great industry in thus country, and had grown up with :t, and by taking that skill 1 aptitude across the Atlantic they inflicted a eerious blow to the prosperity of Wales. (Hear, hear.) It had been suggested, "What could we have done?" It was very simple. Had the Brit- ish Government been m the position we wanted to place it in for the future, a word would have been sufficient to destroy the tinplate clause in the McKinley tariff. And the word was this: "You impose upon us this prohibitive tariff upon the products of this country, and we will impose a duty upon American corn." (Applause.) .nd at that suggestion there would have been 14 millions of American farmers springing to their feet and asking the reason why. (Hear, hear.) That would have stopped the tinplate clauses. (Hear, hear.) He wanted to make reference to another trade, and th u was the 6teel trade. In 1904 we imported into this country 15.000,000 tons of iron and cfeel products. We paid £12,000,000 ster- ling for that. Now, if that iron or steel had been prodjeed in this country, accord ing to a careful calculation worked out by Colonel W;right, it would have meant the employment for a whole year of 26.J0J men. (Applause.) Thoy therefore advocat- ed Tariff Reform in order that the working- men of this country should have their chance, r.nd that foreign countries should not J'O allowed to prosper at the expense of the British people. (Applause.) TARIFF REFORM AND THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY. Colonel WTright had a magnificent recep- tion. and he could not xesist referring to it. "You enthuse me with your enthusiasm, and I would like you to enthuse me next Tuesday.' (Hear, hear ) He repeated that "e did not sesk a seatn Parliament for his own pleasure cr gratification, but simply be- cause ho believed in the tenets of Tariff Re- form. The universal Free Trade that Cob- den predicted would come in six years was never biought about, and row we were, after* sixty years, in a worse position, for the IIV j position of tariffs against us had been 'fn creased al! along the line, and for the purpose of en-vbling foreign countxj* t build up the manufacturing trade Cobden's time was at our a,j keeping our goods out of their m*6 bie confessed that the country h#^ for a tune under Free Trade, t hid since been lost. We were a rnanufac- turing nation—the great jroOwork ntakers of the world. We clothed other n: -ons with their rails and their 8 K • and starr- ed them. Then America saw the potential 1 ties of their own country, and saw that they could make the same that we manu- factured and sent to then). Prohibitive tar- iffs were put on, a"d m from ten to fifteen years the steel ra" trade of South Wales with America was wiped out—a trade on which too vowlaI.S, Cyfarthfa, Rhymney, and all the great worKs round about were built and now were stopped time after time for the want of orders. Swansea was espe- cially dependent upon its tinplate trade, for tinplate3 atid coal formed practi- C;<1Jly the only exports. And the trade we did with America had ai, most all gone in the same way. He agreed with the chairman that the power to retali- ate might have been an important factor against the passing of the McKinley tariff, and &aid that that was the position we .anted to be in for the future. We wanted the power to negotiate with foreign coun- tries, not necessarily in everything, but m 4000s that touched "us seriously and likely to hurt the country. (Hear, hear.) Ttic present state of the tinplate trade was due to the Continental markets, whence steel bars could be sent to Wales and sold at os or 6s. per ton less than we could make them \v as there any man present who would doubt that business nations like those on tbe Continent were going to stop at the tteel bar? would they not make the tin l!nrMP,lvttV (Hear' hoar") They would, ana like the Americans were doin<r at the present Ume, compete with us in our markets !>t "o«ne an<] m our Colonies, so long as we had n„ manner of protection or retaliation to "j^t them. (Hear, hear.) The profits oi the njanufa turcrs arj<j m<=r_ chants were not suffici^rjt to make up difference, and the re«u]t would he that wages would have to com*, <jown meet tbe competition, and it theref^^ behoved the j nation, as business men, to ro|»}ace of our vast Colonies the trade tfaat 'had ¡eft us in cne sen?e, and was fast leaving ns in another. (Hear, hear.) Th-e iaiities. of our British possessions hevond tile seas were commented upon, we taking thejr pro_ duce by putting a tax on foreign corn arKj meat, and our Colonies, oy means of ential tariffs that they were willing to give us, taking our manufactures for the develop, ment of their vast countries. (Apprise.) Their opponents indulged in a lot of plati- tudes about the "iittle loaf," but they sf- fered no remedy for our losing trade. (Heal, hear.) And the figures he had already quoted showing, so far as food itself was concerned, that by the readjustment cf taxa- tion under Mr. Chamberlain's scheme, od. would bo put on to foods and Bd. taken off, had not been contravcrted in one shape or form. (Applause.) The 10s. per ton on for- eign-manufactured goods would enable our Colonies to come to the Mother Country in- stead of to America for the great develop- ment of their countries which must follow the growth of their own irade in produce. 'Hear, hear.) The growth of British trade as agaui6t that of the foreigner 111 Cape Col ony and Canada, where [ roteront e had oeen given, was reiterated ;n answer to a stato- ment in the room that our Colonies had never promised to assist the Mother Coun- try, and Colonel VYrignt said that it had been suggested that we should lose our sh'p- ping trade if there was any alteration in oitr fiscal policy 'But let me ask you this, said the colonel: "If, instead of nnportinj' semi-manufactured products or the finished article into this country, you import the law material, for every ton of the half-fin- ished or finished article that comes here vou would get two tons of the raw material. ^Applause.) Instead, :herefore, or 202.090 tons oi dumped steel bars into the Soutn Waies ports 111 1904 ,ve should have liaa 400,00-) tons of raw material to make the goods ourselves. (Hear, hear.) Was tlwt a benefit to South Waies or not? Further, an increased trade with our Colonies must be good for our shipping. Wasn't it better to retain our manufactures and develop our Coloni°? rather than illow our trade and commcrce dwindling away in Ajnerica and on the Continent'' (Hear, hear.) It was a matter oi serious importance to manufac- turers and workmen and the country at large. It particularly affected Swansea iis- trict through the tinplate trade, but it 2f fected other trades. The boot trade of Northampton had been nearly wiped out by American boots being poured into the conn- try at a lower price. (Hear, hear.) Ihe lace trade cf Nottingham had been affected *0 a great exteDt, and the glass trade en- tirely taken sway. "It may not,be a matter so much for men of my age," said the col- onel, in concluding a telling speech; "but there are many here younger than I am who may live to fed the neglect of the past with regard to this policy. It is ior them to think of it. It is for every parent to thin* how it is going to affect the next genera tions rhat will have to bear the results ot lour policy that we have lo direct at this present time. (Applause.) Believe me, 1 am hoaest in what I say from the bottom of mv heart, believing that my views are tor the welfare of you and for the 301 ntiy at large And I am patriot enough to also be I lieve that you will adopt them and show your strength at the poll next Tuosday. • Lo-od and prolonged civ erb.; PRESENT SYSTEM NOT GOOD I: OK THE BODY POLITIC. Dr. L:itin cr ufiowed with a splend 10 speech on the topic of the moment, and btpd he thought the nation generally was fast Hr. riving at the eom-Wn that the piesent way in which we carried on our trade—the pre- sent conditions under which we were ham- pered in our trade—were not healthy to the bodv politic oi the United .ngdorn, and a change must take place with regard to our fiscal relations with other nations, lie con- fessed that universal Free Trade was an ideal system for the exchange of commodi- ties, and showed how m Gobden s time we could, as a manufacturing nation, defy the world. There was no doubt that for twenty years England prospered enormously, buv that prosperity could not go on direct- > other nations began to develop themselves.. and bv means of tariffs protecting tae manu- factures they msde themselves, the res-JU now being that 4JO millions of inhabitants o- t he different continents of Europe shut us out of their markets, whilst they pou- their goods into our country free ot charge. No statistics were required to say that sucn a thing was not right. (Hear, bear.) Trade was leaving us slowly, but remarkably sure, and Sir Wilfred Laurier had said that Lan- ada gave a preference thirty-three a third per cent in favour of our manufactures, because they wanted British trade. (• P plause.) Now. how about the,fu^ 'n that the Swansea Harbour would he aboi- dished under Tariff Reform. (Applause, When he first beard it he tried to picture Sir George Newnes sailing in his yacht into a deserted harbour, but could not help feei- ing that the port would be so thriving as M make it difficult for his yacht to come in (Laughter and hear, hoar.) The dfect "pon employment was emphasised, and Di. Law mer drew a striking picture of the skill-*1 artisan compelled, througil his trade been taken away from him by fore»«dnft to seek labouring work and gradua^ to one of our large cities fTOm the1 people who earned their liveliho^^ Liberal chance of day to day work. wer€ 13 R l[_ Premier himself "had said ti*^ of lion people in this county that had hunger, and yet peop1*^ fisCal r.iUe6tion. nothing to fo with ^timet, ,ontended (Hear, hear.) He (A* f thm?s !nust obtain that such a tbe country, and it must- if employment le«f nnv m'^eria,s were continue to lea £ them not here. (H^ and ( lneDtal nations had a within th^ii' own dominions, Dut T by tariffs, and in con- e*° J1 ^sowed how capital was independent ITP^10111" '^our by quoting a long hst °{ jK»ish firms that- had been compelled to works either in America or on the Con- ^ent. ]n one case a firm employed at one l#ime as many as 4,000 hands in Leeds. in 'conclusion lie earnestly appealed for Colonel Wr'ght's return. (Hear, hear.) Mr. R. J. Richards made a point that Elicited general applause when he explained that we now raised £ 24.000,000 upon articles (tea, sugar, tobacco, etc.) that we could not produce, and why should we not take it off those things and put it on the manufactures that we conld produce. A SPLENDID MAN. Mr Henrv Thompson moved a vote cf confidence in Colonel Wright, whom he de scribed as a splendid man in a splendid cause. His programme was in commerce TO- taliation and progress, in Empire and in education fair play all round. < P plause.) And in addiUon came before them as a man who h»d in- dustrial career in this district, »nd whose works had supplied a It yeljDoOd Ul many Welsh workmen. (Applanse-J By electing him to Parliament they would altso beekct- ing a man of the highest wtegnty,. and was deservedly esteemed ati amongst Swansea's best and noblest adopted sons. (Applause.) Mr. F. Gage seconded, and the resolution was carried bv an overwhelming majority. RADICAL SUPPORT. In returning thanks, Colonel Wright men- tioned that many manufacturers who were Radical to the core had come to him and asked him for his figures on the effects of "dumping" in order that they might use them with refcreme to another candidate in a. neighbouring constituency who was fight- ing for Tariff Reform. Why? Because they knew the damage to theui tbat wouitl be done to the tmplate trade -Jes* the** was Tariff Reform, and that -eact a far greater damage to the number hsjjos they er.iploy^j. (Applause.) A vote of thanks to the < umu-, cte scribed by Colonel Wright a 'yii.ar of strength to the cause, was ac --d*d fcy ac- clamation, a.nd a very fine me-* ;r>fc ended.

Col. Wrig-ht at the East Dock. Four hundred workmen aas< at ti* Swansea East Dock at a pc &: LC-V tit I acific Patent Fuel Works dt )Og .tt din- ner hour on Thursday morning -c. C5nL Wright. Among those presen v ere COOB- ctiicr 1'. T, Corker, Messrs. J j, D^vier, rr Morgan, Sai. yionstown), J Thompson (P J. Dr* (Durham), Fred Waddinj (ageot), ..the Coiooel arrived Sir £ N«OB a fin«lSh^a'Pers that tb<" candi-!«rt* had tud hoStb2r°g the preT,<s nopeo present wonld -iv an equally farou^^ receptior Jfr' J bomp^n (porthj t:ApaSf^ fa hollowness ol the cry "Educate when in mamy Canoes o{j people were ill-clad and »or& Hoar ^oar.) What was the use « c^enar a ^io a spelling-book ttBtead o- H the worker a. dictionary rrm.^1 v, work. cS "°r- retuT^lch a -wruv •. of h ™ }? him next Tue,-os- ?Ori« of Yes and a fev 0f Attliis stage a g^ of t_^ w discreetly at the rei^ tm"ttjed o&- k^evv- of contemporary Chinese; Chmese; good-humouredly ignore^ cr^d Mr. Trtomps,n, Good trade, and the the greafce^ number App^^ had tried Free Trade I • 60 country in Europe who ««n- wa*~V°°T<)ld oei^i who was TT? ^Jialhr rt- heatSg.4 voice: "Give uim a'fair I am and promptly rejoioed "Cfe! yn„ an ^ot afraid to spea^. to roe. lon a-' know me!" (Load -s.i Reform £ th-T as an T movincr'tK^ whlch simp nsaat r— 0 ji present unfair order ot 'iiion wb.ch allo-j fore:gn goods U:i Ui^ shores ll"^mper«»d whilst foteixr.^ iEi- poserl prohibitive tariffs on Brrtjbh-mad* goods, ine c^}OD€i dwelt on the m r&easnm of our colonic^ as compared v- t^- lite eÙle of America, a^j indicated in ;c;h. st-te how much better it would he k brethren over the seas to giv. fgceiaaos to Britisu goods and shut out -mc tonnenx to a great etxent. It was a oi t^mi- ues» (heat, hear)-and he had gor,e TbfF- oughly into the question and was perfectlr convinced &at h. Wile right. The statesman whose lead be was iol iowirig —('We don't trust him.") "W hat! exclaimed the colori* "Yoc don't trust a who threw up a big berHfc and JD5,000 a year to devote himself 10 ihvt great question l" (Applause.) Continuing the colonel ask«i. anic proving cheers, whether it was not &a-unea«y desirable that tbe German gujodr gJKng i^» our Colonies should not r«)3acad t>r British goods. A voice Our navy protecv the Cof- onies?" The Colonel Just so, and you b»re a party wanting to get into po, who ..at to cut our navy down. (Loud cheers and "Serves him right.") The crowd, which had LOW increased, de- veloped argumentative sf^ptome. acd a of a noisy minority weft bavtng their haactw full in impromptu d^atQs th while U\e colonel was cpMJcing. There w^s -.0 dis- order. however. -The colonel, continuing, said he war qnita sure they all want-erf to give the Colonies something. ("Yes, we are !"l vi he rm .quite sure they all to se* S* ,502.000 tons o# iajep which ]m- rta America a iew year* ago hsc» apaia. (Cheers.) "This is nQJ a quesVon tliaf af- tocts us so much at present day;" *<n- tinued the colonel. 'I am an ■'• ci mar mV- self, and personally ? does nc feet rue a button-piece. But- am thir.>•»« of -rhe young men who aje owning me what awaits the^1 some* j'tg w rro? done to alter th# Pres^nt ut~-w ^tJ:e od aflairs." (A»pla#e') WTien a bn Radic-1 frienos fuotlng figure, ,)(1 speak- ing on Tariff Reform he knt iu w. LE the right side. Be w^nfced al Torkmg to be as happy and })rosperov 3." pfh, bie (Applause.) ? shanked then ;(Wf.hc i>inct hearing they ),,4 glY>en him ar-i thear to believe in hIS ahs<dute swn rit.y 1111 question he øs ^ealing with. Applar-sr. Questions .,ere how invited or*, put. In answer to a query a» to c av b-^ixtc uient of the raU\vays, the c -iuije! bim ^v said he did not think it wcu pay e b. nation, aød anothelqocrist was j. v«-t-- ''<')<?; of the m,IlDer in which the Grrmau -t<*I- maker outbid his English coaBP*tJt<* 4. the extent of œ. a ton. tllat means tJttØ c-a, is & dagger, °bs^rved*|s r- "Ex^y f»ol"^ "that's just wh»* tr^'1Rg t'> 'mpresn with.- 1 The meeting up wi-h cheers t-' THE Colonel^. Tbe ouWt^>- feature of *he ^heriag was the oo^ubt-edly favours s im^ressMc. Oonel Wngbt n-.ade by lus s:r*;gh»forward ° bis subject.

SIR GE0ri(;E'S MEETING MR. TUT- v I TON HECKLEr Sir, 1 rfi<jrge Newnes address a it; open 3. meeticg of workers at the S- h 1.), ck on ^bur^ay, Mr. E. L. Behenns "ti t,he ("val truck." Mr. Llenfer Thomas appli» > Trae« lo the rail way men, and admi T-v: t h^y vrere not in the same poaitio and steclworkeis. Sir Gieorge Newnes referrr tax, sjkI without naming the soon as the financial position asserted that Sir Henry Ca man and Mr. Asquith would t c»S. Dearer food—dearer everyt a purport of his further rem >0 T¡;,r:5 Reform. Mr. Tutton was heckled II ,m hts ships, and in reply to one ill opuor. «aid he had manv men in Swan: w ho "II,t,,¡ tell a different tale. He nev< ad airt, rnt who would stop witbhim & hc • bey could, and in one caøe 1.e iou • •' •'went for a man at full wages for r,—» caretaker in one .of his shipe A resolution of confidence -w».

SERIOUS ILLNESS ms. WHIGHT. SYMP ATJIY WITH SV v>EA/> Unionist CANDI In ajnueotion with Colone t didature feyr Swansea town syas- pathy wtH be felt when it ^aowr t-^at Mrs- bright is prevented f :akt& £ an active share in tbe contest r reaA^n ot i venous illness. j Some time ago she nnde rr errata j operation in London, and retain* to Pantygwydr till after CI .njas. ?b« has been laid up ever sinoe ,.d J¿ sM* to take an occasional dri'• *»• "iy when, we regret to state. Ptdfajwd a relapse and had to take 1* Mtce more. She is, however, B* again though not yet Even amidst the gMMwat election her indispwafc*^1 caused the colonel Aa 'Mrs. Wright herself >*0*; unable to take part Bi paign. She is repnsaantaJC 1 colonel's daughter-ia 1—» I Wright, who is takinf it- in the contest, and > coloniel throughout » P'* day. Meanwhile the deepest j parties will, we feel sore, vflk famil}" in their present I hope will be equally mmmm •• j Wrigh* will i;ave •