The Cardiff Times

TARifF PERiLS. 4 Mr Asquiih Replies to Mr Balfour. VETO OF THE LORDS MUST GO. ThePrime Minister visited Ipswich on Tues- day. addressing a huge Liberal meeting at the Public Hall and a second meeting at the Corn Exchange in support of the candidature of Sir D. F. Goddard and Mr Silvester Home for that borough. The chairman, in introducing the Premier, read a letter written by Queen Victoria in 1832, six years after the introduction of Free Trade, in which her late Majesty said Free Trade had produced the most flourishing condition in the finances of the country." Mr Asquith, whose rising was the signal for loud cheering, called to remembrance the fact that he came to Ipswich 25 years ago on a pro- fessional errand, incidentally with the laudable purpose of endeavouring to help his friend, Mr Jesse Collings, to retain the seat which he had won for the Liberal Party. Mr Jesse Collings was assailed with much' the same kind of epithet as was now poured on some members of the present Government to-day. He was looked upon as a revolutionist, supposed to entertain unfriendly feelings towards the House of Lords, was sus- pected of the doctrine of ransom, and he (Mr Asquith) was not sure he was not even denounced as a Socialist. The Tory party in these days were bashfully coquetting with what used to be called fair trade, and had now almost to a man embraced the faith of Tariff Reform, and Mr Jesse Collings had attained to the apostolic rank. (Laughter.) Gentlemen," said Mr Asquith, there is hope for us all— (laughter)—even for such a desperate case as that of my colleague, Mr Lloyd George." (Laughter and loud cheers.) It was a relief to find, as he found that morning, a new argu- ment or a new charge to meet. Mr Jialfoijr at Aberdeen told his fellow countrymen that in almost every one of the leading issues now in debate the present Government, had deli- berately set themselves against the experience of civilised mankind, He cited in illustration and proof of that proposition the Government's policy in regard to land reform, self-govern- ment for Ireland, Tariff Reform, and a Second Chamber. He would have opportunities else- where of dealing with the first two of those points, but he should like to ask their atten- tion to the two 1a.st-T&riff Reform and a Second Chamber. Free Trade Triumphs. Every great "nation lived under special social and economic conditions, and how could they apply to one nation the same rules and the same methods of procedure as were adopted by another. The question for this country, when they were being asked to get rid of a fiscal system which had prevailed for sixty years, was not whether it suited other people, but whether it suited us. (Hear, hear.) He thought the adoption of universal Free Trade would lead to -a more equitable and economical application of the pro- ductive resources of mankind. The advocacy of Free Trade for this country did not rest on any abstract doctrine of that kind. They were not either dogmatists on that matter or propagandists. They did not ask other nations to change tbeir systems. They advocated Free Trade because they believed it had been proved by their experience to be the best thipg for this country at the present day. (Cheers.) They thought that because in our insular position, w*tb an ever-growing and crowded population, with a highlydeveloped manufacturing system, with undisputed supremacy through our ship- ping in the carrying trade of the whole world, the centre as we were of the banking and in- suring business of Europe—for us so situated at this time, they believe it was vrtal to the maintenance of our positiod, and still more to its development and improvement, that we should keep here a perfectly open market, and abstain from any form of taxation which should enhance the cost of either the materials of industry or the necessities of the life of the people. A Perfect Answer. When they were told they were isolated and acting in a manper, as Mr Balfour told them, at variance with the rest of civHised man- kind," it was simply a perfectly sufficient answer to say, Show us any other country which is situated m these essential respects in the same way as we are. (Applause. ) Our ex- perience was that under a system of Free Trade this country was it least well able to overleap the highest tariff rampart, while other nations equipped themselves for that perfonnance by tariff walls and protective duties. He admitted the enormous industrial advance in the United States and Germany, but said these were to be attributed to other causes than the existence of the tariff system. It would indeed have been a marvellous thing if countries endowed as they were had not made those tremendous advances. had not developed their resources, increased their wealth, and raided themselves in the industrial and commercial position 'in the wotld. (Applause.) The tariff walfe which affected their Foreign trade alone was a Comparatively insig- nificant factor. Germany was our formidable rival because of her education. (Cheers.) The manner in which she had organised not tariffs but the processes of industry and methods of business, set an example which this country would do well to follow, and which if we followed more consistently and strenu- ously thap we had in the past would lead us to fear Germany less. (Cheers.) These tariffs were held up to us for admiration, under which the inhabitants would enjoy the blessing of a kind of economic paradise, but these taoifls were frankly and avowedly Protection. Mr Balfour seemed to shy at Protection—the name if not the thing—and his followers were rather loth to adopt it because of its evil associa'- tions in the minds of the British people, who could not get away from the fact that those tariffs were held up for our admiration and imitation were both of a protective character. (Applause.) The Tariffist aud the Tiger. The taxation of meat and bread might not form part of the programme of Tariff Reform. Mr Balfour had indeed not said so, but it was only a question of time. The words of an old Chinese saying, which someone quoted to him, was, He who was mounted on a tiger cannot get off." (Laughter and applause.) He (Mr Asquith) was still without an answer to a question which he had asked, and which he hoped he would not be accused of undue perti- nacity in asking again Whether the taxes on tea and sugar which Mr Chamberlain originally promised were to be remitted were really to be abaodoned,for if they were under this new sys- tem then the new tariff would not provide for the needs of the country. Were they not justi- fied in fearing that the new taxes on meat and bread were to be added on ? If so, they knew on whose shoulders the burdens would fall. (Applause.) And there would be the added danger, once started, that these burdens would rise and rise perhaps to an indefinite height so as to become economically dangerous as well as morally and politically disastrous. If the people once allowed it, which he trusted to heaven they never would -^(cheers)— they might be sure that sooner or later, and surely sooner than later, such a system would degrade and level and poison the atmosphere of their whole political life. Dealing' with the contention that tariffs were a remedy for the chronic and characteristic evils of modern and industrial life, Mr Asquith again referred to protected countries and denied the Socialistic tendencies of the Budget. Socialism was robbed of all its meaning of the word when it was attached to a Budget proposing to tax super- fluities and monopolies in a way which found ample justifications in the Writings of Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill. In their own country the central unemployed body for London showed that while the registered num- ber of unemployed up to December 31st, 1908, was 41,600, last year it was reduced t. 33.600. (Cheers.) The Second Chamber. Proceeding to deal with the question of the House of Lords, Mr Asquith said he quite agreed that in moat civilised countries there were two chambers. Most people agreed there should be two Houses, but where, he should like Mr Balfour to answer, among civilised mankind—(laughter)—was there a Second Chamber which in its composition and in the powers which it claimed to exercise in tha least resembled our own ? (Cheers.) Had they anywhere a second chamber composed as the House of Lords was, which claimed by some kind of instinct, either congenital or miracu- lously acquired, to be able to so discriminate between what was wise or unwise, between what was popular and unpopular, in the legis- lation which had received the approval of the representatives of th" > people as to have the right-arld be bound to exercise that right—of rejecting or referring back legislation. That claim had been extended this year for the first and he believed the last time—(cheers)—to the domain of finance. This veto, said the right hon. gentleman in conclusion, and this unlimited veto which gives the House of Lords the power not only of a co-ordinate but of a paramount assembly over the House of Commons must go. (Cheers.) I have come here to-night to ask you, in the name of the Liberal party throughout the length and breadth of the country, to do everything that lies in your power to secure, first, the maintenance of cheap food and an open market—(cheers)—next, the restoration to the House of Commons upon an impreg- nable basrts of its absolute and uncontrolled power over the finances of the nation—(cheers) —and last, but not least, to set free in that House the chosen representatives of the people to make onr laws in accordance with the will of those whb had sent them to power. (Loud cheers.) Mr Asquith also addressed a crowded over- flow meeting in the Corn Exchange.

STILL SUSCEPTIBLE. The Scottish Patriotic Association, the St. Andrew Society, and the Scottish Rights Association have issued a series of questions to candidates. The first is If elected, will you in your place in Parliament call attention to the Treaty of Union of 1707 by the use of the terms England,' English,' and Anglo,! for Britain,' British,' and Brito,' in official documents or official utterance, ahd if the misuse is not corrected, fornjaUy protest against it ?" f

Miners' Counter Claim. PAYMENT FOfTsMALL COAL. STATEMENT BY MR WATTS MORGAN. The monthly meeting of the Rhondda miners was held at the Washington Hotel, Porth, on Monday, Mr John Treharne presiding. Mr D. Watts Morgan, agent to the district, said the course of the negotiations for a new wage agreement had not been altogether smooth. The owners claimed what they con- sidered to be their right under the law with regard to the sixty hours clause. The miners, acting in accordance with the decision of the South Wales conference and the resolution of the M.F.G.B., had refused to work the addi- tional hour per week. The Rhondda Stipen- diary, whose decision had been upheld by the Divisional Court, had given judgment in the owners' favour, and for compensation for the refusal to pork the hour. That, however, was not the really serious phase of the matter the Stipendiary had ruled that under the Em- ployers' and Workmen's Act the damages could be set-off and liquidated from wages. This judgment too had been confirmed, but in view of the Truck Act and other Acts of Parlia- ment an appeal had been lodged by »the Federa- tion against this decision. If the owners per- sisted in their demand for damages, then, not- withstanding the clause in the present agree- ment, the workmen would have no alternative but to take proceedings in the courts to secure payment for small coal to an extent that would at least cover the amount which would be Secured by the employers in respect of the refusal to work the extra hours. (Hear, hoar.) The workmen had for the time being given up their right to payment for small coal as it was thought that the owners would have tested the right to the 60 hours on the merits of the Act of Parliament alone. The owners, however, had receded from the position taken up on the 30th of June, and had gone back on everything they had said that day, and had obtained this judgment, not upon the Act of Parliament itself, but the Act of Parliament plus the supplementary agreement forced upon the workmen on the 3rd of July. In the opinion of the men's representatives the owners had acted dishonourably in adopting such a Course, and the workmen's representatives could not be held responsible for going back upon their word in agreeing to waive the question of small coal. A demand must therefore now be made for the payment for small coal to counteract the owners' claim for damages under tnte 60 hours clause. The workmen's representatives, too, had no alternative but to temjbr three months' notice to terminate the present agree- ment, which would also have the effect of ter- minating individual contracts on the 31st March, as the conditions suggested by the owners under which the workmen should ab- stain from giving notices were not such as they could entertain. There was, nevertheless, this one ray of hope, that negotiations were to commence at. once with regard tp the proposals made by both sides of the Conciliation Board. It had. also sides of the Conciliation Board. It had also been decided by the Executive Council to convene a conference of the M.F.G.B. with the view of discussing the grave situation in South Wales and in other parts of the kingdom. In Northumberland and Durham matters were not too rosy. They had been told that the owners there had been given full authority to work their collieries in the way they thought, best, and the Welsh employers had been com- plaining that they were not obtaining the same consideration as was given in the North of England.. The disquietude in those two dis- tricts was an eye-opener, and showed the'^vork- men there were not so sweet on the triple shift system as South Wales employers would have them believe. They in South Wales would be guided entirely by the National Con- ference. In any new agreement come to, how- ever, an arrangement to work the extra 60 hours as now proposed would never be dreamt of. If the owners insisted upon it there would be a fight to the finish." THE PARLIAMENTARY LEVY. 1 A delegate inquired whether the secretaries should continue to collect tbe Parliamentary levy. Sir yVatts Morgan Certainly, do all you can, and use all the persuasive efforts you possess to get everybody to pay. Answering another question, Mr Morgan said thai, the levy would have to be paid voluntarily —no compulsion should be used. The Chairman remarked that the levy could not be entered as arrears. Mr Morgan said that the amount of the levy could be put on the card as arrears but not enforced. It was as much the duty of the mem- bers to pay the levy as ever. If a man refused to pay it then it could be inserted on his .card, but care should be exercised not to confnse it with contributions. No member could be de- prived of any of the privileges of the Federa- tion if he refused 'to pay it, provided he was in compliance in other respects. A delegate added that he understood that the Judges held that the Trade Unions funds could not be collected for political purposes. Mr Morgan No. All that has been decided is that the machinery of a Trade Union cannot be used to compel a man to pay the levy. If there are some, and I am told there are, who will refuse to pay it this should stimulate others to pay, so as to get more Labour men in Parliament. It is not a matter that concerns the representatives in Parliament alone. A scheme was drafted, and I hope to see it in operation, to get more working men on local administrative bodies. There are many Acts of Parliament, such as those dealing with land, housing, etc., which are dead letters because we have not the right men on the local govern- ing bodies to put them into effect. The object aimed at by our opponents is not so much to prevent our representatives going to Parlia- ment as to prevent them getting on the local Councils. One of the lodgea sought to obtain a clause in the next wage agreement abolishing the cus- tom of colliers having to unload rubbish in headings and stalls. It was pointed out that the Conference had framed the demands, and this could not be dealt with in the new agree- ment. y The application of the Penrhiwwuber work- men to tender notices owing to the aggres- sive policy of the management was granted, subject to a conference between the agent and the local Lodge Committee. < On a division— which necessitated a roll call —it was decided by a majority of 1,562 to send students from the district to Ruskin College and not to the pentral Labour College.

OWNERS DECLINE TO BARGAIN. The Conciliation Board for the coal trade of South Wales and Monmouthshire at its meet- ing on Tuesday took the preliminary steps to- wards opening negotiations for a new agree- ment. The meeting was a short one, for after discussing certain correspondence which had passed between the respective secretaries rela- tive to the owners' claim to damages for the men's refusal to work the extra sixty hours under the Eight Hours Act, and the men's demand for payment for working small coal, it was made manifest that neither side was pre- pared to give way. The Board tacitly agreed to leave these mat- ters in abeyance while the proposals of the owners and the meg, respecting the pointy of the new agreement are being discussed. The owners' proposals, however, ait not yet ready, though the men's representatives were pre- pared to start negotiations forthwith, and an arrangement has been arrived at whereby the proposals of either side shall be exchanged on Saturday t and meetings of the Concilia- tion Board be held every Wednesday and Thursdayvn each week until the end of February "Distinctly Dishonourable." Mr W. J. Heppell presided over the owners' representatives in the absence of Mr F. L. Davis, the permanent chairman of the Con- ciliation Board, whilst Mr W. Brace presided over the workmen's representatives, and when the Joint Board met shortly before noon the workmen's representatives were confronted with the letter which they had caused to be sent to the owners informing them that the workmen would claim payment for working small coal. The owners desired to know exactly what this meant, and pointed out, as their secretary (Mr Dalziel) had already intimated in his letter to Mr Thomas Richards, that it was a breach of the agreement. They said that apart from the legal aspect of the case. the workmen had given an honourable pledge to carry out that agreement, and if they pursued their claim for the payment of small coal it would be dis- tinctly dishonourable. The workmen's leaders promptly replied that they regarded the owners' attitode in relation to the 60 hours question as being equally dishonourable in that they did not contest the case under the Act, but relied upon the Masters and Servants Act, together with the old Conciliation Board agreement, to en- able them to get a verdict. The workmen's representatives further stated that they re- garded the position as very serious, for a very large amount of damages had accrued under the 60 hours decision, and if the owners were going to insist upon their full "POQDd of flesh the workmen would be compelled to defensive. action. They had the right in Jaw to obtain payment for 3mall coal, but for 20 years had said," We will not insist upon oar rights." The owners now had the right in larar under the 60 hours clause, and the workmen asked them to follow the example set by the workmen on the small coal question—possessing the right, but not enforcing it. The owners' representatives pointed out that it was not for the sake of the damages that they fought, bat because they wanted the hour worked, and if the men were now pre- pared to work these hours they would forego their claim to damages. The workmen's representatives, however, were very firm on this point, their position being that such an agreement would involve disloyalty to the decision of the national conference and severance of the South Wales Federation from the M.F.G.B. The owners were not prepared to make a bargain in any way bartering away their rights under the 60 hours clause for the pur- pose of inducing the men to carry out the agreement they had entered into. They were prepared to give up their claim to damages if the workmen wouldl agree to the owners having a free hand in the arrangement Of the shifts and to the working of the afternoon shift without a bonus. 1- Notices on Small Coal Claim. Acting upon the ad+ice of MrW. P. Nicholas, the legal adviser of the Federation, the men's representatives informed the owners that un- less the claim for damages was withdrawn or dropped the claim for payment for working small coal would be pursued. In that event it would be necessary for every workman at the colliery to give an individual notice to the owners that he intended applying for payment unless the owners were prepared to give an undertaking that they would accept the official notice given by the general secretary as suffi- cient for all purposes. The workmen's representatives pointed out that it would complicate matters very con- siderably to compel every workman in the coalfield to take part in the making of this claim, and urged the owners to accept the official notice of the secretary as sufficient. On this point the owners' representatives could give no reply until they had met the Coal Owners' Association, but they promised a definite answer by Wednesday in next week. This point having been disposed of, Mr Hep- pell suggested that before entering upon nego- tiations for a new agreement the workmen should agree to the fixing of a date upon which a settlement must either be arrived at or a failure to agree decided upon. He suggested that this date should be February 28th, in order to give a clear month, so that everyone should know hov- the position was. To this the work- men agreed, the meaning being that negotia- tions will be broken off on the 28th of Feb- ruary if no settlement is arrived at by that date. In order to complete the negotiations, however, it was agreed to sit on every Wednesday and Thursday until February 28th, commencing on Wednesday next week. The workmen's representatives intimated that they were prepared to proceed with the negotiations at that meeting, as they bad their proposals ready, but the owners, although hav- ing decided upon their proposals, had not printed them, nor was the written copy avail- able. It was agreed therefore that the joint secretaries of the Conciliation Board should ex- change the proposals on Saturday. OF GOOD AUGURY. Peaceful Tone of the Board. A correspondent writes :—There was danger that. the two extraneous factors of the damages for ihe 60 hours and the men's counter-claim on small coal would have delayed the progress of negotiations for the framing of a new agree- ment. Now that these questions have been temporarily set aside the work of constructing a fresh wage basis can be entered into without delay. The tone of the brief discussion at yes- terday's meeting augurs well for the progress of the negotiations. Whether there will be a revival of the rival claims to damages will depend in a large measure upon the course of the negotiations on the proposals of the owners and men at the joint board. It would not be surprising if the owners ultimately decided not to enforce the damages obtained agaiqst the men.

Levies for M.P.s. WELSH APPEAL WITHDRAWN. In the Court of Appeal on Tuesday,before the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Moul- ton and Buckley, counsel on behalf of the de- fendants applied to withdraw the appeal in the case of Tom Jones v. the Sorith Wales Miners' Federation. He said it was a case similar to that of .Osborne v, the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, being an action to restrain the Federation from collecting a compulsory levy of its members to support members of Parliament. Judgment had been given in the Osborne case against the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and he now asked that the appeal of the defendant in the case of Jones and the South Wales Miners' Federation might be with- drawn. The Master of the Roll? said the appeal would be dismissed with costs.

NORTHERN DISPUTE. Colliers Going Back to Work. Work was resumed at more collieries in Northumberland and Durham on Tuesday, and the prospects of a definite settlement are now very much brighter. As yet, however, the collieries are not able to offer coal on the open market, having heavy arrears of shipment on contract account. Last week there were shipped from the pria" cipal Northumberland staiths 77,000 tons of coal less than during the corresponding week of last year, which illustrates the dislocation of the market in consequence of the strike. It is probable that the difficulty will be got over by some modification of the threershift system, which is the greatest objection of the miners in both counties.

KING PATAU€'S REVENGE, Between ten and eleven o'clock onflunday night the electric lights in several outlying districts of Paris suddenly /ailed, and the notorious King Pataud, the secretary of the Electricians' Union, was held responsible fqp the darkness that ensued. Short circuits is the explanation vouchsafed, but it is nevertheless the fact that M. Pataud was the culprit, and that this was his reply to the sharp rebuke given him by M. Briand, the Prime Minister, a fortnight ago. At all ovents, Sunday night's darkness caused no small confusion in a dozen small theatres, public dancing rooms, and cinemato- graph shows. Timid ladies cried out shrilly, their male companions struck matches and burned their fingers, and the managers of the various places of amusement concerned were to be heard frantically ordering their employees to fetch candles and lamps. Eventually it was announced that the entrance money would be refunded to the spectators, who at onee flocked to the box- offices, which was lighted in most cases by a single candle stuck in the neck of a beer bottle. At one of the offices, where a mere night light was all the illumination, the payer out mixed up his gold and silver and handed over several 20-franc gold pieces instead of silver one-franc coins. Policemen were standing with flaming torches m the Avenue de st. Ouen, while a strong force of constables wera sent to other ill-famed thoroughfares, where it was feared that hooligans and Apaches," taking ad- vantage of the darkness, would attack the passers-by.• At midnight, however, the elec- trjc light flashed brightly once again, and the policemen with their torches disappeared. Paris, Tuesday.—The electricians' syndicate last night decided to create serious disturb- ances in the event of the arrest of M. Pataud, their secretary-general. They demand his reinstatement as a workman, and threaten that otherwise they will go out on strike. A letter from army engineers was read, declaring that they would refuse to replace strikers.—Reuter.

ESCAPADE BY BOYS. At Highgate Children's Court on Tuesday James Harold Morgan, aged 12, a schoolboy, of Sirdar-road, Tottenham, was charged with being concerned with another boy, not in custody, with entering on December 29th a house in Addison-road, Hornsey, and stealing three rings, one gold bracelet, one yellow metal bracelet, and 10s in cash, the property of Benjamin Arthur Clinch. Alice Clinch said that on December 29th she was alone in the house when a little hoy came with a letter. The letter stated that there was trouble at her brother's house some distance away. She went there and found everything all right. Retaining home she saw two little boys getting over the back garden wall. On going to her bedroom she found the property referred to in the charge missing. An entry had been effected by means of a hanging ladder near the bathroom window. Detective Wilson said he saw the prisoner at the Belmont Schools, Tottenham, ou Monday. When told he would be charged with stealing, the boy said he knew nothing about it, but when taken into custody he admitted that he and two oth#r boys were concerned' in the affair. Prisoner was remanded.

SOLICITOR'S IHLNESS. On behalf of the defendants in the action of Brewer v. Rhymney Iron Co., Ltd., which was in the list for hearing before Mr Justice Parker in the Chancery Division on Wednesday, Mr Up john,K.C.,applied on Tuesday for a postpone- ment of the trial. Counsel said that^the ground of his application was the serious illness of the solicitor in the country who was defending the case. He asked that the trial might be post- poned until next week. He had an affidavit, exhibiting a medical certificate, certifying that the sohcitor, Mr William James, was under medical care, and could not leave his home this week. Mr MacSwinney, for the plaintiffi, op- posed the application. There had, he said, been four previous applications for postpone- ment, two of which were acceded to and the other two opposed. Mr Justice Parker said he was adverse to taking a case when he had not before him someone who was perfectly cogni- sant with it. Mr MacSwinney said if his Lord- ajlip thought the oaee ought to stand over he would not resist the defendantet application. His Lordship said the acase would, as far as possible, keep its place in the list, but would not be taken before next Mopday.

CARDIFF SCHOOLS LIBRARIES. At a meeting of the Composite School Libraries Committee at Cardiff on Tuesday, Mr Farr (the chief librarian) presented a report showing that during the year ended August last there were 299,934 issues of books to the children attending the elementary schools, an increase of 11,223 over the previous year, and the highest yet recorded. There were 265 books not returned the total number in stock was 20,951 volumes. Councillor Dr. Biggs asked whether nearly 300 books were lost every year. Mr Farr (the librarian) replied that there were 250 on an average. The Chairman (Councillor H. M. Thompson) pointed out that this was only one-sixteenth per cent. of their issues. The report was adopted, and the committee discussed various suggestions for improving the working of the libraries.

THE WEEK'S MARKETS. OORN. Gloucester, Saturday.—English wheat 6d to 9et delfrer-reds 36s 6d to 37s 3d,whites 36s 6d to 37s6d per quarter; foreign wheat Is dearer—Plates 42s, Rus- sians 41s to 42s Manitoba 42s 6d. Maize 6d to 9d dearer-Plate 27s 6d: Bessarabian 26s 9<1. Barley 21B. Oats 3d up-black 17s 9d to 20s, white 18s 6d to 20s 9d. Weather dull. Newport, Wednesday. — Fair business and good prices. Wheat in good request at last week's prices. Steady inquiries for maize, but buyers held back, though some parcels were sold at last week's figures. Barley was in better reqifest, and in few cases 3d extra was paid. Flour in fair demand. CATTLE. Newport, Wednesday.—There was a decrease in the supply of cattle, calves, and pigs. but sheep and lambs were plentiful cattle were in better demand. Best beef 6}d to 7d, seconds 6td to 6Jd best Irish beef 6id, seconds 6d to 6Jd cows 4id to 51d mutton -best wether 71d to 7id, ewes 5d to qd; lamb 7td to 8d calves 7d to 9d porkers lls 9d to 12s per score, baconers 10s to 10s 3d per score. PROVISIONS. Carmarthen, Saturday.-The make of butter con- tinues small very few casks on offer, which realised full price,vis., from Is 2d to Is 21d per lb. fresh pound butter, Is 4d to Is 5d. Eggs 12s 6d to 13s 6d per 120. Poultry again cheap. Llandiio, Saturday.—Butter, in tubs. Is 2d and Is 3d a lb. in casks, Is. Welsh cheese, 4d and 5d Caerphilly, 6d. Fowls, 3s each; ducks ditto. Turkeys (few), Is 3d. Builth Wells, Monday.—Moderate attendance, and prices for stock, poultry, produce, <tc., un- changed. Rhayader, Wednesday.—Fairly large attendance of buyers, and moderately brisk demand. Prices—eggs 10 for Is fresh butter Is 2d per lb whole pigs 6s per stone sides of bacon 6s 6d ham 7s small pigs 18s to 24s pheasants 5s to 5s 6d, partridges 2s 6d to 3s, woodcock 2s 9d to 3s 3d rabbits 7d to 8d apiece, hares 2s 6d to 3s 6d; geese 8d per lb., turkeys lOd, ducks 5s to 5s 6d per couDle. and trussed fowls 4s to 5s. CHEESE. Newport. Wednesday.—Short supply; good. de- mand tair attendance-Caerphilli.es 60s to 65s, fancy dairies 66s to 68s, doubles 60s to 63s, truckles 65s to 70s, Cheddars 63d to 65s, singles 58s to 60s. HIDE. SKIN. FAT, AND WOOL Rhondda. Pontypridd, and Aberdare Hide, Xallow, and Wool Company, Limited, Treforest. Saturday.—Hides (without horns or skulls* 901bs and upwards, ordinary flayed, 6d; perfect flayed, 6{d 801bs. to891bs., 5»d. 6d 701bg. to 791bs., 5jd, 5fd 601bs. to691bs.. 5*1, 5fd 50lbs. to 591bs., 5}d, 5|d 49lbs. and under, aid, 5id heavy cows. 601bs. and up, 5d, 5|d; light cows, 59ibs. and under, 5jtd, 5|d; bulls, 4d, 4fd; cuts and warbled. 3d to 4}d. Calfskins—17lbs and upwards, 7Jd; 121bs. to 161bs., 9d; lllbs. and under, 9d; cuts, 7Jd. Lambs, 2s toO 61 6d. Pelts, 2s to 7s. Fat-best tweet ciean, 2id; seconds, lid; common, lid. Salt, 2a per cwt.

NEW CARDIFF STEAMER. Messrs Ropner and Sons, Limited, Stockton- on-Tees, launched from their shipbuilding yard on Monday a steel screw steamer of the fol- lowing dimensions, via. -.—Length, 358ft. 6in. breadth, 50ft. lOin. depth, 25ft. 6in. The vessel is built to the highest class in the British Corporation Registry to the order of Messrs W. R. Smith and Son, of Cardiff, and has double bottom for wa.ter ballast on the cellular principle, and in fore and thfter peaks. She will be fully equipped with an up-to-date outfit, including quick-warping steam windlass, stockless anchors, steam steering gear amid, ships, and powerful screw gear aft, and the appliances for loading and discharging cargoes expeditiously are very complete. The engines will be of the triple expansion type, by the North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., of Sunderland, of about 1,500 i.h.p., having two steel boilers 15ft. 9in. by 10ft. 6in., 1801bs. steam pressure. The christening ceremony was gracefully performed by Miss Mollie Mit- chell, of Roydstone-road, Bradford, who gave the vessel the name of Bradford City.

COAST PROTECTION. Port Talbot Shipping Association. At a special meeting of the above association i convened for the purpose of considering the matter of coast protection, a resolution was unanimously passed making representations to the Board of Trade and protesting against the inefficient coast look-out kept over shipping in the Bristol Channel, and pointing out that there is no look-out station between thfl Mumbles and Porthcawl, and urging that measures should be taken without delay tc, secure an efficient look-out on the coast for vessels in distress.

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