Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Mr. Chamberlain's Proposals What They Mean and What, We Shall Gain by Them, Vol. 3
The following articles by Mr. Charles Vince were intended to summarise the principal points for inquiry in the discussion lately raised as to how far our present fiscal policy is adapted to the actual needs of this country and of the British Empire.
It is not pretended that they form an exhaustive statement of the case, and Mr. Vince is solely responsible for the facts and figures which they contain and for the manner in which they are treated. I welcome them as a serious contribution to an important and intricate controversy.
They are addressed to men of all political opinions, since the questions now raised are not necessarily matters of party politics, nor indeed is it likely that the issues will be ultimately decided on strictly party lines.
The changes which have taken place in the condition of our trade, in the commercial policy of other nations, and in the relations between ourselves and our Colonies and possessions abroad, are sufficient to justify the demand for an inquiry; and it is difficult to believe that the results of investigation will not convince every impartial man of the necessity of some reconstruction of a system which has remained stationary and unaltered for more than half a century, while every other policy has been modified and adapted to meet modern requirements.
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