ABSTRACT
A L IT T L E less than six months ago, the then Colonial Secretary startled the world by the announcement that the British Empire was in danger; that its unity could
only be preserved by preferential tariffs, and preferential tariffs involving a tax upon the necessary food of the people of the United Kingdom. These opinions the speaker has during the present week further developed and defended, and with them it will be my duty in a few minutes to come to close quarters.
