ABSTRACT
The Tariff "Commission " is simply a private committee of Protectionists formed by Mr. Chamberlain to further the cause of Protection in this country. The use of the title " Commission " is unwarrantable, since, by the common usage of all the world, that word is reserved in its application to bodies or committees of inquiry or control set up by the official authority of States. The assumption of the title " Commission " in this instance sends abroad, apparently with British official authority, "reports" which are merely partisan documents calculated to work the gravest mischief to the interests of British trade. (See United Kingdom.)
