To the Ealitor of the "Norra-Emma Dany News."
S1n,—The quest on of char and sign-tures ix so important that I may pe: haps be p-rmitted to al a few remarks to what has alrewly been said on this The object of both chop xnd of course, to afford e who affixes his chop or te: ded to be bound by the in in ths case of a firm, that he has power to bind the firm Where an ind party to formal document he enonld ign the three characters to his name, and add fis private marl: Vtha: thie ther he shine in vestments and belle und her dud-hopper hav much-abused country parson in almost vidualsit every village does what he can by night schools, and clubs, and classes, and enterence that the party atlixing it has power to tainments, and athletics, to lighten the bied the firm, as the chops are kept in the labourers' life (and they do Labour) and cus oily of. and only allowed to be used by, carry on continuation work never managers or partners. belittles or obscures his higher and Where, therefore, it is desirable to opts Divine commission. indisputable evidence of th Now it appears to me absurd to suppose firn thed cement should be chopped with that the people of Enigland, whose lot in the firm's chop, avd be signed wit this which was formerly considered a very characters and m rk of the person signing low level of society, has been so very ing the cho with the char greatly improved, will refuse to hear their ters of the firm's u"me. share of the burden, if only a new fiscal Ifthe signature is absent, but the chop policy be adopted obviously and assuredly is affixed, it must be presumed to have for the good of the whole Empire; " good i been allied properly, which before long all the people will share. author to bind the finm. It is the firm" Their loss in the higher cost of living negligence if they allow access to the chop will probably be only temporary. For by unauthorised persons. instance, a higher price for corn will lead Whether the chop is the ne chop farmers at once to lay down far grenter ofthe firm no foreigner can say, but he breadth of land for wheat. More labour must rely on his compradore for this. will be required; higher wriges, equally If the chop is ubseut, but the name not surpassing the loss in the price of the firm is si it is for the portion will be demanded and given. repudiating the signature to prove that the 'Tt ina matter of fact that at the present document was signed by an_ unan: horised time vegetables and fruit grown in France are aid' down in the don market, ound. one If they fail to do th's the firm is through the exuberant blindness of free Tam, ete., trade, cheaper than English market garden-ALS. P. Wareers can afford to charge, Is there not a 10th August. "'tertium quid" for England—not Protec-} tion; not free Trade in the glamour of the noble ideal, but Fair Trade? i It is absurd to say that Mr. Chamberlain either broke up the Liberal Party or is bronking up the Unionists. Home Rule broke up Mr. Gladstone's great party.
And the pacification and happiness of
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