To the Editor of the "Norta-Cama Dairy News."
Sir,—We are told that the view of the City of London is that Protection is not a question of principle but of expediency. 1 have no intention of referring particularly to Protection, but wish to suggest that one of the chief causes of the world-weariness at the present time is that everywhere principle is being subordinated to expediency.
Pontius Pilate is the most vivid historical example of this; but he showed far more scruple than say, the average taipan or consul in China. Most public men at the present time could adopt as their heraldic emblem a jellyfish rampant, I am, ete.,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.