Twenty-five years ago yesterday that great figure, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, fervent apostle of tariff reform and imperial preference, died. Though he gained Cabinet rank, he never became Prime Minister, which has since been done by one of his sons. But "Joe" Chamberlain was more than the advocate of the tariff, he was one of those great imperialists who realized the destiny of the empire and were determined to do their utmost to see that it was fulfilled. In his crusade for tariff reform Mr. Chamberlain met with the bitterest opposition. Britain had done so well under the free trade system, that there were many who failed to see that the increasing industrialization of other nations was fitting them for the export trade, and that while they were erecting tariff barriers for the protection of what were then infant industries, they were taking full advantage of the British free trade
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