India and Imperial Preference (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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IN the Fiscal controversy the position Of India has hardly received any attention. The so-called leaders of Indian thought have not even discussed it. There is not a word in the Omnibus Resolutions of the Indian Congress about this most important subject, which afiects the economic condition of of the Indian people. A retired anglo-indian Official. Indeed, Sir Roper Lethbridge, Chairman of Devonshire Tariff Reform League, has just published a book entitled India and Imperial Preference; but a perusal of it reminds one of the Old saying when you have a very weak case, the best thing to do is to abuse your opponent's attorney. The book abounds with such choice expres'sions as suicidal Cobdenite folly (page silly free-fooders (page it refers to Free Traders as timorous souls (page to Free Trade as silly, antiquated bigotry (page and to Lord Curzon's famous despatch on India and the Preferential Tariff scheme as an impotent document (page a slovenly document (page and pitifully mean (page 69) Strong and unjustifiable language, though pleasing to the gallery, can never appeal to the thoughtful section of the British public. It is a pity that Sir Roper Lethbridge forgot that, in trying to champion the cause Of his Tariff Reform party, he practically questioned the intelligence of the British nation, when he asked his readers to accept vituperation for stern commercial facts.

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