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Letter from William Clegg, solicitor (Victoria Chambers, Figtree Lane, Sheffield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in Sheffield and asserting that some of the most representative Tories there are staunch Free Traders.

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Letter from [WSC] to the editor of the Times on Henry Rider Haggard's assertion that rural depopulaton and urban congestion can only be remedied by a multiplication of small holdings and a system of Protection. Draft in the hand of ?.

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Letter from Sir Francis Mowatt (41 Sloane Gardens, [London]) to WSC attacking the arguments in favour of colonial preference.

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Leaflets issued by the Liberal Publication Department, covering the budget of 1907, land reform and small holdings, registration of voters and Conservative proposals for Tariff Reform and the abolition of income tax. 6 items.

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Letter from Anne, Lady Dickson-Poynder [later Lady Islington] (Villa degli Angeli, Fiesole, Florence, [Italy]) to WSC on the recent victory for Tariff Reform [at the Mid Devon by election]; the death of Sir John Lawson Walker and the prospect of [? a government job for her husband Sir John Dickson-Poynder, later 1st Lord Islington]; her cold accommodation in Florence.

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Letter from Frederick Guest (1063 5th Avenue, New York, [USA]) to WSC noting that the Unionist Protectionists and the Free Traders have arrived at a modus vivendi and offering to help in WSC's forthcoming electoral battle.

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Letter from [WSC] (Colonial Office) to Thomas Garnett expressing the wish that he [WSC] could be on the platform when 1st Lord Cromer addresses a meeting in the Free Trade Hall [Manchester]. Notes the tariff reformers' criticism of Cromer since his declaration in favour of Free Trade and praises his work to improve the living conditions of the Egyptian peasantry. Draft in the hand of Annette Anning.

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Letter the editor of the The Observer (125 Strand, London) to WSC (105 Mount Street) enclosing a press report of a passage in his speech in Leeds [Yorkshire] on Free Trade within the Empire and asking for clarification. Carbon typescript with cutting affixed.

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Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to the editor of The Observer expanding on his reported statement about Free Trade within the Empire. 2 copies, both in the hand of Annette Anning, one with minor amendments by WSC.

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Annotated newspaper cuttings: speeches by Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] and WSC on colonial contributions to imperial defence costs; speech by Arthur Balfour in favour of tariff reform; speech on local legislative affairs by the premier of South Australia; Anglo-Australian trade figures; disruption of a meeting in Cambridge being addressed by James Kier Hardy. Originally sent with CHAR 2/29/43. 6 papers.

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Letter from William Parry, chemist (Port Victoria, South Australia) criticising James Kier Hardy and complaining of the Protectionist stance of newspapers in Australia. Urges WSC to continue his fight for Free Trade. Encloses newspaper cuttings [see CHAR 2/29/39].

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Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) to WSC congratulating him [on his appointment as a Privy Councillor] and praising his speech against imperial preference at the Colonial Conference.

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Letter from B Willats (476 & 478 Oxford Street, London) to WSC enclosing a booklet being circulated by tariff reformers in the district where he lives [not present] and asking for replies to the points made in it.

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Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to B Willats recommending him, in connection with the refutation of tariff refomers' arguments, to read Adam Smith and Bastiat, and enclosing some of his own speeches on the subject [not present]. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning.

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Letter from T W Killick (Townfield House, Altrincham, [Cheshire]) to WSC informing him that the executive committee of the Free Trade League have resolved to keep working and asking whether he would consider addressing a meeting in the Free Trade Hall on colonial preference.

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Letter from WSC to T W Killick noting that the Tariff Reform League is more active than Free Trade organisations and agreeing with Killick's view that Protectionist candidates should always be opposed. Offers to address a meeting on behalf of the Free Trade League. Typescript copy.

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Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) approving the South African constitution and asserting that the stance of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] on the fiscal question has shaken the confidence of ordinary voters, and that Joseph Chamberlain's political career is over. Reports the poor state of the local Conservative party.

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Report by Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane] to [King Edward VII] on his visit to Berlin [Germany] including accounts of conversations with the Kaiser and others on military and naval policy, Free Trade and relations between Britain, Germany and France. Typescript.

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Letter from Arthur Witley (13 Westborne Road, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC (House of Commons) advocating the taxation of land values, which he sees as a pre-requisite for Free Trade, and attacking taxation of capital and the earnings derived from it. Describes the good economic effects of the taxation of land values in New Zealand and New South Wales [Australia] and urges the Government to take on the House of Lords by including such taxation in the Budget. Signed typescript.

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Letter from F E A Graham (Kintore, Tower Road, St Leonard's-on-Sea, [Sussex]) to WSC enclosing his pamphlet The Free Trade Delusion [see CHAR 2/38/33] and outlining his case against Free Trade.

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Phamplet entitled "The Free Trade Delusion, being part of the series Some writing on the wall by "Akaroa" (F E A Graham). Sent with CHAR 2/38/32 11,[1p].

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Resolution of a meeting of inhabitants of Nantyglo in Monmouthshire [Wales] in favour of the Licensing Bill. Signed by J L Jones, chairman, and Herbert Williams, honorary secretary (77 High Street, Blaina, Monmouthshire) Copy with original signatures.

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Extract from a speech in the House of Lords by the 8th Duke of Devonshire warning that whereas an alteration to the current system of Free Trade might benefit "the higher ranks of labour" it might produce starvation among those lower down the social scale. Typescript.

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Letter from Joseph Pease (12 Downing Street) stating that the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later Lord Oxford Asquith] has agreed to accept Russell Rea's amendment as the official Liberal view on the fiscal debate to be raised by Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] . Asks WSC to take charge of the debate on behalf of the Government and instructs him not to allude to Retaliation.