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Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. Annotated in shorthand.

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Letter from [Lewis Harcourt] (14 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

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Letter from J H Oldham (5 Cawdor Road, Fallowfield, [Manchester]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

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Letter from Austin Taylor (179 Ashley Gardens, London) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

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Letter from Lord James of Hereford (Breamore, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC approving of Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman's recent speech, referring to a meeting in Manchester fixed for February, and asserting that Free Traders need to be watchful in the House of Lords.

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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 G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) enclosing final reports and financial statement of the lectures [see CHAR 2/54/5-6] Signed and annotated typescript.

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Letter from John Gulland (12 Downing Street) to Mr Harris recommending that Macrae of the Free Trade paper the "Northern Weekly" should receive funding.

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Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC thanking him for a copy of his life of Lord Randolph Churchill and noting that the 'magic lantern' lectures have not been as successful as was hoped. Asks for a report on the usefulness of "the carpet bags from Germany" [bags of goods used to demonstrate the effect on prices of Free Trade] and refers to his telegram enquiring about the Northern Weekly.

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Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC reporting that he has sent money to Macrae of the "Northern Weekly" to help him promote the cause of Free Trade in Dingwall [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland] and elsewhere in the north of Scotland.

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Reports and financial statement for 1910 on the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript. Two slightly different copies, one of 55 leaves, the other 53. Sent with CHAR 2/54/1.

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Letter from [WSC] to G Wallace Carter thanking him for his reports on the National Free Trade Lectures and praising his work. Annotated typescript.

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Letter from G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) enclosing the financial statement for the lectures [see CHAR 2/54/12-13] and noting that the Free Trade lecturers addressed more meetings than Tariff Reform League speakers. Signed typescript.

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Financial statement for 1910 of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/54/11. Another copy at CHAR 2/54/15-16.

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Financial statement for 1910 of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/54/14. Another copy at CHAR 2/54/12-13.

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Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC urging that the 'magic lantern' lectures on Free Trade should continue [despite the favourable general election results] to convert "the well to do classes" who are "heterodox" on the issue. Praises WSC's "The River War" and mentions that he had the continuation of the story from General Sir Reginald Wingate [later Bart.] in Khartoum [Sudan] in 1901.

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Letter from G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) announcing that he has closed the lectures account and enclosing the final financial statement [see CHAR 2/54/21-22]. Points out that the outstanding balance has been boosted by the sale of exhibits. Signed typescript.

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Final financial statements of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/54/20.

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Letter from Sir Arthur Levy Lever (20 Hans Crescent, [London]) to WSC enclosing the audited balance sheet of the National Free Trade Lectures [see CHAR 2/54/25] and commending their organisation.

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Audited balance sheet of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript signed by the auditor, Sir Arthur Levy Lever, 10 Mar. Sent with CHAR 2/54/24.

Scope and Contents Letter from the statistical department of the Free Trade Union (25 Victoria Street, Westminster, London) to WSC (Home Office) reporting "that there are no recent official statistics of the cost of living in European countries which throw any light on the revolt of the consumers against protection." Encloses information on the "revolt" in Milan [Italy], Vienna [Austria-Hungary] and Berlin [Germany], on Tariff Reformers' reports on the standard of living in Germany, and on child labour in the...

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Annual report for 1910 of the Free Trade Union. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/54/26.

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Extracts from press reports on distress and discontent caused in Austria-Hungary by the high prices of food and other items resulting from protection. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/54/26.

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Reprint of an article in the Free Trader criticising reports on the standard of living in Germany made by Tariff Reformers. Sent with CHAR 2/54/26.

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Extracts from press reports of agitation in Italy for the abolition of taxes on food. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/54/26.