Letter from J.R. McDougall to WSC, congratulations on stand against Chamberlain's scheme for protective tariffs.

Letter from WSC to the Postal Telegraph Clerks Association on the effect of adopting Chamberlain's scheme for protective tariffs [carbon].

Letter from WSC to J.H. Lawton, setting out his opposition to protective tariffs [carbon].

Letter from Colonel J. Mitford to WSC, on free trade, asking him for his alternative to Chamberlain's scheme for protective tariffs in favour of the colonies.

Letter from S.H. Pollen to WSC, on the position of Lord Curzon in the "coming war" in the Conservative Party, suggesting that he would make a good recruit for the free trade cause.

Letter from WSC to the 8th Duke of Devonshire, setting out case for debate on free trade [ms copy in WSC's hand] Part pub WSC II, p.67, CV II, Part 1, p.211.

Letter from Sir John Dickson-Poynder to WSC, congratulations on letter in The Times, on free trade.

Letter from G.S. Pawle to WSC on free trade.

Letter from WSC to Sir John Dickson-Poynder, offering sympathy on illness, advising him to take a complete rest, also on inauguration of the Unionist Free Food League, and electoral prospects, expressing his own preference for a "central" government under the 8th Duke of Devonshire [carbon].

Letter from Sir Herbert Maxwell to WSC on his support for Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial preferential tariffs.

Letter from Sir Sidney Low to WSC, on Canadian desire for an English Preference Party, also commenting that if free traders wanted good press coverage one of their millionaires should buy or start a newspaper, listing the likely attitudes of the press, most of whom would be hostile to the cause.

Letter from F. Maddison, Cobden Club, to WSC, on the Co- Operative Society's opposition to preferential tariffs.

Cutting from the Evening Standard, report of interview with John Charlton, Canadian High Commissioner in London, on Canadian views of preferential tariffs.

Letter from Lord Rosebery to WSC, on the Opposition's failure to capitalise on the Government's weakness over tariff reform, also on the position of the 8th Duke of Devonshire "... a very bad resigner. He has more than once been in the position when he should I think have resigned, but he is easily persuaded to stay".

Letter from Lord James of Hereford [earlier Henry James] to WSC, on the need to recruit Houldsworth for the Free Trade campaign in Lancashire.

Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, on his inclination to give up politics, advising him not to trust Sir Alfred Harmsworth [later Lord Northcliffe] and the Daily Mail over free trade, listing possible future events in order of preference (his favoured solution was for Joseph Chamberlain to resign as Colonial Secretary.

Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, reporting statement by Sir Michael Hicks Beach [later Lord St Aldwyn] to the Unionist Free Food Committee that he had reason to believe that Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] and Joseph Chamberlain, had split over the preferential tariff issue.

Letter from John Morley [later Lord Morley of Blackburn] to WSC on free trade.

Letter from Goldwin Smith to WSC, on the failure of the Canadian harvest, and on opposition to protective tariffs in Canada.

Letter from J. Moore Bayley to WSC on free trade.

Letter from Sir John Stirling Maxwell to WSC on free trade.

Letter from L.A. Lucas to WSC on free trade.

Letter from J.W. Bradley to WSC, suggesting formation of an Imperial Federal Council, enabling the "free trade" party to appeal on popular lines to the Colonies and the "man in the street" annotated by WSC ack - a valuable suggestion".

Letter from Joseph O'Dell to WSC, expressing support for free trade.

Letter from J.J. Bisgood to WSC, on free trade.