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Public and Political: General: Free Trade: Notes and correspondence.
Reference code: CHAR 2/54
Part of CHAR 2; previous record CHAR 2/53; next record CHAR 2/55.
Date: 1910-14 Dec 1911
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Contained records
| Reference | Record | Date |
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| CHAR 2/54/1 | 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 |
15 Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/2 | Letter from John Gulland (12 Downing Street) to Mr Harris recommending that Macrae of the Free Trade paper the "Northern Weekly" should receive funding. | 04 Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/3 | 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. | 06 Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/4 | 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. | 09 Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/5-6 | 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 |
Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/7-8 | Letter from [WSC] to [James Caird] reporting on the success of the bill-posting campaign carried out on behalf of the Budget League and accepting the invitation to tour Caird's mills. Typescript copy. Erroneously dated 1901. | 16 Jan [1911] |
| CHAR 2/54/9 | Letter from [WSC] to G Wallace Carter thanking him for his reports on the National Free Trade Lectures and praising his work. Annotated typescript. | 17 Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/10 | Letter from G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) offering to provide more copies of the reports on the lectures, listing outstanding sums from the accounts, mentioning arrangements for the audit and referring to a report he wishes to make on the constituency of Horncastle [Lincolnshire]. Signed typescript. | 19 Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/11 | 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 |
20 Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/12-13 | Financial statement for 1910 of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript. Sent with |
[Jan 1911] |
| CHAR 2/54/14 | Letter from G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) enclosing a cheque for the balance on the lecture accounts and suggesting that Sir Arthur Lever should audit the accounts. Signed typescript. | Jan 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/15-16 | Financial statement for 1910 of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript. Sent with |
[Jan 1911] |
| CHAR 2/54/17 | 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. | 15 Feb 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/18 | Letter from James Caird (Dundee, [Scotland]) to WSC instructing him to spend the £1800 left from the National Free Trade Lecture funds on lectures in 1911 and approving WSC's gift to G Wallace Carter. | 22 Feb 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/19 | Letter from G Wallace Carter (Free Trade Union, 8 Victoria Street, [London]) to WSC (33 Eccleston Square) thanking him for his gift of a copy of his life of Lord Randolph Churchill, remembering his boyhood admiration for Lord Randolph and expressing pleasure that he should now be working with Lord Randolph's son. | 28 Feb 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/20 | 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 |
04 Mar 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/21-22 | Final financial statements of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript. Sent with |
04 Mar 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/23 | Letter from WSC (Home Office) to Sir Arthur Levy Lever thanking him for auditing the accounts of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript copy. | 13 Mar 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/24 | Letter from Sir Arthur Levy Lever (20 Hans Crescent, [London]) to WSC enclosing the audited balance sheet of the National Free Trade Lectures [see |
11 Mar 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/25 | Audited balance sheet of the National Free Trade Lectures. Typescript signed by the auditor, Sir Arthur Levy Lever, 10 Mar. Sent with |
04 Mar 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/26 | 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 United States [see |
31 Mar 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/27 | Annual report for 1910 of the Free Trade Union. Printed. Sent with |
1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/28-30 | 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 |
1910-1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/31-32 | Reprint of an article in the Free Trader criticising reports on the standard of living in Germany made by Tariff Reformers. Sent with |
1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/33-35 | Extracts from press reports of agitation in Italy for the abolition of taxes on food. Printed. Sent with |
1910-1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/36-39 | Extracts from press reports of a turning away from protectionism among chambers of commerce in Germany and of discontent over rising prices there. Printed. Sent with |
1910-1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/40 | Article on the comparison between the imports and exports of Britain, the United States, Germany and France in 1903 and 1910. Printed. Sent with |
1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/41-42 | Remarks on a report on the poor conditions for child labourers in the textile industry in the United States. Annotated typescript. Sent with |
1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/43 | Resolution [to be moved by WSC] of a meeting [to be chaired by the Lord Beauchamp] upholding Free Trade and condemning Tariff Reform. Typescript. | [1911] |
| CHAR 2/54/44 | Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC noting Sir Arthur Lever's approval of the organisation of the National Free Trade Lectures and asking what will be done when the lecture campaing finishes at the end of April. Mentions that he has been helping the infirm poor in Dundee. | 02 Apr 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/45 | Agenda of a Free Trade demonstration to be chaired by the Lord Beauchamp. Typescript. | 07 Apr 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/46 | Letter from G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) enclosing a memorandum on a proposed scheme of Free Trade instruction classes [see |
05 May 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/47-50 | Memorandum by G Wallace Carter on a proposed scheme of Free Trade instruction classes followed by examinations and public demonstrations for the award of prizes and certificates. Signed typescript. Sent with |
05 May 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/51-58 | Memorandum by G Wallace Carter to WSC on the continuation of the National Free Trade Lectures until the end of 1911. Signed typescript. Originally attached to |
27 Apr 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/59-63 | Memorandum from W E Dowding to G Wallace Carter on proposals for Anglo-American exhibitions illustrating how protection has increased the prices of certain items in the United States. These are to be made available to every branch office of the Free Trade Union. Signed typescript. Originally attached to |
27 Apr 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/64 | Letter from G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) promising to prepare a definite scheme for Free Trade instruction classes and examinations to be controlled by Eliot Crawshay Williams. Signe typescript. | 12 May 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/65-67 | Letter from G Wallace Carter, secretary of the National Free Trade Lectures (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) enclosing and commenting on estimates of the costs of carrying out the scheme of Free Trade instruction classes and examinations [see |
20 May 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/68-69 | Estimates of the costs of carrying out the scheme of Free Trade instruction classes and examinations in districts throughout Britain. Typescript. Sent with |
[May 1911] |
| CHAR 2/54/70 | Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him on the birth of his son [Randolph] and mentioning his visit to Karlsbad [Germany] and Rotterdam [the Netherlands] with Sir James Bell; also his purchase of a house and garden in Dundee for the benefit of the infirm poor, which will not prevent the Free Trade lectures from continuing should that be thought necessary. Praises David Lloyd George's recent speech and hopes to meet him some day. | 29 May 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/71 | Letter from W W Champness (Free Trade Union, 25 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to Edward Marsh (Home Office) asking on behalf of G Wallace Carter whether anything has been heard from James Caird about Carter's recent memorandum on the proposed scheme of Free Trade instruction classes and examinations. Signed typescript. Annotated that a reply was sent approving the scheme and that Eliot Crawshay Williams is to undertake it. | 15 Jun 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/72-74 | Letter from James Caird (Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC approving the scheme for Free Trade instruction classes and examinations to be undertaken by Eliot Crawshay Williams. Encloses a report from Dr Robert Caird on the Glasgow Unionist Free Trade Club [not present], which shows that Free Trade does not always mean Liberalism, even in Scotland. Expresses interest in the idea of local parliaments under the general control of the Imperial Parliament. | 04 Jun 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/75-76 | Letter from Eliot Crawshay Williams (5 Aubrey Road, Holland Park, [London]) to WSC enclosing Free Trade pamphlets and articles by George W Gough [see |
15 Sep 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/77-78 | Letter from Eliot Crawshay Williams (House of Commons) to WSC reporting on progress with the arrangement and financing of the scheme of Free Trade instruction classes, examinations and prizes, in which WSC is to give his particular attention to London and Birmingham. Signed and annotated typescript. | 10 Aug 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/79 | "Five fiscal fallacies" by George W Gough. [Published by the Free Trade Union.] 2,63,[3]p. Sent with |
[c 1910] |
| CHAR 2/54/80 | "Five more fiscal fallacies" by George W Gough. Published by the Free Trade Union. 2,87,[3]p. Sent with |
1910 |
| CHAR 2/54/81-85 | Proof sheets of fallacy 15 of "Five further [fiscal] fallacies", a series anti-Tariff Reform articles by George W Gough. [Published by the Free Trade Union.] Sent with |
[c 1910] |
| CHAR 2/54/86-89 | "Five further fiscal fallacies": articles by George W Gough published in the "Free Trader". Sent with |
22 Jun 1911-31 Aug 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/90-91 | Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC agreeing that the National Free Trade Lectures should be continued for 1912 and asking if WSC would approve his giving £10000 to help the Liberal campaign for Irish Home Rule. Caird will also be glad to help on the issue of Home Rule for Scotland. | 03 Dec 1911 |
| CHAR 2/54/92-93 | Letter from James Caird (Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC thanking him for his assurance that the Government is moving towards a plan granting a limited measure of Home Rule to Ireland and offering to send £10000 towards this cause straightaway. Thinks Britain should build as many warships as are necessary to maintain naval superiority over Germany and notes that if it was true that the appeal to the patriotism of the railway directors during the recent rail strike arose from the perceived imminence of war it would falsify his belief that Germany was more anxious for commerce than for conquest. | 14 Dec 1911 |