Show 1 THE German Chancellors latest argument argu-ment for protection is that it will tend to keep on their legs that most valuable class of society the country gentlemen who live on their estates Prince Bismarck Bis-marck is against the kind of territorial I magnates whose property is so vast that they can afford to live away from it and i only demand money from their stewards without representing their tenants in Parliament or otherwise concerning themselves about their welfare Therein lies the misery of great estates but proprietors pro-prietors who live in the country are a great blessing and very useful If Eng land by retaining her present corn legislation legis-lation allows the landlords to be gradually gradu-ally ruined T do not boliovc that will be advantageous to the future of England or the prosperity of the rural population It is a poor argument |