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the development of its supply from within the Empire by means of
the impostion of a small duty upon the foreign supplies, then
and only then should such a duty be imposed.

This has been a very long story, but the matter it
deals with, however inadequately, is a matter of permanent import-
ance to the life of the people, and particularly to the poorest
people of our country, and therefore regarding it as a humble con-
tribution towards the solution of the problem, I ask you most earn-
estly to read and consider it even at the risk of falling asleep in
the effort.

Yours in this pious hope,
(that you will read, not fall asleep)
P. J. Ford

possibly Patrick Ford MP