Excerpt from Fact Versus Fiction: The Cobden Club's Reply to Mr. Chamberlain IN his recent campaign against the fiscal and commercial policy which has guided British statesmen for the past sixty years', Mr. Chamberlain has seldom spoken with out references to the Cobden Club, and he has frequently attacked the principles and misquoted the opinions of Mr: Cobden. Mr. Chamberlain was for fourteen years, until 1892, an eminent member of 'the Cobden Club, the chief speaker on two occasions at its annual gatherings, and the proposer at one of them of a toast to its foreign members, all of them honorary members, including many of the most distinguished economists in Europe. He has lately asserted that the Club is supported by the money of these foreign members in the interest of their own countries, and against that of Great Britain. He has been informed that foreign members are only honorary members, that they do not pay subscriptions, or contribute to the funds of the Club, and that they have no voice in its councils. He has, how ever, declined to withdraw or substantiate his untruthful statement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.