Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to William Angus Knight, 1903 November 28.

Saying that the discussions on tariff reform have "moved so much since I last heard from you that I begin to think that we may bring it to a successful issue much earlier than I originally anticipated"; writing that, to push the matter forward, he thinks that "an active correspondence in the newspapers" would be more useful than books and pamphlets: "My opponents have been writing to the 'Times' and other papers making many astounding statements which could easily be controverted: but it is impossible for me to deal with them, especially where they touch economic arguments, in popular meetings. They ought to be answered by Economists like yourself who would sign their own names and allow nothing questionable or inaccurate to pass without immediate contradiction; and if you felt able to help in this way I should be very grateful"; adding that it sounds like there is a demand for Knight's book on the topic from "a different class to what I have been addressing" and that he would "certainly rejoice if you were able to continue the publication of the further parts of your essay."