. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. adopted by the Royal Commission in connec-tion with machinery, the industrial Parlia-mentarians of the north, and more particularlyof Lancashire and Yorkshire, will no doubt askthat the same antagonism should be extendedto the proposals affecting rural rating. Theywill contend—I do not. of course, say that com-plete logic will be on their side—that if thesuggestions of the Royal Commission are in- 216 MARK LANE EXPRESS August 21, 1905. admissible in one instance, they should be in-admissible in all. We may be exclusively bene-(iting the textile
. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. adopted by the Royal Commission in connec-tion with machinery, the industrial Parlia-mentarians of the north, and more particularlyof Lancashire and Yorkshire, will no doubt askthat the same antagonism should be extendedto the proposals affecting rural rating. Theywill contend—I do not. of course, say that com-plete logic will be on their side—that if thesuggestions of the Royal Commission are in- 216 MARK LANE EXPRESS August 21, 1905. admissible in one instance, they should be in-admissible in all. We may be exclusively bene-(iting the textile and industrial districts bythe exempting of machinery. What, however,we must be careful of is that by a policy ofantagonism we do not establish a precedentfatal to ourselves. • • • The quidnuncs now give November as themonth for the appeal In (lie , I give up prophesying. The portentsupon which we can only base our propheciesare tantalisingly ami mischievously difficult1 read. They are as bad as Esperanto Early Harvest in Yorkshire (EastRiding). Sik,—An early cutting of corn has been the re-sult of hot, dry weather earlier on, and harvest isgeneral, Wheat is the crop of the year, andbarley also is good, but oats, owing to the drought,are short in the istraw, and in some places vary much, the early ones being the best;on late sown land they are backward, and prob-ably will take very little eating. August 11, 1905. J. B. Prospects. Sir,—The harvest is just at present occupyingall our thoughts, and they are very anxious many of us have a bulky crop of wheat todeal with, much laid, and requiring many handsto cut it. Some have to give 20s. per acre for thisoperation, and, in consequence of delay in gettingit cut. caused by rain and shortness of iabourers,the waste and expense will in some instancesmount up to about 40s. pel acre before it issecured. Binders are doing Yeoman service, butthere are limits
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