§ MR. CUNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N.W.)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the absence of the First Lord of the Treasury, if his attention has been directed to a paper in the Nineteenth Century magazine, of this month, in reference to the alarming growth of the "Trust" system; and if he thinks the matter of sufficient importance to order a Government inquiry into it?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN,) St. George's, Hanover SquareMy right hon. Friend the First Lord requests me to say that the competition in this country is so great that he does not believe it possible for any length of time to control the markets, and he is of opinion that the attempt to do so would meet with the failure which it would certainly deserve.