§ MR. BLACK (Banffshire)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government has information that the same group which has formed the recent steamship combination also controls a large part of the railway communication in the United States; and whether, in view of the effect which such a conjunction may have upon the price of our food supplies, the Government propose to take any action in the matter.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI do not think that I can add anything usefully to what I said in debate the other day on the Motion for the adjournment; but I believe I may say that it is matter of common knowledge that some of the parties concerned in the steamship combination also command an interest in American railways.