 Ware aimed to make the paper "the authority on all colonial questions," and supported social and tariff reform.He invited radicals such as William Beveridge and R. H. Tawney to contribute to the paper.Shortly after beginning work, Ware came into conflict with Glenesk, who thought he should not promote tariff reform, and wrote asking Lord Glenesk's daughter, Lady Bathurst, to intervene and threatening to resign.