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... merchant — a small section of an interest - what has been the effect of the want of that law upon the interest itself ? Cobden complained that the corn merchants lost £ 2,000,000 . But consumers gained thereby , for none of this money ...
... merchant — a small section of an interest - what has been the effect of the want of that law upon the interest itself ? Cobden complained that the corn merchants lost £ 2,000,000 . But consumers gained thereby , for none of this money ...
Page xii
... merchant - a small section of an interest - what has been the effect of the want of that law upon the interest itself ? Cobden complained that the corn merchants lost £ 2,000,000 . But consumers gained thereby , for none of this money ...
... merchant - a small section of an interest - what has been the effect of the want of that law upon the interest itself ? Cobden complained that the corn merchants lost £ 2,000,000 . But consumers gained thereby , for none of this money ...
Page 24
... merchants . Hence the various banks had to eontract or exchange their issues on occasion . 2 But though the repeal of the Corn Laws had not been agitated , yet it had been discussed . The London merchants in 1821 drew up a petition in ...
... merchants . Hence the various banks had to eontract or exchange their issues on occasion . 2 But though the repeal of the Corn Laws had not been agitated , yet it had been discussed . The London merchants in 1821 drew up a petition in ...
Page 33
... merchants in it can produce their goods at a less cost than their neighbours . In the hope of crushing their rivals , these merchants proposed that all previous taxes upon merchandise- and food was regarded as the chief of raw ...
... merchants in it can produce their goods at a less cost than their neighbours . In the hope of crushing their rivals , these merchants proposed that all previous taxes upon merchandise- and food was regarded as the chief of raw ...
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... merchants must find other markets . If , then , the merchants in one field have to pay a tax before they can enter their goods for barter in the other , while their rivals are permitted a free entry , it would , we think , appear to ...
... merchants must find other markets . If , then , the merchants in one field have to pay a tax before they can enter their goods for barter in the other , while their rivals are permitted a free entry , it would , we think , appear to ...
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abundance action agricultural agricultural labourers argued artificial demand assert become free-traders Bonamy Price British manufacturer capital cause Chartist cheap bread cheaper Cobden commercial competition conclusion consequences consumers Corn Law corn-growing course Crown 8vo cultivation demand for labour depression distress duties Edition effect England existence fact factor favourable Fcap foreign corn foreign markets free imports free intercourse free-trade policy free-trade principle gain high price Huskisson increased induced industries influence intercourse in corn interest J. G. Lockhart John Bright labour labouring classes landlords manu manufac means merchants nations natural operation period political Post 8vo present price of bread price of corn price of wheat principle of free produce Professor profits progress prosperity protection protectionists question railway reduced remunerative repeal result Richard Cobden selfish Sir Robert Peel stimulate supply surrounding conditions system of free tendency tion trade in corn universal free trade University of Edinburgh vols wages wheat William Huskisson
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