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Page v
... Corn Laws inaugurated an entirely new policy . The principle of free trade , instead of being controlled by the protective system , was left to act without restraint of any kind . It influenced , with varying and not known degrees of ...
... Corn Laws inaugurated an entirely new policy . The principle of free trade , instead of being controlled by the protective system , was left to act without restraint of any kind . It influenced , with varying and not known degrees of ...
Page vi
... misinterpretation . On one occasion he spoke as fol- lows : " Looking at these difficulties with the strong- est conviction of the necessity of a revision of the Corn Laws , I still fear to precipitate any alteration vi PREFACE .
... misinterpretation . On one occasion he spoke as fol- lows : " Looking at these difficulties with the strong- est conviction of the necessity of a revision of the Corn Laws , I still fear to precipitate any alteration vi PREFACE .
Page vii
Richard Gill. Corn Laws , I still fear to precipitate any alteration , lest it should have the effect of prejudicing the people against that system which I hope to see yet accom- plished , of a free trade in corn under due and proper ...
Richard Gill. Corn Laws , I still fear to precipitate any alteration , lest it should have the effect of prejudicing the people against that system which I hope to see yet accom- plished , of a free trade in corn under due and proper ...
Page viii
... Corn Laws , relied upon a single statement , which he cut out of a speech ( that had been delivered in 1830 under extraordinary circum- stances ) , to prove that Huskisson was in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws . It was the last ...
... Corn Laws , relied upon a single statement , which he cut out of a speech ( that had been delivered in 1830 under extraordinary circum- stances ) , to prove that Huskisson was in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws . It was the last ...
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... but increasing proportion- ately to the increment of population ? " 1 It had been held that an influx of gold would have an extravagant Now it so happens that just before the Corn Laws 4 FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION .
... but increasing proportion- ately to the increment of population ? " 1 It had been held that an influx of gold would have an extravagant Now it so happens that just before the Corn Laws 4 FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION .
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action agricultural labourers artificial demand assert become free-traders Bonamy Price British manufacturer capital causation cause Chartist cheap bread cheaper Cobden commercial competition consequences consumer Corn Laws cost of transit cultivation currency demand for labour depression destroy distress duties effect England existence export trade fact factor farmers favourable fluctuation forces foreign markets free imports free intercourse free-trade policy gain high price home markets Huskisson increased induced industries influence intercourse in corn interest John Bright labouring classes landlords Lord Overstone manu means monopoly nations natural operation opinion period perity political predicted present price of bread price of corn price of wheat principle of free produce profits progress prosperity protection protectionists question railway reduced reforms remunerative repeal result Richard Cobden rivals selfish Sir Robert Peel soil sources stimulate supply surrounding conditions system of free tendency Thorold Rogers tion trade in corn unequal universal free trade wages William Huskisson