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Page v
... Huskisson stood pre- eminent as the first of our commercial reformers . The repeal of the Corn Laws inaugurated an entirely new policy . The principle of free trade , instead of being controlled by the protective system , was left to ...
... Huskisson stood pre- eminent as the first of our commercial reformers . The repeal of the Corn Laws inaugurated an entirely new policy . The principle of free trade , instead of being controlled by the protective system , was left to ...
Page vi
... Huskisson's reforms . He replaced a system of monopoly ( where acting injuriously to the national interests ) by one ... Huskisson's time as to the nature of his reforms . That confusion arose - either from the immediate misconception of ...
... Huskisson's reforms . He replaced a system of monopoly ( where acting injuriously to the national interests ) by one ... Huskisson's time as to the nature of his reforms . That confusion arose - either from the immediate misconception of ...
Page vii
... Huskisson's innovations . He was charged with being a free - trader in the abstract . This he repudiated in language both clear and distinct . free - traders claimed him as one of their adherents . replied that " his free trade " did ...
... Huskisson's innovations . He was charged with being a free - trader in the abstract . This he repudiated in language both clear and distinct . free - traders claimed him as one of their adherents . replied that " his free trade " did ...
Page viii
... Huskisson with reference to the 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 ...
... Huskisson with reference to the 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 ...
Page ix
... Huskisson was a free - trader . How ? Not by a close examination of his work , but by taking a superficial and prejudiced view of it . Circumstances in Cobden's days were favourable to the success of this faulty means . There had always ...
... Huskisson was a free - trader . How ? Not by a close examination of his work , but by taking a superficial and prejudiced view of it . Circumstances in Cobden's days were favourable to the success of this faulty means . There had always ...
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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