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... advance one interest at the expense of another in their own country . In other words , all the manufacturers indiscriminately could sacrifice agriculture with very good grace . For it was shown that protection was the bane of the ...
... advance one interest at the expense of another in their own country . In other words , all the manufacturers indiscriminately could sacrifice agriculture with very good grace . For it was shown that protection was the bane of the ...
Page 1
... causation of prosperity . - Let it be conceded , then , that under protection there was throughout an equal advance in our trade , and that free trade in con- A junction with other forces operated to effect that sudden rise.
... causation of prosperity . - Let it be conceded , then , that under protection there was throughout an equal advance in our trade , and that free trade in con- A junction with other forces operated to effect that sudden rise.
Page 8
... advance the interests of all classes of the community - not for a time only , but for ever . In what way was this righteousness to become manifested ? In the destruction of foreign manu- factures ! Afterwards , free trade is found ...
... advance the interests of all classes of the community - not for a time only , but for ever . In what way was this righteousness to become manifested ? In the destruction of foreign manu- factures ! Afterwards , free trade is found ...
Page 16
... advance . There are several ways of attain- ing the same end . Some natural , others artificial ; the one set acting gradually , the other suddenly and disproportionately . Cobden be- lieved the true source of the regeneration of the ...
... advance . There are several ways of attain- ing the same end . Some natural , others artificial ; the one set acting gradually , the other suddenly and disproportionately . Cobden be- lieved the true source of the regeneration of the ...
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... advance in external markets , and actually receded in the home market , owing to the en- forced idleness of a larger or smaller number of labour- ers , production was consequently reduced till an equi- librium was effected between fresh ...
... advance in external markets , and actually receded in the home market , owing to the en- forced idleness of a larger or smaller number of labour- ers , production was consequently reduced till an equi- librium was effected between fresh ...
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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