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Page xi
... bread , and not from below . It had to be made to appear that this free trade was all in favour of the working classes . Let us see how this was done . " Was there ever prosperity with high price of bread ? ” asked Cobden , and answered ...
... bread , and not from below . It had to be made to appear that this free trade was all in favour of the working classes . Let us see how this was done . " Was there ever prosperity with high price of bread ? ” asked Cobden , and answered ...
Page xv
... . The sudden rises in the price of wheat due to speculation 7. The " natural " protection to corn · 8. Cheap bread and the object of the Manchester school 887 59 68 • 77 CHAPTER IV . COBDEN AND BRITISH AGRICULTURE . 9. Cobden.
... . The sudden rises in the price of wheat due to speculation 7. The " natural " protection to corn · 8. Cheap bread and the object of the Manchester school 887 59 68 • 77 CHAPTER IV . COBDEN AND BRITISH AGRICULTURE . 9. Cobden.
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... BREAD IS RAISED IN PRICE IN ORDER THAT RENTS MAY BE INCREASED " THE MEANS COBDEN USED TO EFFECT A FREE - TRADE POLICY " EVIL , " BUT THE END HE PROPOSED WAS GOOD " -COBDEN DID NOT INCLUDE ALL FACTORS IN DETERMINATION OF DISTRESS . " 6 ...
... BREAD IS RAISED IN PRICE IN ORDER THAT RENTS MAY BE INCREASED " THE MEANS COBDEN USED TO EFFECT A FREE - TRADE POLICY " EVIL , " BUT THE END HE PROPOSED WAS GOOD " -COBDEN DID NOT INCLUDE ALL FACTORS IN DETERMINATION OF DISTRESS . " 6 ...
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... bread was dear wages were low ; and vice versa , that when bread became cheap wages rose to their highest point . " Only make bread cheap , " they cried , and we will compete more successfully than we have ever yet done with the world ...
... bread was dear wages were low ; and vice versa , that when bread became cheap wages rose to their highest point . " Only make bread cheap , " they cried , and we will compete more successfully than we have ever yet done with the world ...
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... that the increased price of bread came out of the manufacturer's profits . Hence , to lower the price of corn meant to enlarge the manufacturers ' profits ! Laws . And it is curious to observe that no 12 FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION .
... that the increased price of bread came out of the manufacturer's profits . Hence , to lower the price of corn meant to enlarge the manufacturers ' profits ! Laws . And it is curious to observe that no 12 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