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... that the question was decided by the people , -even more than this , that it has been irrevocably settled . But a little inquiry will lead to the conclusion that the manner of its decision was from above , emanating X PREFACE .
... that the question was decided by the people , -even more than this , that it has been irrevocably settled . But a little inquiry will lead to the conclusion that the manner of its decision was from above , emanating X PREFACE .
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... conclusions . Thus the chances of error in ascribing any particular degree of prosperity to this or that cause in combination with others are manifold . Of free trade we can only say this - that it caused some prosperity ; the precise ...
... conclusions . Thus the chances of error in ascribing any particular degree of prosperity to this or that cause in combination with others are manifold . Of free trade we can only say this - that it caused some prosperity ; the precise ...
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... believed he was working in the right groove , any one who has read his speeches closely would at first conclude that he very cleverly imposes upon his audience . If he was convinced that high FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION . 25.
... believed he was working in the right groove , any one who has read his speeches closely would at first conclude that he very cleverly imposes upon his audience . If he was convinced that high FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION . 25.
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... conclusion , therefore , must of necessity be unsound . It might refer to a part , but it could not explain the whole of the distress of that period . 1 Admit that the Corn Law did in the first instance increase rent , by maintaining ...
... conclusion , therefore , must of necessity be unsound . It might refer to a part , but it could not explain the whole of the distress of that period . 1 Admit that the Corn Law did in the first instance increase rent , by maintaining ...
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... conclusion . It was but a part of a large scheme which he contemplated , of making government more simple , less expensive , and more efficient . To us it seems that he completely ignored the economical aspect of many problems in his ...
... conclusion . It was but a part of a large scheme which he contemplated , of making government more simple , less expensive , and more efficient . To us it seems that he completely ignored the economical aspect of many problems in his ...
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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