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... cost of transit ; and the increased amount of gold in circulation , by tending to increase to the normal , a consumption which had fallen below it . It will be perceived , therefore , that neither of these causes of increased trade ...
... cost of transit ; and the increased amount of gold in circulation , by tending to increase to the normal , a consumption which had fallen below it . It will be perceived , therefore , that neither of these causes of increased trade ...
Page 33
... cost than their neighbours . In the hope of crushing their rivals , these merchants proposed that all previous taxes upon merchandise- and food was regarded as the chief of raw productions -should be abrogated , and they succeeded in ...
... cost than their neighbours . In the hope of crushing their rivals , these merchants proposed that all previous taxes upon merchandise- and food was regarded as the chief of raw productions -should be abrogated , and they succeeded in ...
Page 48
... cost of the trans- mission of goods by the railway . The railway , indeed , must needs have its proper share . The share received by the railway proprietors during the first period of the free - trade merchant's career was not a ...
... cost of the trans- mission of goods by the railway . The railway , indeed , must needs have its proper share . The share received by the railway proprietors during the first period of the free - trade merchant's career was not a ...
Page 49
... cost of transit . It is excessive . But why excessive ? It is excessive because at its present high level he cannot ... cost of transit damps the ardour of the merchant , and acts directly in causing a smaller production of goods . The ...
... cost of transit . It is excessive . But why excessive ? It is excessive because at its present high level he cannot ... cost of transit damps the ardour of the merchant , and acts directly in causing a smaller production of goods . The ...
Page 51
... cost of free- trade labour being too dear . While all else is cheap ( there are but few exceptions ) , labour remains dear1 in 1 The reader will recall the great increase in the rate of wages , ex- cepting agricultural , about the year ...
... cost of free- trade labour being too dear . While all else is cheap ( there are but few exceptions ) , labour remains dear1 in 1 The reader will recall the great increase in the rate of wages , ex- cepting agricultural , about the year ...
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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