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... depression with a low price . This is Huskisson's evidence : " A spirit of over- speculation and over - trading ... depressed the price of corn in the home - market , it would only lead to a further aggra- vation of our difficulties and ...
... depression with a low price . This is Huskisson's evidence : " A spirit of over- speculation and over - trading ... depressed the price of corn in the home - market , it would only lead to a further aggra- vation of our difficulties and ...
Page xii
... depressed - in spite , too , of the removal of the greatest burden upon the land , the destruction of the game that ate up its produce . Contrast this depression ( predicted xii PREFACE .
... depressed - in spite , too , of the removal of the greatest burden upon the land , the destruction of the game that ate up its produce . Contrast this depression ( predicted xii PREFACE .
Page xiii
Richard Gill. ate up its produce . Contrast this depression ( predicted by the protectionists ) with the promises attending a free intercourse in corn . We were to grow , instead of 16,000,000 quarters , 20,000,000 quarters . There was ...
Richard Gill. ate up its produce . Contrast this depression ( predicted by the protectionists ) with the promises attending a free intercourse in corn . We were to grow , instead of 16,000,000 quarters , 20,000,000 quarters . There was ...
Page xix
... depression 314 38. The construction of a 66 ' political power " out of monopoly 321 39. It is more important for the labourer to regard himself as a producer than as a consumer 328 INDEX 334 FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION . CHAPTER I. THE ...
... depression 314 38. The construction of a 66 ' political power " out of monopoly 321 39. It is more important for the labourer to regard himself as a producer than as a consumer 328 INDEX 334 FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION . CHAPTER I. THE ...
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... a commercial depres- sion1 which is assuming symptoms of an increasingly 1 " The depression in trade has ceased to be a mere oscillation , and chronic character , is proved to be the immediate conse- 2 FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION .
... a commercial depres- sion1 which is assuming symptoms of an increasingly 1 " The depression in trade has ceased to be a mere oscillation , and chronic character , is proved to be the immediate conse- 2 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