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... LABOUR . 3. The results of unequal competition . 4. British labour displaced by foreign produce , and not other- wise consumed , directly prevents the labouring classes from acquiring that " plenty " which it is the object of free trade ...
... LABOUR . 3. The results of unequal competition . 4. British labour displaced by foreign produce , and not other- wise consumed , directly prevents the labouring classes from acquiring that " plenty " which it is the object of free trade ...
Page xvi
... LABOUR GENERALLY . 11. Cobden's factors for the future price of corn 101 · 12. Cobden's relation to the abundance which followed free imports of corn • 13. The actual factors in the determination of the future price of corn • 106 • 114 ...
... LABOUR GENERALLY . 11. Cobden's factors for the future price of corn 101 · 12. Cobden's relation to the abundance which followed free imports of corn • 13. The actual factors in the determination of the future price of corn • 106 • 114 ...
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... labour of the people . But he neglected the influence of railway extension upon labour . He did not inquire how far the railways would consume not only the labour then unoc- cupied , but that also which would be displaced by any ...
... labour of the people . But he neglected the influence of railway extension upon labour . He did not inquire how far the railways would consume not only the labour then unoc- cupied , but that also which would be displaced by any ...
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... labour and capital from less to more remunerative channels.1 But neither of these beliefs must blind you to the fact that there is a certain period - which may be called the transition period - ere these most desirable of all results ...
... labour and capital from less to more remunerative channels.1 But neither of these beliefs must blind you to the fact that there is a certain period - which may be called the transition period - ere these most desirable of all results ...
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... labour , and with reference to an increase of wages brought about by an increased demand for labour , -ingloriously attempted to rob his favourite principle of what he considered to be its sole merit . may further be remarked , that ...
... labour , and with reference to an increase of wages brought about by an increased demand for labour , -ingloriously attempted to rob his favourite principle of what he considered to be its sole merit . may further be remarked , that ...
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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