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Page ix
... means . There had always been a party of men in sympathy with an absolute free- trade policy . Such would ever be ready to accept the slightest or any proof at all , so long as it advanced their ends . But there was another reason why ...
... means . There had always been a party of men in sympathy with an absolute free- trade policy . Such would ever be ready to accept the slightest or any proof at all , so long as it advanced their ends . But there was another reason why ...
Page xii
... means , to achieve his end . But if the pernicious Corn Law was the direct source of the loss of £ 2,000,000 to the corn merchant — a small section of an interest - what has been the effect of the want of that law upon the interest ...
... means , to achieve his end . But if the pernicious Corn Law was the direct source of the loss of £ 2,000,000 to the corn merchant — a small section of an interest - what has been the effect of the want of that law upon the interest ...
Page 3
... means to elude its disastrous influence are to be discovered in the fiscal system which presides over , or rather ... means of increasing the trade activity of our markets . And it is the opinion of many who have given much attention to ...
... means to elude its disastrous influence are to be discovered in the fiscal system which presides over , or rather ... means of increasing the trade activity of our markets . And it is the opinion of many who have given much attention to ...
Page 4
... means of its rapid exchange , and a stimulus to the flow of the medium by which that exchange is effected , must very soon have declined from the want of requisites to nourish it . And those requisites are— 1. Increased facilities in ...
... means of its rapid exchange , and a stimulus to the flow of the medium by which that exchange is effected , must very soon have declined from the want of requisites to nourish it . And those requisites are— 1. Increased facilities in ...
Page 6
... means of human calculation ; though its influence when in existence ought , it should seem to us , to have been taken into consideration . The gold discovery of 1850 was unforeseen ; and its power of stimulating enterprise did not at ...
... means of human calculation ; though its influence when in existence ought , it should seem to us , to have been taken into consideration . The gold discovery of 1850 was unforeseen ; and its power of stimulating enterprise did not at ...
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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