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Page viii
Richard Gill. Thus Huskisson was in reality no man's friend . His own party feared him as a reformer , they regarded his schemes with alarm ; while the free - traders made it appear as if Huskisson was one with them on the matter of ...
Richard Gill. Thus Huskisson was in reality no man's friend . His own party feared him as a reformer , they regarded his schemes with alarm ; while the free - traders made it appear as if Huskisson was one with them on the matter of ...
Page ix
... 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 the opinions of great men were ...
... 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 the opinions of great men were ...
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... party . In the instance of the Catholic emancipa- tion it was the Tory party who offended . In the case of the Reform Bill it was the House of Lords which ob- structed the growing liberties of the people . So on the occasion of the Corn ...
... party . In the instance of the Catholic emancipa- tion it was the Tory party who offended . In the case of the Reform Bill it was the House of Lords which ob- structed the growing liberties of the people . So on the occasion of the Corn ...
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... party , which became incorporated into the Radical section of the great Liberal party , thought it might be prolonged without any harm accruing therefrom . suppose that even free - traders will not deny that this " short - sighted ...
... party , which became incorporated into the Radical section of the great Liberal party , thought it might be prolonged without any harm accruing therefrom . suppose that even free - traders will not deny that this " short - sighted ...
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... parties would be gainers by the change , and in spite of the apparent simplicity of the new policy , the neighbours of the free- traders came to the conclusion that the importance of home manufactures was very great ; and therefore ...
... parties would be gainers by the change , and in spite of the apparent simplicity of the new policy , the neighbours of the free- traders came to the conclusion that the importance of home manufactures was very great ; and therefore ...
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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