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Page v
... protected " for the purposes of State revenue . Now there were certain steps in the process of making trade more free under the system of protec- tion , very liable to be overlooked . The first was the subversion of the policy of ...
... protected " for the purposes of State revenue . Now there were certain steps in the process of making trade more free under the system of protec- tion , very liable to be overlooked . The first was the subversion of the policy of ...
Page x
... protection- ists with preaching the democratic doctrine , that ques- tions of the highest policy ought to be decided by the people . Now the fact is , that the free - trade agitation ( and we have it on the authority both of Cobden and ...
... protection- ists with preaching the democratic doctrine , that ques- tions of the highest policy ought to be decided by the people . Now the fact is , that the free - trade agitation ( and we have it on the authority both of Cobden and ...
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... protection and star- vation " 86 262 92 CHAPTER V. THE DIRECT EFFECT OF FREE TRADE UPON AGRICULTURE : ITS REMOTE EFFECT UPON LABOUR GENERALLY . 11. Cobden's factors for the future price of corn 101 ยท 12. Cobden's relation to the ...
... protection and star- vation " 86 262 92 CHAPTER V. THE DIRECT EFFECT OF FREE TRADE UPON AGRICULTURE : ITS REMOTE EFFECT UPON LABOUR GENERALLY . 11. Cobden's factors for the future price of corn 101 ยท 12. Cobden's relation to the ...
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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