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Page 50
... profits get smaller and smaller , but the quantity of his goods is reduced . The free - trade merchant , there- fore ... profit to him- self . We are thus arriving at the third period , in which he will have to propose a reduction of his ...
... profits get smaller and smaller , but the quantity of his goods is reduced . The free - trade merchant , there- fore ... profit to him- self . We are thus arriving at the third period , in which he will have to propose a reduction of his ...
Page 63
... came out of the manufacturer's profits . But he never tells us on whom they finally fell - the foreign consumers of English manufactures . picture drawn by Cobden , of the working man feeding FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION . 63.
... came out of the manufacturer's profits . But he never tells us on whom they finally fell - the foreign consumers of English manufactures . picture drawn by Cobden , of the working man feeding FREE TRADE UNDER PROTECTION . 63.
Page 64
... profits than the farmer and landlord . Besides , they acquired a much larger revenue , as attested by David Hume in a letter to Tur- got : " Je suis persuadé qu'en France et en Angleterre les revenues de cette nature sont beaucoup plus ...
... profits than the farmer and landlord . Besides , they acquired a much larger revenue , as attested by David Hume in a letter to Tur- got : " Je suis persuadé qu'en France et en Angleterre les revenues de cette nature sont beaucoup plus ...
Page 69
... profit of the manufacturer was the sole motive which impelled him to sacrifice for a time the interest of the landowner , and with the landowner that of the tenant - farmers , and with the tenant - farmers that of the agricultural ...
... profit of the manufacturer was the sole motive which impelled him to sacrifice for a time the interest of the landowner , and with the landowner that of the tenant - farmers , and with the tenant - farmers that of the agricultural ...
Page 70
... profits , and by cheapening the labourers ' loaf . This was clearly the intention of Cobden and the manufacturers . What was the fact ? Wages rose , bread remained nearly at the same average price till 1860 , and profits were greatly ...
... profits , and by cheapening the labourers ' loaf . This was clearly the intention of Cobden and the manufacturers . What was the fact ? Wages rose , bread remained nearly at the same average price till 1860 , and profits were greatly ...
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abundance action agricultural labourers argued artificial demand assert Bonamy Price British manufacturer capital causation cause Chartist cheap bread cheaper Cobden commercial competition conclusion consequences consumers Corn Laws corn-growing cost of transit course Crown 8vo cultivation demand for labour depression distress duties Edition effect England existence fact factor favourable Fcap force foreign markets free imports free intercourse free-trade policy free-trade principle gain high price Huskisson increased induced industries influence intercourse in corn J. G. Lockhart John Bright labouring classes landlords manu manufac means merchants nations natural operation period political present price of bread price of corn price of wheat principle of free produce Professor profits progress prosperity protection protectionists question railway reduced reform remunerative rents repeal result Richard Cobden selfish Sir Robert Peel stimulate supply surrounding conditions system of free tendency tion trade in corn universal free trade University of Edinburgh vols wages wheat William Huskisson
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