The Free-trade Movement and Its Results

Adam Smith adopted advantage agitation agricultural amount argument bounties Britain British butter Canada capital causes cent century Chartists cheap circumstances classes Cobden Colonies commerce competition consumers consumption corn Corn-laws cost cotton decline defence demand distress doctrine economic effect employment England exchange exports fact farmers farming favour federation foreign trade France Free-trade freedom gained Germany gold Government home industry House of Commons imports imposed increased India interests John Bright labour land League legislation Lord Lord John Russell loss machinery manufactures markets means ment mercantilist methods millions monopoly nations natural Parliament Peel period political population ports principle produce profits progress prohibitive prosperity Protectionist protective duties quarter raw materials reduced reform rents repeal restrictions revenue secure Sir Robert Peel suffered sugar supply tariff taxation tion treaty United Kingdom wages wealth Wealth of Nations wheat wool woollen Zollverein