Report and List of Members ...Cobden Club., 1894 |
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... pound loaf , the lowest price previously having been 2 d . FRANCE . There is no such mitigation as this in France , where the price of wheat is sustained above the outside level by Protective duties , and where , as reported by the ...
... pound loaf , the lowest price previously having been 2 d . FRANCE . There is no such mitigation as this in France , where the price of wheat is sustained above the outside level by Protective duties , and where , as reported by the ...
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... pound sterling ; it also represents the wage for one day of a farm labourer , as it did 20 years ago . The other is the rupee , containing 165 grains of pure silver , and is also a token coin , and was the equivalent of the tenth of a pound ...
... pound sterling ; it also represents the wage for one day of a farm labourer , as it did 20 years ago . The other is the rupee , containing 165 grains of pure silver , and is also a token coin , and was the equivalent of the tenth of a pound ...
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... pound for sugar , and 3s . a pound for tea ? When people talked about increasing the commerce of the country by raising prices they seemed to ignore the principles upon which the Free Trade agitation was founded . He congratulated two ...
... pound for sugar , and 3s . a pound for tea ? When people talked about increasing the commerce of the country by raising prices they seemed to ignore the principles upon which the Free Trade agitation was founded . He congratulated two ...
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... pounds in corrupting the politicians of America in order that they might advance the cause of British Free Trade . The Club never thought of such a thing . They could not have done it had they desired ; but that proved the immense ...
... pounds in corrupting the politicians of America in order that they might advance the cause of British Free Trade . The Club never thought of such a thing . They could not have done it had they desired ; but that proved the immense ...
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... pounds in America . " He replied that the Club had very little money to spend and did not spend any in America , but it had wasted a little there . ( Laughter . ) He gave his friend the address of the secretary of the Club , and ...
... pounds in America . " He replied that the Club had very little money to spend and did not spend any in America , but it had wasted a little there . ( Laughter . ) He gave his friend the address of the secretary of the Club , and ...
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13 copies abroad agitation appreciation of gold armaments awarded Bart bi-metallism British Free Trade C. S. SALMON Cassell & Company cent CHAIRMAN COBDEN CLUB LEAFLETS Colonies Committee condition Congress cultivation Dadabhai Naoroji DAVID CHADWICK depression disarmament economic Fair Trade favour Fisher Unwin foreign Four years ago France French G. W. MEDLEY GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE GEORGE W glad ground values honorary I. S. LEADAM Imperial Federation League imports industry J. W. PROBYN John land in Essex legislation Léon Say London Lord Playfair Martin Wood McKinley Méline tariff Mother Country nations opponents pound present Price 3d principle of Free prize production proposals prosperity Protectionist resolutions Protective duties Protective Tariffs PROVAND question raise the prices Reciprocity Reform regard Richard Cobden Scotch farmers Scotch immigrants silver Sir T. H. FARRER Sugar T. B. POTTER taxation THOMAS HANBURY token coin U.S. America United W. E. BAXTER W. E. GLADSTONE wheat Yves Guyot
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Сторінка 19 - It reads thus : Whereas the stability and progress of the British Empire can be best assured by drawing continually closer the bands which unite the Colonies with the Mother Country, and by the continuous growth of a practical sympathy and co-operation in all that pertains to the common welfare ; and Whereas this co-operation and unity can in no way be more effectually promoted than by the cultivation and extension of the mutual and profitable interchange of...
Сторінка 25 - Cambridgeshire and of other hon. Gentlemen opposite — I believe the hon. Member for Cambridgeshire has shed tears on the subject — is sheer prejudice on this question — that as Free-traders we mean low prices for everything. Now, what we want is abundance. We do not say that Free Trade necessarily brings low prices. It is possible with increased quantities still to advance prices ; for it is possible that the country may be so prosperous under Free Trade, that whilst you have a greater quantity...