Cries in a crisis for statesmanship popular and patriotic to test and contest free-trade in our manufactures. With an appendix containing the French treaty, the French shipping bounty scheme, and many illustrative extracts |
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... enter- tained whether this latter kind of occupation for the people is not nationally more desirable than the indoor work which the fibre manufactures give . There is more of it done by men , and in the Sugar - refining Trade . 3 open ...
... enter- tained whether this latter kind of occupation for the people is not nationally more desirable than the indoor work which the fibre manufactures give . There is more of it done by men , and in the Sugar - refining Trade . 3 open ...
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... entering France altogether , are now to be admitted on duties not ex- ceeding 30 per cent . on their value . " [ To any one acquainted , e.g. , with the sugar - trade , it is as amusing as it is sorrowful to behold , among the articles ...
... entering France altogether , are now to be admitted on duties not ex- ceeding 30 per cent . on their value . " [ To any one acquainted , e.g. , with the sugar - trade , it is as amusing as it is sorrowful to behold , among the articles ...
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... enter upon new relations . I have been seeking to form arrangements by which these two countries shall be united together in mutual bonds of dependence [ a strange aim ! ] and , I hope , of future peace . . . . What I confess , as an ...
... enter upon new relations . I have been seeking to form arrangements by which these two countries shall be united together in mutual bonds of dependence [ a strange aim ! ] and , I hope , of future peace . . . . What I confess , as an ...
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... entering upon a policy of war . " Allusion will be made further on to strength for war purposes which shipping bounties are now proposed in order to secure . May I here interject an expression of regret that the reciprocal depend- ence ...
... entering upon a policy of war . " Allusion will be made further on to strength for war purposes which shipping bounties are now proposed in order to secure . May I here interject an expression of regret that the reciprocal depend- ence ...
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... and cheap iron to dear . When that time comes none of those obstacles to which I have referred will prevent the United States from entering on a sound policy of negotiators . fiscal and commercial legislation ; but with respect.
... and cheap iron to dear . When that time comes none of those obstacles to which I have referred will prevent the United States from entering on a sound policy of negotiators . fiscal and commercial legislation ; but with respect.
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Էջ 128 - The only case in which, on mere principles of political economy, protecting duties can be defensible, is when they are imposed temporarily (especially in a young and rising nation) in hopes of naturalizing a foreign industry, in itself perfectly suitable to the circumstances of the country.
Էջ 126 - As defence however, is of much more importance than opulence the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.
Էջ 126 - There may be good policy in retaliations of this kind, when there is a probability that they will procure the repeal of the high duties or prohibitions complained of. The recovery of a great foreign market will generally more than compensate the transitory inconveniency of paying dearer during a short time for some sorts of goods.
Էջ 126 - There seem, however, to be two cases in which it will generally be advantageous to lay some burden upon foreign for the encouragement of domestic industry. The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.
Էջ 137 - Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Էջ 127 - A country cannot be expected to renounce the power of taxing foreigners, unless foreigners will in return practise towards itself the same forbearance. The only mode in which a country can save itself from being a loser by the revenue duties imposed by other countries on its commodities, is to impose corresponding revenues duties on theirs.
Էջ 128 - A protecting duty, continued for a reasonable time, will sometimes be the least inconvenient mode in which the nation can tax itself for the support of such an experiment.
Էջ 163 - T. AND A. CoNSTABLE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN AND To THE UNIVERSITY.
Էջ 142 - In case neither party gives notice, twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years, of its intention...
Էջ 125 - By means of such regulations, indeed, a particular manufacture may sometimes be acquired sooner than it could have been otherwise, and after a certain time may be made at home as cheap or cheaper than in the foreign country.