Report and List of Members ...Cobden Club., 1894 |
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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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Page 19 - That this Conference records its belief in the advisability of a customs arrangement between Great Britain and her Colonies, by which trade within the Empire may, be placed on a more favourable footing than that which is carried on with foreign countries.
Page 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...
Page 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...