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... favour of the producer , and a recovery in prices follows . I retain an implicit faith in the British workman . If he will but do himself justice , he is as capable as he ever was of holding his own against the world . While , however ...
... favour of the producer , and a recovery in prices follows . I retain an implicit faith in the British workman . If he will but do himself justice , he is as capable as he ever was of holding his own against the world . While , however ...
Page 9
... favour of India amounted to 388,500,000l . sterling ; and in the earlier years of the period under review this enormous deficit in our exports , as com- pared with our imports , was covered by remittances . of silver . During the latter ...
... favour of India amounted to 388,500,000l . sterling ; and in the earlier years of the period under review this enormous deficit in our exports , as com- pared with our imports , was covered by remittances . of silver . During the latter ...
Page 45
... favour of a policy of restricted production were mand for doubtless supported by very powerful arguments ; produc- but I hold that it is inexpedient and inconsistent on their part to concern themselves directly in questions relating to ...
... favour of a policy of restricted production were mand for doubtless supported by very powerful arguments ; produc- but I hold that it is inexpedient and inconsistent on their part to concern themselves directly in questions relating to ...
Page 53
... favour the conclusion that factory labour when calculated by a fixed period , as an hour , and not by a period of varying duration , as a day or week , will be found to cost about 20 per cent . more in America than in England . ' With ...
... favour the conclusion that factory labour when calculated by a fixed period , as an hour , and not by a period of varying duration , as a day or week , will be found to cost about 20 per cent . more in America than in England . ' With ...
Page 58
... favour of steam , the American factories will have to be built in closer proximity to the coal fields than at present . ' The falling off in the aggregate exports of British cotton manufactures in the last two years is confined to the ...
... favour of steam , the American factories will have to be built in closer proximity to the coal fields than at present . ' The falling off in the aggregate exports of British cotton manufactures in the last two years is confined to the ...
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