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The Library of Commerce; Sketch of the commercial intercourse of the world with China. J.C. Platt, History of the British corn laws. Charles Mackay, ... of the Mississippi scheme and the South se - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...Act to permit the free Interchange of every Species of Grain between Great Britain and Ireland." Ireland had been previously treated as a colony, but this act placed her on an equality with other parts of the kingdom, and, for oats, has rendered Ireland the granary of England. In 1838 nearly two million quarters (1,948,380) of oats and oatmeal were imported into Great Britain from Ireland, and the supply is yearly increasing: the imports of wheat from the sister kingdom have been gradually diminishing since 1832, when the quantity was 552,741 quarters. CHAPTER VII. SIXTH PERIOD. FROM 1815 TO 1822. The new importation act of 1815--Average prices of the previous year--Popular commotion--Appeal to military force--Protest of the minority against the passage of the bill--Restrictive character of the act--Regulation of prices, and their fluctuating character--Fjesh proposals in Parliament--Huskisson's resolutions, &c--New project of the Committee in 1821--Plans for the alleviation of the agricultural distress in 1822--Advance of wages--Proposition for an exchequer loan of £100,000, by Lord Londonderry The corn-law of 1815 originated in the desire to preserve, during a state of peace, the high rents and prices which had existed during the war. The war had been a period of scarcity, arising from various causes, and the real effect of this measure was to perpetuate the high prices and high rents by an artificial scarcity. On the 10th of June, 1814, a committee of the house of lords on the corn-trade was appointed, which made a brief report on the 27th, when the committee was instructed to examine witnesses in support of allegations contained in petitions presented to the house on the subject. The principal feature of the second report was the recommend...
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