The policy of self help. Suggestions towards the consolidation of the empire and the defence of its industries and commerce

[IMPORTATION]. ECROYD, W. Farrer

Published by Hamilton, Adams and Co., London, 1879

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v, 25pp. Stitched, as issued. Central vertical fold. A trifle dust-soiled, scattered foxing, ink-stamp of the Webster Collection to verso of final leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'With the author's compliments'. The first edition, in original state, of two letters, initially printed in the Bradford Observer, by William Farrer Ecroyd (1827-1915). A worsted manufacturer by trade, Ecroyd was in the late 1870s severely impacted by foreign â " and especially French - competition. As a result he became one of the more considered critics of free trade and an articulate exponent of the alternative principle of 'fair trade'. The present pamphlet argues that a British policy of free trade would only find success, and be met with reciprocity from other nations, if Britain were to impose duties on foreign imports, whilst at the same time allowing for free imports from the colonies (on the federal model of the United States), thus strengthening the empire and preventing Britain's decline to the rank of third-rate power. Dom Raymund Webster (1880-1957), librarian of Benedictine monastery of Downside Abbey, Somerset, responsible for greatly expanding upon the efforts of his predecessor Edmund Bishop (1846-1917), including the introduction of secular and profane works to complement Bishops' sacred and devotional texts. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # AQ24972

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Title: The policy of self help. Suggestions towards...

Publisher: Hamilton, Adams and Co., London

Publication Date: 1879

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition.