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F. R. SPARK

... for flour for his household 1887 and 1888. nearly 10 years after tbe abolition the Com Laws.) In just rcfcrrred to. price of wheat was 48a per quarter, the Corn Laws notwithstanding ; but and 1868 the was 64a and 88s. »d. rvsoectivelv; but even thewo pnoes ...

THE BRITISH FARMER

... THE BRITISH FARMER After the repeal of the Corn Laws, and for the succeeding half-century, when wheat began to pour into England'from Russia, Hungary, the Lnited States, California, and other countries, and prices fell lower and lower, Hntish landlords ...

Published: Thursday 02 November 1911
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 235 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A CHURCHMAN

... A CHURCHMAN. KcndaJ, February IS. THE CORN LAWS AND THE PRICE OF BREAD. the Editor The Yorkshire Post. Sir.—ln to-day'a ia>ue your Mr. Kddiaou. of Loedr. doe* the favour my Inter in.«t., and makes atatement whieti needs great deal qualification. the first ...

SUGGESTED MUNICIPAL WELCOME TO THE

... after Corn Laws were imposed ito before: the average price afrer bring its. Bd., against 3d. before. Again, this Corn Law of 1815 continued until 1842. which was the climax tho period of Corn Law agitation «f ...

A LESSON FROM THE PAST

... the abolition tho Corn Laws, ignoring the application of steam power to ships and machinery ar.d the extension of railways throughout the world. had what all the world required, and Free Trade or Protection, Com Laws or no Corn Laws, our ...

SIR HUGH BELL

... reminded the members of the Free Trade Conference at the Caxton Hall this afternoon that he was born before Peel repealed the Corn Laws. His speech, however much one may have disagreed with it economically and politically, was an amazing achievement for a man ...

Published: Friday 30 May 1930
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 103 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

RELIGION AND POLITICS

... been taught their politics through their religion. An admirer though he was of + he abolition of the com laws, he was glad it was not the corn laws, but religious liberty that brought Wales into politics. The nation whose politics were based upon principle ...

Published: Tuesday 19 October 1909
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE RADICAL LAND NOSTRUMS. MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S DELUSIONS

... Housing Council, Mr. Lloyd George said no problem which had been submitted a Government to the country since the days of tho Corn Laws would have profound an effect upon the condition the the programme which the Minister submitted on Tuesday. would a complete ...

OURS

... at such a time was an adventure, for not only was England in the throes of a depression due to the harsh operation of the Corn Laws, but Derby already had two weealy papers. More than 80 years later both these rivals were absorbed by the Advertiser. ...

AND THE FISCALITIS MICROBE

... swell and creating in them love for garish finery and Imperialistic trappings. Protection would bring back the dark days the Corn Laws, and in even more iniquitous form. A BRADFORD DEBATE ...

Published: Tuesday 26 January 1904
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 6 | Tags: none