... Cobdenites never mention it . The Corn Laws were not enacted till 1815 . What was tho price of wheat from 1800 to 1814 ? It was £ 4 , 10 s . 7 d . per quarter , when there was no duty on imports ; but after tho Corn Laws wero passed the price fell . From ...

... , why did the people of this country rebel before the repeal of the Corn Laws ? Lord TuUibardine—Because they pnfc the . distress under which , thoy lived down to , the Corn !; Laws instead of the system of government and franchise . then-in vogue ; ...

... genius . Wnr-n he found that Sir Robert Peel , returned v > power as an upholder of Protection and themaintenance of the Corn Laws was adopting -the ienets of ike- Free Traders , he not onlv broke with him definitel y , but set himsri ; with unsparing ...

... Council , Mr Lloyd George said no programme which had beon submitted by a Government to the country since the days of the Corn Laws would have so profound an effect upon the condition of the people as the programme which the Prime Minister submitted on ...

... to . araic ; Secondly , his -ever ready help m stormy times as first lieutenant to Sir Robert Feel in the repeal of the Corn -Laws ; and , thirdlyhis administration under different Prime Ministers of the Admiraltv , especially at the time of the Crimean ...

... demand : cheaper labour . Undoubtedly-it was anticipated that the value . of land would fall after the repeal of . tho Corn , Laws . Tho ' sp . democratic leaders overlooked the primary element of life , national life , namely—that agriculture is the ...

... many who , like myself , have lived through the increasing prosperity that came after the passing of the Repeal of the Corn Laws , that no one has yet taken the trouble to examine the combination of wonderful influences in in , it epoch tending to ...

... —Yonr readers are no doubt . familiar -with the history of the Anti-Corn Law agitation , -which culminated in the adoption of Free Trade . The agitation for the Tepeal of the Corn Laws was engineered and sustained by the cotton manufacturers of Lancashire ...

... agriculture . From , that timo- ' agriculture slumbered in England , and it was not until , by the aid of tho Anti-Corn Law League , the Corn Law was utterly abolished that , agriculture sprang up to tho full vigour of existence in England , to beooiao vrhat ...

... lling him , for compulsory powers are to be used—to risk lioavy losses on tho chance of a strictly limited profit . The Corn Laws were abolished because they made food dear artificially for tho benefit of tho farmer . Now , it seemsfood is k > be made ...

... supremacy • was created under the influence of the navigation laws , which gave a system of Protection of the most . igorous sort that existed in the world , and at the time the Corn Laws were - abolished our ahafe of the trade of the world was greater ...

... Radicals remain in power . . ( Cheers . ) He pointed to the decline of pauperism and the death-rate since ihe ^ aboltion of the Corn Laws , and said that Free Trade was not only a good economist and a good housewife , but a better doctor . • ¦ ( Cheers . ) ¦ ...