... THE CORN LAWS AND THE PRICE OF FOOD. the Editor The Yorkshire Post Sir.—ln the recent- elections the opponent* tariff reform have often cited high prices of 1839, 1846-7, and in 1868, as example* of the effect corn duties. The public are not aware that ...

... THE ENGLISH CORN LAWS. THEIR AIM AND HISTORY A lecture oil 44 Modern History of English Rural Life: Agriculture under the Com Law a, 44 *as given Dr. A. G. Ru.ton, of Leeds University, before the Darlington Chamber of Agriculture yesterday. Mr. H. L. ...

... Mr. Chamberlain's statement to tlte effect of the repeal the Corn Laws on price of wheat, said he thought every school boy knew that although the Act- of Parliament, repealing lite Corn Laws was passed 1846 the repeal was not take effect and did not take ...

... continuance tho Corn Laws. There is difficulty in disproving the remaining assertion, that Cora Laws have always been cause of dearness bread. such a statement were true, tbe price wheat would necessarily invariably higher while tho Corn ...

... UiDAUI ERNEST. LTD.. Ofi COMMERCIAL STREET. LEEDS, corn Fl RRIERA LAWS* TRILOBA, ...

... That I can well understand, hut the potato famine was not result of the Corn lAWS. (Laughter.) Nor was the price of bread the time of the potato famine the result the Corn Laws or of the legislation which followed. (Cheers.) I ask you now to consider ...

... of the Corn Laws, forced on by the failure the potato crop and the Irish famine; the old Duke of Wellington, always obeying that the repeal of the Corn Laws would mean the ruin of the landed interests. There was Cobden—the leader of the Corn ...

... repeal of the Corn Laws is to merit ostracism for life, how comes it that Mr Bright adopted Mr Gladstone for a leader, and accepted office under him It was not until the eleventh hour that M r Gladstone gave in his adhesion to Corn Law repeal, and once ...

... statement that it was a mistake to say the repeal the Corn lawn produced immediately any reduction in the prico of bread. investigation, however, lie found that the averago for the five years repeal the Corn Laws was Sd. per quarter, and the average of j the ...

... whole agricultural interest without protection. You will never get into the markers of the continent whether you repeal the Corn Laws not.” Lord Melbourne. ...

... 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 ...

... whom (Mr Lockwood) had mentioned, mid to the chagrin of the Conservative party, the Corn Laws were repealed Sir Frederick Milner no told the people York that the Corn Laws were repealed by the Conservatives; but this very time his principal speaker, Lowlber ...