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    19th Century · English

    The Comedy of Protection

    George Hamilton

    The Comedy of Protection, by George Hamilton (1845–1909), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    129
    Variants
    129
    Genre
    Economics
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Preface, Iprose
    2. 02II. (1)prose
    3. 03III. (1)prose
    4. 04IV. (1)prose
    5. 05V.prose
    6. 06VI.prose
    7. 07VII.prose
    8. 08Book I: Fluctuations in the French Customs Tariff, Chapter I: Colbertism and Its Effectsprose
    9. 09Chapter II: From 1791 to 1814prose
    10. 10Chapter III: The Revenge of the éMigrésprose
    11. 11Chapter IV: The “Feudatories” of the July Governmentprose
    12. 12Chapter V: Universal Suffrage—rampant Protectionismprose
    13. 13Chapter VI: Cobden and the 1860 Treatyprose
    14. 14Chapter VII: Submission of the Republicans to the Fiscal Policy of Their Adversariesprose
    15. 15Chapter VIII: Results of the 1860 Treatiesprose
    16. 16Chapter IX: Economic Reaction of 1881prose
    17. 17Chapter X: Bargain Between Landlords and Manufacturersprose
    18. 18Chapter XI: Tariff Freedomprose
    19. 19Chapter XII: Breach in the Minimum Tariffprose
    20. 20Chapter XIII: Socialism and Dear Breadprose
    21. 21Chapter XIV: Deception, Chapter XV: The Panacea of Bimetallismprose
    22. 22Chapter XVI: Underselling in Winesprose
    23. 23Chapter XVII: Tariff War Between France and Italyprose
    24. 24Chapter XVIII: Bounties to the Merchant Serviceprose
    25. 25Chapter XIX: Sugar Bountiesprose
    26. 26Chapter XX: Import Bondsprose
    27. 27Chapter XXI: Temporary Admissionsprose
    28. 28Chapter XXII: Foreign Trade Between 1860 and 1903—France and Englandprose
    29. 29Second Period.prose
    30. 30Chapter XXIII: Thiers’ Agricultural Forecastsprose
    31. 31Chapter XXIV: Definite Results of the 1860 Treatyprose
    32. 32Chapter XXV: Reaction and the Protectionist Feverprose
    33. 33Book II: Protected and Restricted Industries, Chapter I: The Postulates of Protectionprose
    34. 34Chapter II: Relative Importance of Different Industriesprose
    35. 35I.—: Numerical Importance.prose
    36. 36Ii.—: Clothes and Underclothes.prose
    37. 37Iii.—: Protection and Linen Goods.prose
    38. 38V.—: Women’s Garments.prose
    39. 39Vi.—: Eloquence of the Prices.prose
    40. 40Vii.—: Millinery and Artificial Flowers.prose
    41. 41Chapter IV: The Textile Industries, Ii.—: Cotton.prose
    42. 42Iii.—: Linen.prose
    43. 43Iv.—: Silk.prose
    44. 44V.—: Conclusion.prose
    45. 45Chapter V: The Metal Tradesprose
    46. 46Chapter VI: Skin and Leather Trade, Chapter VII: Conclusionprose
    47. 47Book III: Bread and Meat in France, Chapter I: Claims of the French Landed Proprietorsprose
    48. 48Chapter II: Physiological Determination of the Standard Ration, I.—: Physiology of Nourishment.prose
    49. 49Ii.—: Ration of the French Soldier.prose
    50. 50Iii.—: Necessary Allowance for the French People.prose
    51. 51Chapter III: Bread in Franceprose
    52. 52Chapter IV: Protection and the Price of Breadprose
    53. 53Chapter V: Meat in France, I.—: Total Meat Consumption.prose
    54. 54Ii.—: Increase in the Town Population, and in the Consumption of Animal Food.prose
    55. 55I.—: Wages and the Cost of Food.prose
    56. 56In Paris.prose
    57. 57Iii.—: Effect of Protection.prose
    58. 58I.—: Duties on Corn and Meat.prose
    59. 59Ii.—: Loss, and Shifting it on to others.prose
    60. 60Iii.—: Gainers by the Duties.prose
    61. 61Conclusions.prose
    62. 62Book IV: The Protectionist Oligarchy, Chapter Iprose
    63. 63Book V: The Work of Death, Chapter I: Food and Effortprose
    64. 64Chapter II: Nutrition and Evolutionprose
    65. 65Chapter III: Nourishment and Mortalityprose
    66. 66Chapter IV: Justice and Charityprose
    67. 67Book VI: Mr. Chamberlain’s Programme, Chapter I: The Protectionist Tradition in Englandprose
    68. 68Chapter II: Mr. Chamberlain’s Programmeprose
    69. 69I.—: English Trade.prose
    70. 70Chapter II: Mr. Chamberlain’s Programme, Ii.—: Cotton.prose
    71. 71Iii.—: Wool.prose
    72. 72Iv.—: Profits in the Iron and Steel Trade.prose
    73. 73Chapter IV: Export of Manufactures, I. (1)prose
    74. 74II. (2)prose
    75. 75Chapter V: Food, I.—: Wheat.prose
    76. 76Ii.—: Free Trade and Cheapness.prose
    77. 77Iii.—: Animal Food.prose
    78. 78Vi.—: The Meat Ration.prose
    79. 79Vii.—: Back to the Land.prose
    80. 80Viii.—: Profit of the Few at the Expense of the Many.prose
    81. 81Ix.—: Fiscal Reform and the Colonial Market.prose
    82. 82X.—: Profits to English Landowners.prose
    83. 83Xi.—: Conclusions.prose
    84. 84Chapter VI: Mr. Chamberlain and Imperial Unity, I.—: Proportion of Foreign and Colonial Trade.prose
    85. 85Ii.—: Exports.prose
    86. 86Iii.—: National Labour and the Colonial Market.prose
    87. 87Iv.—: Canadian Experience.prose
    88. 88V.—: Benefits offered to Canada.prose
    89. 89Vi.—: Benefits offered to Australia.prose
    90. 90Chapter VII: Arguments for Fiscal Reform, I.—: The Argument from Authority.prose
    91. 91Ii.—: Cobden’s Optimism.prose
    92. 92Iii.—: Free Trade and Free Imports.prose
    93. 93Iv.—: Mr. Chamberlain and the Frankfort Treaty.prose
    94. 94V.—: Balfourian Retaliation.prose
    95. 95Vi.—: Against French Automobiles.prose
    96. 96Vii.—: Imports and Home Industry.prose
    97. 97Viii.—: Opposition of the Working Classes to Protection.prose
    98. 98Ix.—: Dumping.prose
    99. 99X.—: The Drain of Gold and the Balance of Trade.prose
    100. 100Xi.—: England Living on its Capital.prose
    101. 101Xii.—: Position of London.prose
    102. 102Chapter VIII: Reasons for Mr. Chamberlain’s Defeatprose
    103. 103Book VII: Protection in the United States, Chapter I: The American Tariffprose
    104. 104Chapter II: Protectionist Argumentsprose
    105. 105Chapter III: Protection and Industrial Advanceprose
    106. 106Chapter IV: The Burden of Protectionprose
    107. 107Chapter V: Assessment of the Tariffprose
    108. 108Class III.prose
    109. 109Chapter VI: American Tradeprose
    110. 110Book VIII: German National Economy, Chapter I: National Political Economyprose
    111. 111II. (3)prose
    112. 112III. (2)prose
    113. 113IV. (2)prose
    114. 114Chapter III: German Foreign Tradeprose
    115. 115Chapter IV: Export Bounties and Cartelsprose
    116. 116Chapter V: France and the New Tariffprose
    117. 117Chapter VI: Conclusionsprose
    118. 118Chapter I: Customs Statistics, I.—: The Use of Statistics.prose
    119. 119Ii.—: Value and Quantity.prose
    120. 120Iii.—: Determination of Value.prose
    121. 121Ix.—: Mysteries.prose
    122. 122X.—: English and Belgian Systems.prose
    123. 123XI, I.—: Definition of the Economic Balance.prose
    124. 124Book X: Méline’s Confession, Chapter I: Conception—dramatising by M. Mélineprose
    125. 125Chapter I: Protectionist Postulates, Chapter II: Economic Realitiesprose
    126. 126Book XII: My Immediate Programme, Chapter I: A Simple Programmeprose
    127. 127Chapter II: Taxes on Extra European Goods Imported from a European Countryprose
    128. 128Chapter III: The Export of Winesprose
    129. 129Chapter IV: Conditions of Exportprose