ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1904. The chief object of this pamphlet is to set forth, in a connected form, the main aspects of the great tariff controversy now for some time before the public; to treat the question more deeply and fully than the exigencies of the platform usually allow; and at the same time to treat it, as far as may be, from a scientific and as little as possible from a party point of view. The question is one both of economics and politics, and it raises the most important and delicate and complicated issues in both subjects.

chapter Chapter I|25 pages

Free Trade and Protection in the Nineteenth Century

chapter Chapter II|8 pages

Present Facts and Figures, and What They Imply

chapter Chapter III|19 pages

Retaliation

chapter Chapter IV|27 pages

Preferential Tariffs

chapter Chapter V|7 pages

Neutral Markets

chapter Chapter VI|24 pages

Mr. Chamberlain’s Proposals

chapter Chapter VII|11 pages

Imperial Federation