. Britannic confederation. A series of papers by Admiral Sir John Colomb, Professor Edward A. Freeman, George G. Chisholm [and others] ... :tj# ;:^j r ~- .^ s^ ^ iii 1 1 C VJ AlE TC L ) BTH c E 5 IS T c H0rE J5P Tl3T 0 OS 0SE ID rSS IE 10SI s •R D uE> BR J 0 (C IT .in :pi IS B 1- r ( H art C HGL tol ow LO11/ Ill 1 J-j ^ 1|-+- -^ 4^^ ^^ 1 r—La___i__I__u ^ > rr —— — ±s-^-- T-i -^^ ? T itiftii , 4 ^^-- ^ ? 1 ^1 liigr TJI t_L : i ; r -nSf - ^Th +-T+ II, DIAGRAM SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS EXPORTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SENTTO BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN EACH OF THE YEARS 1861-1890. :S: m I
. Britannic confederation. A series of papers by Admiral Sir John Colomb, Professor Edward A. Freeman, George G. Chisholm [and others] ... :tj# ;:^j r ~- .^ s^ ^ iii 1 1 C VJ AlE TC L ) BTH c E 5 IS T c H0rE J5P Tl3T 0 OS 0SE ID rSS IE 10SI s •R D uE> BR J 0 (C IT .in :pi IS B 1- r ( H art C HGL tol ow LO11/ Ill 1 J-j ^ 1|-+- -^ 4^^ ^^ 1 r—La___i__I__u ^ > rr —— — ±s-^-- T-i -^^ ? T itiftii , 4 ^^-- ^ ? 1 ^1 liigr TJI t_L : i ; r -nSf - ^Th +-T+ II, DIAGRAM SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS EXPORTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SENTTO BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN EACH OF THE YEARS 1861-1890. :S: m III. DIAGRAM SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF THE EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM OF BRITISHAND IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES SENT TO BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN EACH OF THE YEARS , AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE. By J. SHIELD NICHOLSON, Profeesor of PoUtical Economy in the University of Edinburyh, TARIFFS, AND INTERNATIONALCOMMERCE. TO expect, wrote Adam Smith, that the freedom oftrade should ever be entirely restored in GreatBritain is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana orUtopia should ever be established in it. Not only theprejudices of the public, but, what is much more uncon-querable, the private interests of many individuals, irre-sistibly oppose it. * This curious example of the dangerof political prophecy should suffice to dispel the apathygenerally displayed towards any consideration of thefiscal aspects of Britannic Confederation. It is surelyabsurd, in the light of the history of the United King-dom during the present century, to put aside proposalsfor a closer commercial union with the Colonies andDependencies on the ground either of the prejudices ofthe public or of the private interests of nothing is more common than to sp
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