"Fiscal economy. British workman - "Yes, lass, the bread may have gone up a farthin', but what about the coffee and tea and sugar going down, and wages ten bob higher." Early 20th century cartoon in support of protectionism and tariff reform, showing a well-fed working class family with a portrait of Joseph Chamberlain on their wall and a large loaf of bread on their table

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