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Volume III: Freer Trade and Its Critics, 1847-1906 Volume III: Freer Trade and Its Critics, 1847-1906 I. Political Economy Debate a. Free Trade Versus Fair Trade (1) Sir Edward Sullivan, Protection to Native Industry (London: Edward Stanford., 1870) (2) Henry Fawcett, M.P., Free Trade and Protection. An Inquiry into the Causes which have Retarded the General Adoption of Free Trade Since its Introduction into England (London: Macmillan & Co., 1879) (3) T. H. Farrer, Free Trade versus Fair Trade (London: Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1886) (4) G. Armitage-Smith, “Fifty Years of Free-Trade,” and “Why Free-Trade is not Adopted in Other Countries,” in The Free-trade Movement And its Results (London: Blackie & Son, Ltd., 1898) b. Tariff Reform and the Empire (5) ‘Ritortus’, “The Imperialism of British Trade,” The Contemporary Review LXXVI, (July-December 1899) (6) C. F. Bastable, “The Theory of International Values,” and “Taxation for Revenue in its Effects on Foreign Trade,” in The Theory of International Trade With Some of its Applications to Economic Policy (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1903) (7) Percy Ashley, “Letter to Mr. Balfour,” July 4, 1903 (British Museum Additional MSS. 49780) (8) Alfred Marshall, “Memorandum on Fiscal Policy and International Trade,” (a Memorandum to Arthur Balfour), August 31, 1903 (PRO, Cab. T168/54) (9) ‘The Assistant Editor’, “Special Supplement: The Economics of Empire,” National Review XLII (September 1903) (10) A. C. Pigou, “Mr Chamberlain’s Proposals” Edinburgh Review CC, (October 1904) (11) J. L. Garvin, “The Principles of Constructive Economics as Applied to the Maintenance of Empire,” in Committee of the Compatriots’ Club, ed., Compatriots’ Club Lectures, First Series (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1905) (12) A. C. Pigou, “Protection and The Working Classes” Edinburgh Review CCIII, (January 1906) (13) John M. Robertson, “The Argument for Retaliation,” “The Argument from Unemployment,” and “The Argument for Revenue,” in Trade and Tariffs (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908[1904]) II. Tariff Reform: The Political Debate (14) E. W. Hamilton, “Preferential Treatment, Notes on Some Points Connected With,” Cabinet Paper, June 6, 1903 (British Museum Additional MSS. 49780) (15) (author not indicated), “Most-Favoured-Nation Treaties v. Retaliation,” Cabinet Paper, August 29, 1903 (PRO, Cab. 37/66/56) (16) Charles Thompson Ritchie, “Preferential Tariffs,” Cabinet Paper, September 9, 1903 (PRO, Cab. 37/66/58). (17) Joseph Chamberlain, “Letter from the Rt. Hon. J.Chamberlain, M.P. to Arthur Balfour,” September 9, 1903 [source: Arthur J. Balfour, ed., Fiscal Reform Speeeches Delivered by the Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour. M.P. From June 1880 to December 1905 Together with a Reprint from The Pamphlet ‘Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade’ and Letters from and to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P. (September 1903), With a Preface. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1906)] (18) Arthur J. Balfour, “Letter to Joseph Chamberlain,” September 16, 1903 [source: Arthur J. Balfour, ed., Fiscal Reform Speeeches Delivered by the Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour. M.P. From June 1880 to December 1905 Together with a Reprint from The Pamphlet ‘Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade’ and Letters from and to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P. (September 1903), With a Preface. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1906)] (19) Arthur J. Balfour, Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1903) (20) Harold Cox, Mr Balfour’s Pamphlet: A Reply (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1903) (21) Arthur J. Balfour, Speech Delivered at Sheffield on the Occasion of the Annual Conference of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations, October 1, 1903 [source: Arthur J. Balfour, ed., Fiscal Reform Speeeches Delivered by the Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour. M.P. From June 1880 to December 1905 Together with a Reprint from The Pamphlet ‘Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade’ and Letters from and to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P. (September 1903), With a Preface. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1906)] (22) Joseph Chamberlain, “The Case For Tariff Reform,” St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow, October 6, 1903; and “Retaliation,” The Town Hall, Greenock, October 7, 1903 [reprinted, with and introduction by Austen Chamberlain, in Charles W. Boyd, ed., Mr. Chamberlain’s Speeches, vol. II (London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1914)] (23) John Morley (February 8, 1904, House of Commons) Parliamentary Debates 4th series (London: Wyman and Sons, Ltd., 1904) (24) Gerald Balfour (February 8, 1904, House of Commons) Parliamentary Debates 4th series (London: Wyman and Sons, Ltd., 1904) (25) Lord Balfour of Burleigh (February 18, 1904, House of Lords) Parliamentary Debates 4th series (London: Wyman and Sons, Ltd., 1904) (26) Duke of Devonshire (February 19, 1904, House of Lords) Parliamentary Debates 4th series (London: Wyman and Sons, Ltd., 1904) (27) (author not indicated), “Free Trade and the Position of Parties,” Edinburgh Review CXCIX, (April 1904) .
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