The revolt in Canada against the new feudalism ; tariff history from the revision of 1907 to the uprising of the West in 1910

Edward Porritt

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• Langue: English
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THE
REVOLT IN CANADA
FEUDALISMAGAINST THE NEW
Tariff Hitiory from (he Revision of 1907 to the
Upriung the West in I9I0of
By EDWARD PORRITTUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELESf9THE REVOLT IN CANADA
AGAINST THE NEW FEUDALISMVvXa
THE
Revolt in Canada
THE NEW FEUDALISMAGAINST
Tariff History from the Revision of 1907
Uprising of the West in 10to the 19
BY
PORRITTEDWARD
Sometime London Editor of the Manchester Examiner, Author of
"The Englishman at Home," "The Unreformed House of
"Commons," and Sixty Years of Protection in Canada : Where
"Industry Leans on the Politician
" one is this :Of all the many objections to protection, the capital
that it taints every source of public life in the country in
which it exists."—Lord Rosebery, 1903
Published for
THECOBDENCLUB, Caxton House, Westminster, S.W.
BY
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
London,La Belle Sauvage, E.C.
1911
[all rights reserved]" have witnessed the insatiable growth of thatIn my own country I
protection, which I believe hasform of state socialism styled
other single cause to foster class legislationdone more than any
fortune, to corrupt pubhc Ufe, to banishcreate inequality ofand
mindandcharacterfrom thepubUc councils,men of independent
representation, blunt pubUclower the tone of national con-to
standards in the popularmind, tofamiliarisescience, create false
guardianship inwith reliance on state aid and private affairs,it
pohtics, and place politics upon the lowdivorce ethics from
mercenary scramble."level of a
Thomas F. Bayard, United States Minister
1893-1897, at Edinburgh, Novemberin London, 7, 1895.
contribute mylaw compels me to just quota to theWhen the
Government, that is taxation butsupport of the ; when it
me to contribute to the support of private enterprise,compels
that is robbery."
Platform of the Patrons of Industry,
Brandon, Manitoba, 1892.
Club, The Committeepublished by the Cobden ofThis work is
responsible allhowever, hold themselves forthe Club do not,
contained in the book.the expressions opinionof