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Excerpt from Speech of W. Farrer Ecroyd M. P., On the Motion for the Second Reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill: Delivered in the House of Commons, Thursday, April 26th, 1883
I shall not examine at any length the effect of foreign tariffs upon the trade of this country, although the experience of the past year has proved to our manufacturers that the pressure of such tariffs is not in any respect relieved, but, on the contrary, is tightening in many quarters, and that the outlook is gloomy in the extreme. I cannot apologise for occupying the time of the House with a matter so closely connected with the agriculture and industries of this country, because during the present session very little time has been given to questions of that character. It is true that the President of the Board of Trade has introduced a measure of great importance to commercial men, but it is somewhat ominous that the measure is a Bankruptcy Bill. (hear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
