Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Progress of the German Working Classes: In the Last Quarter of a Century
The purpose of this collection of evidence is, in some small measure, to clear the air in the fiscal contro versy. The advocates of tariff inaction commonly allege that the condition of the German people is such as properly to deter Great Britain from any departure from its present policy. It is here shown, first, that if any argument of the kind could legiti mately be based on a direct comparison - and even this much cannot be grantedfithe comparison is a far more difficult and dubious afiair than is supposed, and the balance of advantage by no means indisput ably in favour of this country. It is further shown, and this is the more important part of the argument, that whatever may be the comparative position of the two countries, Germany has actually witnessed a great advance in the well-being of the masses of her people within the last quarter of a century - a period during which she has also beeil pursuing a policy of Protection.you like, not prevented - a great advance. Nor do I maintain that the tariff measures of Germany are necessarily appropriate for Great Britain. Great Britain has other objects in View than Germany, and must use'somewhat different means for their accomplishment. The question for Great Britain is primarily that of the consolidation of the empire. To that end, some restraint on imports from lands outside the empire will be necessary in orderw to facilitate freedom of trade within. And, in the transitional period, before English trade acquires its firmer imperial basis, it may be necessary to have re course also to measures for temporary defence. My object will be reached if some of my readers find it easier, after reading this little book, to face these necessities with a certain equanimity and sense of proportion.
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