这本书首次出版于1904年，是在自由统一党内部因约瑟夫·张伯伦通过关税改革倡导保护主义而出现分歧时出版的。最初在1885年因自治问题与自由党决裂后，1904年看到一些自由工会主义者回到自由派阵营。本文作者组成了那些即将离任的自由工会主义者，他们在保护主义面前呼吁自由贸易。他们的文章涉及航运、农业和工程等主题，评估了自由贸易的影响，重点是每位作者的专业行业。两位作者一致宣布支持英国在其体制下发展出无与伦比的繁荣，并向其他国家传授了她的工业成功经验。在这个过程中，他们表明，贸易在受到束缚的情况下无法改善，并将重点放在通过自由贸易实现真正改善的潜力上。
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Protection and Industry
First published in 1904, this volume emerged during a split within the Liberal Unionist Party over Joseph Chamberlain’s advocacy of Protectionism through Tariff Reform. Having originally broken with the Liberal Party over Home Rule in 1885, 1904 saw some Liberal Unionists return to the Liberal fold. The authors here constitute those departing Liberal Unionists in a multifaceted rallying call for Free Trade in the face of Protectionism. Their articles, on subjects such as Shipping, Agriculture and Engineering, assess the implications of Free Trade with a focus on each author’s specialist industry. The authors unanimously declare in favour of the system under which, they maintain, Great Britain developed unparalleled prosperity and taught other nations her industrial success. In the process, they demonstrate that trade cannot improve whilst fettered and focus on the potential for real improvements through Free Trade.
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