Free trade
Found in 604 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 12 Jan 1904
Letter from John Burns to WSC, regrets that he was unable to chair meeting for Burns in Bermondsey, because of his friendship with the sitting Conservative MP, Henry Cust, expressing admiration for WSC's fine stand over free trade.
(Untitled), 13 Jan 1904
Letter from J.B.K. Hill, Ulster Free Trade Union, to WSC, on his forthcoming meeting in Belfast, assessing the mood of the City, which was mainly Conservative and overwhelmingly in favour of Chamberlain's scheme for tariff reform.
(Untitled), 13 Jan [1904]
Letter from Sir Francis Mowatt to WSC, congratulations on campaign over free trade, hoping to get notes on Ireland to him by the following week.
(Untitled), 13 Jan 1904
Letter from John Dumville. P.S. to the 8th Duke of Devonshire, to WSC, thanks for sending the Duke press cuttings on free trade, commenting that the free trade position was growing stronger every day.
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1904
Letter from Sir Horace Plunkett to WSC, on WSC's forthcoming visit to Dublin, regretting that the Irish Department of Agriculture could not take sides over the fiscal question.
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1904
Letter from Herbert Gladstone [later Lord Gladstone] to WSC, on possibility of electoral pacts, sending list of Liberal candidates opposed to Conservative Free Traders.
(Untitled), 15 Jan 1904
Letter from Lord George Hamilton to WSC, confirming that he was opposed to protective tariffs, and did not object to local deals with the Liberals over free trade, but he refused to "coalesce or combine with them in other matters".
(Untitled), 16 Jan 1904
Letter from Lord James of Hereford [earlier Henry James] to WSC, stating his confidence in 2nd Lord Lytton "very able - and any matter however delicate...can safely be left to him", commenting on progress of the free trade campaign, particularly By- Election success in Norwich.
(Untitled), 18 Nov 1903
Letter from Charles Hill to WSC, on danger to British agriculture from protective tariffs for corn and agricultural produce from the Colonies.
(Untitled), 19 Nov 1903
Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, on the future tactics of the free trade campaign, particularly forthcoming meeting with George Wyndham, and the attitude of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to the Unionist Free Traders.
(Untitled), 26 Nov 1903
Letter from Charles F. Lawson to WSC, on support for the free trade movement in New Zealand.
(Untitled), 27 Nov 1903
Letter from G. King-Hall to WSC, support for free trade.
(Untitled), 23 Nov 1903
Letter from T.C. Walton to WSC on free trade.
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1903
Letter from J. Moore Bayley to WSC, on free trade.
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1903
Letter from 2nd Lord Lamington to WSC on free trade.
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1903
Letter from Sidney G. Solomon, Secretary, Walsall Liberal Association, to WSC, sending resolution of the Executive Committee, congratulating WSC and Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood on their speeches at Unionist Free Food League meeting in Birmingham.
(Untitled), 03 Dec 1903
Letter from [ ] Darby to WSC on free trade.
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1903
Letter from John B. Wheatcroft to WSC, expressing admiration on his "bold defence" of free trade.
(Untitled), 07 Dec 1903
Letter from Arthur Elliot to WSC on free trade.
(Untitled), 17 Jan 1904
Letter from J.P. Alderson to WSC on the need for a free trade newspaper, and the possibility of the Daily Chronicle being converted into a free trade journal.
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1904
Letter from Herbert Gladstone [later Lord Gladstone] to WSC, commenting on speech by J.A. Morrison, who, it appeared had deserted the Free Trade cause, and was openly supporting Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour], and keeping an "open mind" on Joseph Chamberlain's proposals.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1904
Letter from Senator Pulsford to WSC, on support for free trade in Australia.
(Untitled), 27 Jan 1904
Letter from A.J. Moore (a North-West Canadian Farmer) to WSC, setting out opposition to a preferential tariff on wheat, pointing out that this would be of little benefit to the Canadian farmer, or the English workman.
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1904
Letter from Harold Gorst, Unionist Free Food League, to WSC, on publication of pamphlet, Ireland and the Fiscal Problem.
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1904
Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, on tactics of the free food campaign, asking him not to say anything disloyal to the Conservatives at Free Food meeting, "still less nothing friendly to Liberalism".