Free trade
Found in 604 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [1909]
Extract from "The meaning of money" by Hartley Withers on the mutual benefits arising from the employment of British capital and credit in the development of other countries' economies. Typescript.
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1910
Letter from James Caird (107 Jermyn Street, [London]) to WSC asking for acknowledgement of receipt of his cheque for £4000 and commenting on the scheme for Free Trade lectures in one hundred constituencies. Annotated that a receipt was telegraphed, 21 Nov [1910].
(Untitled), 24 Nov 1910
Memorandum by the Free Trade Union pointing out that the price of flour controls the price of bread. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/44/200.
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1910
Leaflet issued by the Free Trade Union claiming that a tax on flour is a tax on bread. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/44/200.
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1910
Leaflet issued by the Free Trade Union claiming that colonial preference requires taxes on a range of foodstuffs. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/44/200.
(Untitled), 08 Jan 1910
Letter from Sir John Gorst (84 Campden Hill Court, [London]) to WSC thanking him for his condolences on Gorst's defeat in the election for Preston [Lancashire] and congratulating WSC on his victory in Dundee [Angus, Scotland]. Analyses the reasons for his defeat in Preston and asserts that Tariff Reform has gained wider acceptance among the poorer classes than the Liberals supposed.
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1910
Letter from Lord Morley [earlier John Morley] (Flowermead, Princes Road, Wimbledon Park, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on the "triumphant course" of his affairs, including his election victory in Dundee [Angus, Scotland] and suggesting that the Home Office would be available to him if he wanted it. Refers to the probable overall general election result and discusses a possible means of getting the Budget through parliament.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1910
Letter from C P Scott (The Firs, Fallowfield, Manchester) to WSC noting WSC's role in the events of the previous night [in the House of Commons whereby the confrontation with the House of Lords was postponed] and asserting that the Government can hold power for years if it maintains its opposition to the Lords and cultivates Free Trade interests in the north of England.
(Untitled), [1910]
Letter from WSC to [Henry] Chaplin correcting WSC's reported statements on protective taxation quoted in a letter from Chaplin in the Times. Copy in WSC's hand. Annotated: "not sent".
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1903
Extract from a letter from WSC to the 8th Duke of Devonshire congratulating him on having joined the ranks of the Free Traders. Typescript copy, c.1910.
(Untitled), 25 Aug 1904
Extract from a letter from WSC to 8th the Duke [of Devonshire] on the desire of many Liberal Unionists in 1886 to fight the Conservatives and the wish of Devonshire's current supporters to see the Liberals beaten on all issues except Free Trade. Typescript copy, c.1910.
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1902
Letter from Harold Cox to WSC, congratulations on speech on free trade.
(Untitled), 03 Nov 1902
Letter from Lawrence Clarke Tipper to WSC, stating that Lord Randolph Churchill was a "Fair Trader" rather than a "Free Trader" at heart.
(Untitled), 09 Nov 1902
Letter from 2nd Lord Dudley to WSC, advising him not to become too extreme a "Free Trader", advocating the limited use of protective tariffs.
(Untitled), 13 Nov 1902
Letter from Ernest Fletcher to WSC on free trade and the question of protection for the Empire.
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1902
Letter from WSC to Ernest Fletcher, on free trade, rejecting the idea of protection for goods from the Empire copy in hand of A. Anning.
(Untitled), 14 Nov [1902]
Letter from A. Johnson Galloway to WSC on meeting on Free Trade in Manchester.
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1902
Letter from Sir Howard Vincent to WSC, setting out his opposition to free trade, suggesting that if WSC did not oppose free trade he would not be re-elected as a Conservative MP.
(Untitled), 22 May 1903
Letter from Sidwell Shotton to WSC, on Joseph Chamberlain's policy of preferential tariffs for the Colonies.
(Untitled), 26 May 1903
Letter from Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to WSC on Free Trade, particularly Joseph Chamberlain's desire for a duty on food stuffs as an instrument for fiscal union with the Colonies.
(Untitled), 27 May 1903
Letter from Charles Ritchie [later Lord Ritchie], Chancellor of the Exchequer, to WSC, on debate on the Finance Bill, and opposition to Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial preference.
(Untitled), 29 May 1903
Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgeds and Lord Wimborne] (2nd baron, 1st Viscount)] to WSC, on Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial preference, and on the general political situation.
(Untitled), 29 May 1903
Letter from WSC to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman on opposition amendment to the Finance Bill, which would "unite the Conservative Party, resulting in a disastrous division, and an immense victory for Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial Preference", asking him to consider the position of Conservatives opposed to the impending fiscal changes [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 30 May 1903
Letter from John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] to WSC on tariff reform.
(Untitled), 31 May 1903
Letter from Harold Cox to WSC, congratulations on speech on preferential tariffs in the House of Commons.