Show A TRUE comparison the free trade doma in england is causing serious apprehensions in the minds of british statesmen mr ter the first city in england thatah free trade gives some remarkable statistics to the manchester courier of june before giving the figures it is needful to say that free trade has been in practical operation for a little more civo great britain and that the statistics about to be presented cover these specific thirty five years ten countries of europe are eo far from the practice of free trade as to be in mr HAIGS estimation entitled to rank as protective they are france belgium holland cussia austria hungary denmark pain and portugal in 1854 these protective countries imported goods to the value of in 1889 they imported to the value of increased imports of ten protective countries during thirty five yeara in 1851 great britain imported to the value of and in 1889 to the value of increased imports of the non pro country during thirty five years 2752 in 1851 the ten protective countries exported goods worth in 1889 to the value of increase of exports from protective countries countr iea in thirty five years in 1851 great britaina Brit ains exports were worth and in 1889 increase of exports in a non pro country during thirty five years what becomes of the free trade dogma that no country can greatly increase its exports while it levies tariffs on goods imported from other countries when it is submitted to the test of figures which proves that the countries of europe that do levy high tariffs on imports have increased their exports at more than double the rates achieved by the only country that has practical free trade this may also account for the clamoring among the laborers of england during the free trade period their wages have gradually grown worse while the reverse of this is found to be true in the protective countries of europe ask any of the englishmen who have recently paid england a visit after an absence in this country of many years and thoy will invariably tell you that the times are much worse in england to day than when they wore there |