Free Trade and Protection (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Free Trade and Protection It is remarkable that, while we hear so much of the advan tages of free trade, the reciprocity of them is always in prospect only. By throwing open our harbours to foreign nations, indeed, we give them an immediate and obvious advantage over our selves; but as to any corresponding advantages we are to gain in our intercourse withxthem, we are still waiting in patient expecap tation of the anticipated benefit. Our patience is truly exem~ plary; it might furnish a model to Job. Himself. We resent nothing. No.sooner do we receive a blow on one cheek, than we turn up the other to some new smiter. No sooner are we excluded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.