QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
1. The protective policy, as applied by Colbert. [Palgrave’s Dict.; A. J. Sargent, Economic policy of Colbert, N. Y., 1899, chap. 4.]
2. Measure on a map the length of one or more of the stretches on which tolls were levied, sect. 282; estimate the average distance separating toll barriers; apply to a map of your own vicinity.
3. If you are familiar with the organization of some modern manufacture write an essay showing how efficiency would be impaired by insisting on the separation of allied trades. [The advanced student will find helpful and suggestive on this and similar topics, Bücher, Indust. ev., chaps. 6, 7, 8.]
4. Write a report on any instances known to you of bad results following the strict division of occupations among trade unions.
5. Write a report on any instances known to you of opposition to technical improvements, the introduction of machinery, etc., by modern trade unions.
6. Attempt of Colbert to establish regulations for manufacturers: object, methods, variety of regulations, results. [Sargent, Colbert, chap. 3.]
7. With what object and to what extent do governments now seek to regulate manufactures? [Farrer, State in relation to trade, London & N. Y., Macmillan, $1.]
8. Compare with the French the English experience with privileged manufactures. [Hewins, Eng. trade, chap. 1; Encyc. Brit., article Monopoly.]
9. Origin and early history of the modern system of patents for inventions. [Same references; Encyc., article Patents.]