“There are two ways of attaining the object:—
(1) Legislation for the protection of the weak against competition;
(2) Organization of workmen who should be united and disciplined as in certain countries.”
Protection for the “weak against competition.” Is this in accord with Free Trade?
FOOTNOTE:
[44] Mill’s Political Economy, Bk. II. Chap. XV.
[CHAPTER XIII.]
PAUPERISM, CRIME, AND INTEMPERANCE.
I have still another serious charge to bring against your Right Hon’ble Ruler, who pompously lays before you statistics to show that, since the introduction of Free Trade, pauperism and crime have decreased; and this your Right Hon’ble Ruler claims as one of the results of Free Trade.