The Riddle of the Tariff (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Riddle of the TariffThe only explanation which seems necessary of the method of this book concerns the employ ment and the non-employment of statistics in different parts of it. I have made use of them in the first chapter for a special and limited purpose, namely, to controvert certain alarmist opinions about national prosperity, which appear to be widely held. The tables which I have given are not intended, and cannot be used, to prove that 'everything is for the best in the best of all Cobdenite worlds.' A paean of rejoicing requires a broader foundation than figures for single years. I have not aspired to supply the substance of any.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.