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...free trade, entrenched since the 1840s, made that difficult. A 1923 imperial conference did suggest Britain should charge tariffs on imports while exempting Empire produce. But this might raise food prices, and the issue contributed to Conservative losses in 1923 elections. When the Conservatives came to power in October 1924, therefore, they were acutely aware that...

...free traders speaking of economic success, while reformers raised deep concerns about the consequences in terms of health, morality, and class conflict. But was an awareness of the gradual advance of manufactures in the previous centuries being lost in the process? [Friedrich Engels] Friedrich Engels The synthesis of past accounts Friedrich Engels, very much a critic of...