Had India been independent, she would have retaliated ; would have imposed preventive duties upon British goods, and would thus have preserved her own productive industry from annihilation. This act of self-defence was not permitted her ; she was at the... The History of British India - Page 533by James Mill - 1845Full view - About this book
| India - 1884 - 474 pages
...permitted her. British goods were forced on her without paying any duty, and the foreign manufacturers employed the arm of political injustice to keep down...strangle a competitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms." — Mill's History of India, vol. vii. t It was the keen desire of Manchester... | |
| William Digby - Great Britain - 1885 - 306 pages
...would have retaliated. This act of self-defence was not permitted her. British goods were forced on her without paying any duty, and the foreign manufacturer...strangle a competitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms.' CHAPTER II. To fully carry out the purpose of these pages it is. jntended... | |
| Romesh Chunder Dutt - British - 1897 - 220 pages
...have been stopped in their outset, and could scarcely have been again set in motion, even by the power of steam. They were created by the sacrifice of the...strangle a competitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms.' — Mill and Wilson's 'History of British India' (London, 1S5S), vol. vii.,... | |
| Romesh Chunder Dutt - India - 1902 - 228 pages
...necessary to protect the latter by duties of 70 and 80 per cent. on their value, or by positive prohibition British goods were forced upon her without paying...strangle a competitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms." Later in the century, the prohibitive duties were abolished, after they... | |
| Romesh Chunder Dutt - India - 1902 - 222 pages
...necessary to protect the latter by duties of 70 and 80 per cent. on their value, or by positive prohibition British goods were forced upon her without paying...strangle a competitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms." Later in the century, the prohibitive duties were abolished, after they... | |
| Romesh Chunder Dutt - Great Britain - 1904 - 658 pages
...policy of England. Tfie British manufacturer, in the words of the historian Horace Hayman Wilspj1j " employed the arm of political injustice to keep down and ultimately strangle a com1 Economic History of British India, 1757 to 1837. • petitor with whom he could not have contended... | |
| Pherozeshah Mehta - Bombay (India) - 1905 - 1002 pages
...have been stopped in their outset and could scarcely have been again set in motion, even by the power of steam. They were created by the sacrifice of the...strangle a competitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms. Ladies and gentlemen, it was this policy which contributed to annihilate... | |
| Romesh Chunder Dutt - Great Britain - 1908 - 666 pages
...policy of England. The British manufacturer, in the words of the historian Horace Hayman Wilson, " employed the arm of political injustice to keep down and ultimately strangle a comTill petitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms." When Queen Victoria ascended... | |
| Jnanendra Nath Gupta - Historians - 1911 - 582 pages
...nominal duty. The British manufacturer, in the words of the historian, HH Wilson, "employed the arms of political injustice to keep down and ultimately strangle a competitor with whom he could not have contended on equal terms " ; millions of Indian artisans lost their earnings ; the population of India... | |
| Asia - 1909 - 910 pages
...price from 50 to 60 per cent, lower than those fabricated in England; so the foreign manufacturers employed the arm of political injustice to keep down and ultimately strangle a competitor who was afterwards ' sacrificed ' and annihilated." I give the fullest prominence to this statement,... | |
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