Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Griffen” in entry morrill-justin-smith of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...sed by wages under free-trade.
In other words, wages must be hard pressed by free-trade, and this is painfully exhibited by the present abounding strikes of British workmen.
Mr. Gladstone gives Mr. Griffen as authority on British wages, and claims that from 1833 to 1883 the wages paid on exportable manufactures of Bradford and Huddersfield have advanced 20 and 30 per cent.
Why go back so far when th...
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