A Negative Railroad

CHAPTER XVIII.
There are no Absolute Principles

CHAPTER XIX.
National Independence

CHAPTER XX.
Human Labor--National Labor

CHAPTER XXI.
Raw Material

CHAPTER XXII.
Metaphors

CHAPTER XXIII.
Conclusion




INTRODUCTION.


Years ago I could not rid my mind of the notion that Free Trade meant
some cunning policy of British statesmen designed to subject the world
to British interests. Coming across Bastiat's inimitable _Sophismes
Economiques_ I learnt to my surprise that there were Frenchmen also