A Victorian social Darwinist's explanation for poverty in England, arguing that state aid is counter-productive.

LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com. "Free Trade, it is argued], is the first great benefit which just economic reasoning has conferred on this country. The task before this and the next generation must be the clear establishment of the truth that a largely increased production of wealth and its equitable distribution among all classes of the population can be attained only by developing the facility and the multiplicity of exchange-in other words, by Free Exchange; and, further, that this rule is applicable to all forms of value, whether they be labour or credits or material...