The Comedy of Protection (1906)

Guyot provides a history of French tariff policy from the time of Colbert and a discussion of its effects on particular industries such as textiles and food. He then discusses protection in the US and Germany and refutes many arguments in favour of tariffs.
The Comedy of Protection, trans. M.A. Hamilton (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906).
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- Author: Yves Guyot
- Translator: Mary Agnes Hamilton
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- I
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- CONTENTS
- The Comedy of Protection
- BOOK I: FLUCTUATIONS IN THE FRENCH CUSTOMS TARIFF
- CHAPTER I: COLBERTISM AND ITS EFFECTS
- CHAPTER II: FROM 1791 TO 1814
- CHAPTER III: THE REVENGE OF THE ÉMIGRÉS
- CHAPTER IV: THE “FEUDATORIES” OF THE JULY GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER V: UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE—RAMPANT PROTECTIONISM
- CHAPTER VI: COBDEN AND THE 1860 TREATY
- CHAPTER VII: SUBMISSION OF THE REPUBLICANS TO THE FISCAL POLICY OF THEIR ADVERSARIES
- CHAPTER VIII: RESULTS OF THE 1860 TREATIES
- CHAPTER IX: ECONOMIC REACTION OF 1881
- CHAPTER X: BARGAIN BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND MANUFACTURERS
- CHAPTER XI: TARIFF FREEDOM
- CHAPTER XII: BREACH IN THE MINIMUM TARIFF
- CHAPTER XIII: SOCIALISM AND DEAR BREAD
- CHAPTER XIV: DECEPTION
- CHAPTER XV: THE PANACEA OF BIMETALLISM
- CHAPTER XVI: UNDERSELLING IN WINES
- CHAPTER XVII: TARIFF WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY
- CHAPTER XVIII: BOUNTIES TO THE MERCHANT SERVICE
- CHAPTER XIX: SUGAR BOUNTIES
- CHAPTER XX: IMPORT BONDS
- CHAPTER XXI: TEMPORARY ADMISSIONS
- CHAPTER XXII: FOREIGN TRADE BETWEEN 1860 AND 1903—FRANCE AND ENGLAND
- First Period.
- Second Period.
- CHAPTER XXIII: THIERS’ AGRICULTURAL FORECASTS
- CHAPTER XXIV: DEFINITE RESULTS OF THE 1860 TREATY
- CHAPTER XXV: REACTION AND THE PROTECTIONIST FEVER
- BOOK II: PROTECTED AND RESTRICTED INDUSTRIES
- CHAPTER I: THE POSTULATES OF PROTECTION
- CHAPTER II: RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES
- CHAPTER III: THE PRINCIPAL GROUP OF INDUSTRIES IN FRANCE
- I.—: Numerical Importance.
- II.—: Clothes and Underclothes.
- III.—: Protection and Linen Goods.
- IV.—: Men’s Clothes.
- V.—: Women’s Garments.
- VI.—: Eloquence of the Prices.
- VII.—: Millinery and Artificial Flowers.
- CHAPTER IV: THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
- I.—: Wool.
- II.—: Cotton.
- III.—: Linen.
- IV.—: Silk.
- V.—: Conclusion.
- CHAPTER V: THE METAL TRADES
- CHAPTER VI: SKIN AND LEATHER TRADE
- CHAPTER VII: CONCLUSION
- BOOK III: BREAD AND MEAT IN FRANCE
- CHAPTER I: CLAIMS OF THE FRENCH LANDED PROPRIETORS
- CHAPTER II: PHYSIOLOGICAL DETERMINATION OF THE STANDARD RATION
- I.—: Physiology of Nourishment.
- II.—: Ration of the French Soldier.
- III.—: Necessary Allowance for the French People.
- CHAPTER III: BREAD IN FRANCE
- CHAPTER IV: PROTECTION AND THE PRICE OF BREAD
- CHAPTER V: MEAT IN FRANCE
- I.—: Total Meat Consumption.
- II.—: Increase in the Town Population, and in the Consumption of Animal Food.
- CHAPTER VI: FOOD IN FRANCE, ACCORDING TO THE LABOUR BUREAU
- I.—: Wages and the Cost of Food.
- II.—: Wages: Cost of Food and Rent.
- In Paris.
- III.—: Effect of Protection.
- CHAPTER VII: FRENCH AGRICULTURE AND THE INCIDENCE OF THE CUSTOMS—DEFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION
- I.—: Duties on Corn and Meat.
- II.—: Loss, and Shifting it on to others.
- III.—: Gainers by the Duties.
- Conclusions.
- BOOK IV: THE PROTECTIONIST OLIGARCHY
- CHAPTER I
- BOOK V: THE WORK OF DEATH
- CHAPTER I: FOOD AND EFFORT
- CHAPTER II: NUTRITION AND EVOLUTION
- CHAPTER III: NOURISHMENT AND MORTALITY
- CHAPTER IV: JUSTICE AND CHARITY
- BOOK VI: MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S PROGRAMME
- CHAPTER I: THE PROTECTIONIST TRADITION IN ENGLAND
- CHAPTER II: MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S PROGRAMME
- CHAPTER III: MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S STATEMENTS AND THE CUSTOMS HOUSE RETURNS
- I.—: English Trade.
- II.—: Cotton.
- III.—: Wool.
- IV.—: Profits in the Iron and Steel Trade.
- CHAPTER IV: EXPORT OF MANUFACTURES
- I.
- II.
- CHAPTER V: FOOD
- I.—: Wheat.
- II.—: Free Trade and Cheapness.
- III.—: Animal Food.
- IV.—: The Price of Meat.
- V.—: The Free Breakfast Table.
- VI.—: The Meat Ration.
- VII.—: Back to the Land.
- VIII.—: Profit of the Few at the Expense of the Many.
- IX.—: Fiscal Reform and the Colonial Market.
- X.—: Profits to English Landowners.
- XI.—: Conclusions.
- CHAPTER VI: MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND IMPERIAL UNITY
- I.—: Proportion of Foreign and Colonial Trade.
- II.—: Exports.
- III.—: National Labour and the Colonial Market.
- IV.—: Canadian Experience.
- V.—: Benefits offered to Canada.
- VI.—: Benefits offered to Australia.
- CHAPTER VII: ARGUMENTS FOR FISCAL REFORM
- I.—: The Argument from Authority.
- II.—: Cobden’s Optimism.
- III.—: Free Trade and Free Imports.
- IV.—: Mr. Chamberlain and the Frankfort Treaty.
- V.—: Balfourian Retaliation.
- VI.—: Against French Automobiles.
- VII.—: Imports and Home Industry.
- VIII.—: Opposition of the Working Classes to Protection.
- IX.—: Dumping.
- X.—: The Drain of Gold and the Balance of Trade.
- XI.—: England Living on its Capital.
- XII.—: Position of London.
- CHAPTER VIII: REASONS FOR MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S DEFEAT
- BOOK VII: PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES
- CHAPTER I: THE AMERICAN TARIFF
- CHAPTER II: PROTECTIONIST ARGUMENTS
- CHAPTER III: PROTECTION AND INDUSTRIAL ADVANCE
- CHAPTER IV: THE BURDEN OF PROTECTION
- CHAPTER V: ASSESSMENT OF THE TARIFF
- Class I.
- Class II.
- Class III.
- CHAPTER VI: AMERICAN TRADE
- CHAPTER VII: CONCLUSIONS
- BOOK VIII: GERMAN NATIONAL ECONOMY
- CHAPTER I: NATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
- CHAPTER II: TWO CONTRADICTORY FISCAL SYSTEMS
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- CHAPTER III: GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE
- CHAPTER IV: EXPORT BOUNTIES AND CARTELS
- CHAPTER V: FRANCE AND THE NEW TARIFF
- CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSIONS
- BOOK IX: CUSTOMS STATISTICS—THE BALANCE OF TRADE, AND THE BALANCE OF INDEBTEDNESS
- CHAPTER I: CUSTOMS STATISTICS
- I.—: The Use of Statistics.
- II.—: Value and Quantity.
- III.—: Determination of Value.
- IV.—: Destination and Place of Origin.
- V.—: Customs House Contempt for Statistics.
- VI.—: Transit.
- VII.—: French and Belgian Figures.
- VIII.—: Exotic National Products.
- IX.—: Mysteries.
- X.—: English and Belgian Systems.
- XI.
- CHAPTER II: THE BALANCE OF TRADE AND THE BALANCE OF INDEBTEDNESS
- I.—: Definition of the Economic Balance.
- BOOK X: MÉLINE’S CONFESSION
- CHAPTER I: CONCEPTION—DRAMATISING BY M. MÉLINE
- BOOK XI: PROTECTIONIST POSTULATES AND ECONOMIC REALITIES
- CHAPTER I: PROTECTIONIST POSTULATES
- CHAPTER II: ECONOMIC REALITIES
- BOOK XII: MY IMMEDIATE PROGRAMME
- CHAPTER I: A SIMPLE PROGRAMME
- CHAPTER II: TAXES ON EXTRA EUROPEAN GOODS IMPORTED FROM A EUROPEAN COUNTRY
- CHAPTER III: THE EXPORT OF WINES
- CHAPTER IV: CONDITIONS OF EXPORT
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