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Free Trade under Fire in Britain as Manchester Rejects Doctrine
London dispatch reports a nationwide shift in tariff policy as Manchester votes 988 to 527 against Free Trade and resignations follow. Birmingham and other industrial cities move toward general tariffs while London press and Lord Cromer back ad valorem duties. government signals tariff revision postwar.
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