England and America: A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations, Volume 1

agricultural America amongst Amoy bill boroughmongers bread called Canton Canton river capital and labour capitalists cause cheap corn Chinese government coast of China Cochin China corn laws cultivation degrees of competition demand difference distress employed employment England Englishmen farm farmers field of production France free trade French gin-shops greater high profits house of commons increase industry islands junks king land landlords large capitals less London lords low profits Macao mandarins manufactures means ment merchants middle class misery monopolies nation natural fertility obtain oligarchy opium paid parish parliament parties paupers political poor population ports produce profits and wages proportion prostitutes quantity question rate of profit reform rent rotten boroughs ruined ships Sincapore slaves smuggling trade spending class Spitalfields suppose things tion tivation towns trade in corn trade of China uneasy class universal suffrage wealth whigs