Excerpt from Free Trade and the European Treaties of Commerce: Being 1. Report of Proceedings at the Dinner of the Cobden Club, July 17, 1875; M. Michel Chevalier in the Chair; II. Correspondence on the Prospects of Free Trade in Germany, Austria, Italy, the United States, Australia, Etc IN circulating the Report of the proceedings at the dinner of the Cobden Club on the I 7th July last, the Committee are glad to be able to append to it a series of very valuable letters which they have received from distinguished members of the Club, both in foreign countries and in some of our Colonies, on the prospects and progress of Free Trade at the present time. The'chief practical interest of the letters of the European contributors turns upon the probable policy of Continental Governments on the occasion of the approaching expiration of the Commercial Treaties, which have regulated the international trade of Europe during recent years. As is well known, the foundation of the present Treaty system of Europe is the Treaty between England and France of 1860, which was speedily fol lowed by Similar treaties between other countries not less than fifty or sixty in number. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.