Excerpt from The Triumph of Free Trade: And Other Essays and Speeches TO these I have added a series Of writings in which Mr. Russell Rea, a progressive Radical, showed himself in advance Of his time. In discussion Of problems such as that of the nationalisation of railways and mines, the relation Of the Radical creed of Social Reform to the creed Of Socialism, the progress of Labour towards Liberty, the payment Of the costs of the war, the proper incidence Of taxation, he is dealing with the pressing problems of the hour. And those who read his dis cassion Of them will find much that is extraordinarily helpful and appropriate to the debate Of to-dav. 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.