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To: George Coyne who wrote (252165)	5/1/2002 7:54:29 AM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 769667

more evidence supporting my assertion that free trade has roots in liberal ideology and conservatives are betraying their traditional stance by adopting free trade ideology. Message 17407034 there is also a libertarian aspect to it. well you can take comfort in knowing that you are not the first liberal utopian to believe that free trade leads to nirvana. many intellectually oriented paper scribblers have theorized that free trade would lead to interdependence and therefore unity among mankind. it's all liberal babble, but i can see why it sounds like "a good idea". "As little intercourse as possible between Governments...as much connection as possible between the nations of the world." --Richard Cobden, founder of the Anti-Corn Law League "Free Trade, Peace and Good-Will Among Nations." --Slogan of the Anti-Corn Law League "Toward 1916 I embraced the philosophy I carried throughout my twelve years as Secretary of State...From then on, to me, unhampered trade dovetailed with peace; high tariffs, trade barriers, and unfair economic competition, with war." --Cordell Hull, FDR's Secretary of State, nicknamed "Father of the United Nations" and author of the first Federal Income Tax Bill (1913) Biography of Cordell Hull payson.tulane.edu Hull strongly shared President Wilson's idealistic international outlook, becoming one of the first and most vigorous supporters of the League of Nations. With economic ideas rooted in nineteenth-century liberalism, he believed that economic nationalism was a major cause of war. He opposed Herbert Hoover's high tariff policy. Elected to the Senate in 1930, Hull was an important figure at the 1932 Democratic Convention, authoring major portions of the Democratic platform, including a low-tariff plank. Manchester School ("Classical Liberals") cepa.newschool.edu The "Manchester School" was the term British politician Benjamin Disraeli used to refer to the 19th Century free trade movement in Great Britain. The movement had its roots in the Anti-Corn Law League (ACLL) of Richard Cobden and John Bright, headquartered in Newall's Buildings in Manchester, UK. Since then, the general term "Manchester School" has been used to refer to radical liberalism/libertarianism in economic policy: laissez-faire, free trade, government withdrawal from the economy, and an optimistic stress on the "harmonious" effects of free enterprise capitalism.