In 1879 he published a pamphlet, The Policy of Self-Help, arguing that if Britain imposed import duties on wheat and manufactured goods, this would give her the leverage to negotiate with other countries in order to secure reciprocal free trade.
Free imports from the colonies would also strengthen the cause of imperial federation and prevent Britain's decline into a third-rate power.
His retirement address (A Few Words to the Workers at Lomeshaye Mills) was on the duties of employers, with the factory viewed more as a venue for moral training than for accruing profits.
Mary's fifth child was daughter Alizon who married notable mountaineer William Cecil Slingsby in 1882.
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