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FELIX JULES MELINE (1838– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FELIX JULES See also:MELINE (1838– )  , See also:French statesman, was See also:born at See also:Remiremont on the 20th of May 1838 . Having adopted the See also:law as his profession, he was chosen a See also:deputy in 1872, and in 1879 he was for a See also:short See also:time under-secretary to the See also:minister of the interior . In 188o he came to the front as the leading spokesman of the party which favoured the See also:protection of French See also:industries, and he had a considerable See also:share in fashioning the protectionist legislation of the years 1890-1902 . From 1883 to 1885 See also:Maine was minister for See also:agriculture, and in 1888-1889 he was See also:president of the Chamber of Deputies . In 1896 he became premier (president du conseil) and minister for agriculture, offices which he vacated in 1898 . At one time he edited"tLa Republique francaise, and after his retirement from public See also:life he wrote Le Retour el la terre et la surproduction industrielle, tout en faveur de l'agriculture (1905) .

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