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I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and... →
I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over every other class and over... →
It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament... →
Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can use or sell, in order that... →
We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food... →
With an open trade in corn and a fixed duty we should have every man in the country fully fed and happy, instead of our present situation in which so... →