I see no reason for giving the capital employed in agriculture greater protection than the capital vested in other branches of trade, manufacture, or commerce.

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• Joseph Hume:

  I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the l

• Joseph Hume:

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• Joseph Hume:

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• Joseph Hume:

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• Joseph Hume:

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