If The Corn Laws Were Altered, The

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 Every Other Interest In The Kingdom.

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.

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 Just Protection Equivalent To All Such Peculiar Burdens.

In Great Britain The Price Of Food Is At A Higher Level Than In Any Other Country, And Consequently, The British Artisan Labours At A Disadvantage In Proportion To The Higher Rate Of His Food.

There Is Abundant Proof That The Opening Of Our Ports Always Tends To Raise The Price Of Foreign Corn To The Price In The English Market, And Not To Sink The Price Of British Corn To The Price In The Continental Market.