If The Corn Laws Were Altered, The

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.

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.

Worse There Cannot Be; A Better, I Believe, There May Be, By Giving Energy To The Capital And Skill Of The Country To Produce Exports, By Increasing Which, Alone, Can We Flatter Ourselves With The Prospect Of Finding Employment For That Part Of Our Population Now Unemployed.

The Advantage To Great Britain Of A Regular Free Trade In Corn Would, Therefore, Be More By Raising The Rest Of The World To Our Standard And Price, Than By Lowering The Prices Here To The Standard Of The Continent.

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.