I will undertake to prove that the present corn laws have been detrimental to the public, without being beneficial to the agricultural interest.

I will undertake to prove that the present corn laws have been detrimental to the public, without being beneficial to the agricultural interest.

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.

Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials.

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.

Our people are unemployed and anxious to work for the food which foreigners can give us.

Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot.