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— Joseph Hume"Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries."
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Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot.
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