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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at-a-higher-level-than-in-any/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

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## More by Joseph Hume

> [Now, what produces a want of demand A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/now-what-produces-a-want-of-demand-a-refusal-to-take-from-other/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [At the present moment the people of England are only three-quarters fed, and the result of this improvement in the export of our manufactures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/at-the-present-moment-the-people-of-england-are-only-three-quarters/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/i-am-willing-to-admit-that-if-the-agriculturists-are-oppressed-by/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/destroy-or-take-away-the-employment-and-wages-of-those-artisans-which/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/our-course-then-is-clear-if-we-desire-to-put-an-end-to-pauperism-or/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady and for this reason I did, in 1826, 1827, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/what-farmers-require-is-that-the-prices-should-be-moderate-and-the/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [I see no reason for giving the capital employed in agriculture greater protection than the capital vested in other branches of trade, manufacture, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/i-see-no-reason-for-giving-the-capital-employed-in-agriculture/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over every other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/i-maintain-that-the-existing-corn-laws-are-bad-because-they-have/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/we-ought-therefore-to-lessen-the-price-of-food-to-our-manufacturers/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [Our people are unemployed and anxious to work for the food which foreigners can give us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/our-people-are-unemployed-and-anxious-to-work-for-the-food-which/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [With an open trade in corn and a fixed duty we should have every man in the country fully fed and happy, instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/with-an-open-trade-in-corn-and-a-fixed-duty-we-should-have-every-man/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [If the corn laws were altered, the British artisan might again be able to subsist by twelve hours' labour, a most desirable event.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/if-the-corn-laws-were-altered-the-british-artisan-might-again-be-able/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/it-is-and-long-has-been-my-opinion-and-i-have-heard-honourable/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at-a-higher-level-than-in-any/)

[Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/)

> [Scotland is a great country and many wonderful things have come out of this country, however England gets the glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/scotland-is-a-great-country-and-many-wonderful-things-have-come-out/)

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