With an open trade in corn and a fixed duty we should have every man in the country fully fed and happy, instead of our present situation in which so much distress exists - distress of our own producing.
Joseph HumeAbout author
- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: January 22, 1777
- Died: February 20, 1855
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