If the corn laws were ...

If the corn laws were altered, the British artisan might again be able to subsist by twelve hours' labour, a most desirable event.
 Joseph Hume

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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.
 Joseph Hume