The reason why the foreign producer gets his produce to market cheaper, relatively, is this-that foreign produce is collected and brought in such large quantities and is sent in great masses to the market. That is the secret of cheap carriage...We must try to make our pounds of produce into tons-or must bring together a number of producers. If you small agriculturists can collectively offer a great bulk of merchandise to the railway companies, they will give you good terms.

As he [Disraeli] lived, so he died - all display, without reality or genuineness.

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