Quote by: Joseph Hume

There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English market, and not to sink the price of British corn to the price in the continental market.


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Author Bio


  • NameJoseph Hume
  • DescriptionScottish surgeon and Radical politician
  • BornJanuary 22, 1777
  • DiedFebruary 20, 1855
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society