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In replying to Mr. Scrope, Sir James Graham called this "a forced
purchase of oats which would be most injurious, by increasing the demand
for the article." Mr. Wakley addressing himself to that observation,
said "he would ask, was not England open to the same or similar effects?
Did not the guardians of the poor in this country make purchases upon
the spot? Surely, meat, flour, and other provisions for the workhouses
were purchased in the immediate neighbourhood of such workhouses--in
short, was not everything given in the workhouses obtained in the
immediate vicinity of them?"--_Hansard, vol. 150. Columns 1168 and
1191._
[118] "Gentlemen, when I reflect that as much as L30,000,000 of money
have been expended in one year in contending with foreign countries for
objects of infinitely less importance to us."
Sir H.W. Barren (interrupting) "L30,000,000 per annum."
Lord Stuart--I stated so--infinitely of less importance than assisting
to relieve an immensity of our fellow-countrymen from starvation. I have
not, nor can I feel any distrust in those to whom her Majesty has
entrusted the government of the country so as to believe they could
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