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or three times greater than is now derived from it. This 

 increased wealth would be earned by men who are now 

 poor or pauperised ; and as it would almost all be spent 

 in home manufactures, it would in the most direct and 

 speedy manner restore the prosperity of the country and 

 abolish the Depression of Trade. 



