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Depend upon it, nothing can be got by fraternizing with trades unions. They are founded upon principles of brutal tyranny and monopoly. I would rather live under a Dey of Algiers than a Trades Committee.

Richard Cobden

The city of St. Louis is, in the solidity of its buildings, the extent of its commerce, and the reputed wealth of its capitalists, the third in importance in the States. I have seen no place in the interior which gives the same impression of solid wealth and extensive commerce.

Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Born: June 3, 1804

Died: April 2, 1865 (aged 60)

Bio: Richard Cobden was an English manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with two major free trade campaigns, the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden Chevalier Treaty.

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