Part 28 (1/2)

--The balance will be in his favor The twenty francs that you gain on the cloth will be rain, e sum, and each one of your 35,000,000 fellow-citizens will save the sah to consuium and France The nation will be better clothed; that is all

--I will think on this, for it is somewhat confused in o, theis to be clothed Your limbs are your own, and not the manufacturer's To shi+eld them from cold is your business and not his If the law takes sides for hiainst you, the law is unjust, and you allowed me to reason on the hypothesis that what is unjust is hurtful

--Perhaps I ado on and explain your financial plan

--Then I will make a tariff

--In two folio volumes?

--No, in two sections

--Then they will no longer say that this fanorant of the law” is a fiction Let us see your tariff

--Here it is: Section First All imports shall pay an _ad valorem_ tax of five per cent

--Even _raw materials_?

--Unless they are _worthless_

--But they all have value, much or little

--Then they will pay much or little

--How can our n ones which have these _rawcertain, if we close this source of revenue, we must open another; this will not diminish the relative inferiority of our anize and pay

--That is true; I reasoned as if the tax was to be annulled, not changed I will reflect on this What is your second section?

--Section Second All exports shall pay an _ad valorem_ tax of five per cent

--Merciful Heavens, Mr Utopist! You will certainly be stoned, and, if it coreed that the htened! Can you claim that an export duty is not onerous?

--All taxes are onerous, but this is less so than others

--The carnival justifies many eccentricities Be so kind as to make this new paradox appear specious, if you can

--How much did you pay for this wine?

--A franc per quart

--How ates?

--Fifty centimes

--Why this difference?