Nowhere else on the globe does absolute free trade prevail over so wide, rich, and continuous an expanse of territory, with such variety and volume of production and manufacture; and nowhere have its beneficent results been more conspicuous.
Reid describes the extensive reach of free trade in the United States and its positive outcomes.
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