If one tenth part of what is done in the States and in Canada for favouring agriculture and horticulture were done in this country, English fruit would not have been so shamefully driven out of the market as it was a few years ago.
Kropotkin critiques the lack of agricultural support in England compared to North America, suggesting it led to a decline in local fruit markets.
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