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What is true of the farmer is equally true of the middle-man,--whether the middle-man acts as factor, jobber, salesman, or speculator, in the markets of grain.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke draws a parallel between the challenges faced by farmers and middle-men in the grain markets.
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