I cannot help expressing a wish that some arrangement may be made connected with the levying of the poor-rate in Ireland, by which absentee landlords may be made to contribute in something like a fair proportion to the wants of the poor in the district in which they ought to reside.
From a biography, Disraeli expresses a desire for a poor-rate arrangement to ensure absentee landlords contribute to Irish welfare.
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