In these countries no monopoly existed; and yet there the commodity was of such a quality and so abundant as to bear the duty, and even with the duty in some degree to rival the monopolist even in his own market.
Burke points out that in regions without a monopoly, the quality and abundance of opium were sufficient to compete with monopolistic practices.
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