And be more particular about the Ninth Commandment,
Nor again go floating in a bowl to sea.”
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So when they got back to the Free Trade skipper,
He chivied ’Arry and he chaffed Jemmee.
But as for little Randee, they made him—
Well, they who live longest will probably see!
Punch. November 15, 1884.
Henry Chaplin, M.P., James Lowther, M.P., and Lord Randolph Churchill, M.P., had recently been advocating several remedies for the agricultural depression. Fair Trade, Reciprocity, and a Protective Duty on imported corn, were proposed, but met with no general support either in Parliament, or out of it.