We must make this country a cheap country for living, and thus induce parties to remain and settle here—enable them to consume more, by having more to spend.
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Robert Peel was a 19th-century prime minister of the united kingdom (1834–1835; 1841–1846). Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835). He previously was Home Secretary twice. Read more on Wikipedia →