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XVI. OBSTRUCTED NAVIGATION PLEADING FOR THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
Some years ago I happened to be at Madrid, and went to the Cortes. The subject of debate was a proposed treaty with Portugal for improving the navigation of the Douro. One of the deputies rose and said: "If the navigation of the Douro is improved in the way now proposed, the traffic will be carried on at less expense. The grain of Por............
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