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f there is one well-established truth in political economy, it is this:

"That in all cases, for all commodities that serve to provide for the tangible or intangible needs of the consumer, it is in the consumer's best interest that labor and trade remain free, because the freedom of labor and of trade have as their necessary and permanent result the maximum reduction of price."

And this:

"That the interests of the consumer of any commodity whatsoever should always prevail over the interests of the producer."

Now in pursuing these principles, one arrives at this rigorous conclusion:

That the production of security should, in the interests of the consumers 22