without
my helping him, chemically
through every phase of the manipulation
for
Should I wish to increase the production of my drug,
employ a great many
hands, and
teach the process to European Overseers; and the thing is of such a magnitude, monetarily speaking, that no chance friendship could resist the strong impulse & self-aggrandisement; in which case I would have in a very short while
Competitors who may
command
capital and undersell produce upon the market.
my
I have told the whole as
plainly as I could, and I now make
the
following proposition to the Board of Opium of
Calcutta
I'll enable the "Board" to
increase the import of Opium in
China upon a gigantic scale - The export duty
on the prepared drug, hundredfold, will necessarily increase the wealth of India, and the Exchequer at home The increased productions will facilitate the purchase of Chinese "produces - A diminution in the price
of the drug, justified possibly by the low rate of its components, all of them to be plentifully found in India, will largely contribute
to increase its Consumption.
To repay this:
Will the "Board" grant me
what
I would have
asked at
the hands of the Mandarins??
If so, I'll expect an answer by the next mail, that will start from Calcutta after the arrival, to that port, of the steamer "Thunder" which carries this letter.
With said answer, I likewise expect the Confidential Clerk of the "Board"; to make him test
the
components, and reason
the thing with me,
as a
member of the
"Board", fully vested with powers
to treat.
Until then, I suspend
Failing the answer
I'll of course make the best
bargain I can.
Love Copy.
Colonial Secretary.