Conceived in Liberty Volume 2 - Ludwig von Mises Institute

One example of the failure of Halifax to crack down on smuggling in
the colonies was the case of the Philadelphia firm of William Allen and
Company, which had become prominent in the smuggling trade from the
French West Indies, and was thus able to undersell the "legitimate" importers.
By a happy arrangement, the royal collector of customs, whose
task it was to enforce the laws, was Abraham Taylor, who happened to be
a member of the Allen firm. Taylor's pursuit of the policy of salutary neglect
is hardly surprising.
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