Members of Conservative siam wished to introduce such reforms as they would help siam reap increased benedits form its participation in the European world-economy the main task was to reform the manpower system which they considered detrimental to production they perceived that the state benefitted very little either from corvee of from the commutation of corvee to labour dues which was in the interest of old siam by abolishing the phrai and the that system an efficient and productive labour market could be created and Conservative Siam could benefit from the expansion of trade and taxation its advocates argued that the state should be given a slice of the economic pie replacing corvee by household registration and a head tax Arguing for the interests of the state Conservative Siam pressed its own interests but the two would not always coincide