I^S Leiicr from Sir George S. Machnzte, Bart, Nor. 



From what I have fcated, I believe the * agreement of country 

 gentlemen among themfelves to comitera6t the extravagant de- 

 mands of workmen, ' will not appear to have had any bad efFefts, 

 except fubje6ling fome of our countrymen to pretty feveje pu- 

 niihment, by preferring (Irangers to them. Happy would we be 

 in employing our own people while they continued to be reafon- 

 -able ; but we ihall never encourage extravagance and impofition. 

 AVe lliall never, by encouraging thefe, deprive the lower ranks 

 from having their little jobs executed at a moderate price. 



Should Pol-CEconomicus favour us with any future difcuflion on 

 the value of labour, I hope he will not overlook what I mention 

 in my fecond letter, the appeal of the workmen to the price of 

 pro^ifions, as the ftandard by which they regulate the value of 

 their labour. 



I may conclude by thanking your correfpondcnt for having tak* 

 en up the fubjetl I have ftarted, and for treating me, on the 

 whole, with temper and moderation, although it appears difficult 

 to refill: occafionally taking a hit in the dark, efpecially when a lit- 

 tle Latin flicks at tlie fmger ends. This is of little confequence^ 

 If Pol-CEconomicus thinks that I have advanced any principles 

 injurious to public improvement, he will do me a fmgular favour 

 by writing to me a private letter ; and if, in a private difcuffion, 

 I fhould difcover that I am wrong, I Ihall gladly acknowledge my 

 error in your Magazine, and alfo my debt to your correfpondent. 

 The refult of fuch a difcuffion will fatisfy moll of your readers j 

 and it is not perhaps proper to take up too many of your pages 

 with abftracl fubjecls. 



I truft you will forgive my requeft, that you will favour us with 

 your opinion on tlie fubjecl under difcuffion. I know your cor- 

 refpondent will not quarrel with me for appealing to you, who 

 have made the Farmer's Magazine what it is, and who at all times 

 fecm difpofed to admit every fair and amicable difcuffion. 

 Hac tibi erimt artes ; pacifque irnponere morem^ 

 Par cere fuhjeEiis^ et debellare fuperbos. 



I remain, Sir, with refpe£l. 



Your moil obedient humble fervant, 

 CouU 3^ 5^'//. 1804. George Stewart Mackenzie. 



NOTE. 



The Condu£lor, agreeable to the requeft of his refpe£lable 

 correfpondent, intended to have offered a few remarks upon the 

 above communication, and the one therein referred toj but sl 



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