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not cultivate. It feems, then, that the articles to be 
~ chofen fhould be of fach confequence, and indifpen- 
fable neceffity, as to make the demand for them 
general, fteady, and uniform. They fhould not be 
liable to monopoly, by which artificial. fcarcity may 
be raifed; they fhould not be the raw materials of a 
manufacture, variable in quality, or the price of 
which would be affected by combinations, arbitrary 
profits, fafhion, or taxation. They fhould not be 
articles of commerce, the demand for which would 
depend on fudden or uncertain orders from without, 
“for which the hufbandman cannot properly provide; 
nor fhould they be articles of luxury, the value of 
which would be governed more by the caprice of | 
the,wealthy, than by the real wants of the moft ufe- 
fal part of the community. 
As the ,articles to. be fixed on for regulating the 
rents fhould not be liable to great uncertainty in the 
demand, fo alfo they fhould not be peculiarly liable 
to uncertainty in the produce or fupply. _Commo- 
Mities. which depend much on particular foils, or 
feafons, will not be generally cultivated; and where 
‘eultivated, it would be hard that fuch failing crops 
as would fcarcely pay a cultivator for his trouble, 
‘fhould, by enhancing the price at market, raife the 
rent of his tithes for the enfuing year. 
_ Mr. Davis feems <o have forefeen the difficulty 
of regulating the rent by all the commodities fubject 
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