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are caught, the inhabitants ought firft to be 

 ferved at a reafonable rate, before any expor- 

 tation takes place. 



Whenever there is the fmalleft appearance 

 of a fcarcity of corn, large quantities are 

 bought, and kept up until the price rifes. 

 Too many every where make it a principal 

 part of their bufinefs, to retail corns grinded 

 into meal : But were the farmer only to fell 

 his corns in the market, the price would be 

 cheaper to the confumer, and the farmer 

 would likewife, for the moft part, be a great- 

 er gainer, by having the price of the market 

 without any dedudlion, except the expences 

 of felling. 



How often is advantage taken of the far- 

 mer's neceflity, when obliged to fell for rea- 

 dy money, at the fame time that this does 

 not reduce the price to the confumer ? But 

 if all articles were fold in a public market, 

 either the farmer, or the confumer has the 

 advantage. 



Butter and cheefe are other articles of mo- 

 nopoly, and often come through many hands 

 before they reach the confumer ; as well as 

 all kinds of poultry, eggs notexcepted. 



The 



