CHAPTER XI. 



THE FUTURE. 



Home pro- THE question of the future for the landed in- 



duction of 



d terests anc * tne public, in regard to the supply 

 limited. O f f oodj rema i ns to be considered. The landlord 

 and the tenant will settle the rent between 

 them ; with returning activity in trade the 

 wages of labour will increase, and that will be 

 followed by increased consumption of bread and 

 meat. Hitherto there has been no correspond- 

 ing rise in the price of bread with that of 

 meat, because wheat has been poured in upon 

 us from fertile virgin lands in distant countries, 

 where the only cost of cultivation is labour. 

 The effect of this on home agriculture has been 

 to limit any increase on our production of corn. 

 In ten years, indeed, the growth of corn has 

 declined ten per cent, the diminution being 

 principally in wheat, and that chiefly in Ireland 



