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greateft opprefTors j and as the principal 

 farmers of every parifh are generally the 

 overfeers of the poor, their complaints 

 are frequently made to a deaf ear. 



It will doubtlefs be afked, how fhall 

 we obviate all thefe evils, and where is 

 the remedy for them ? To thefe quef- 

 tions every one has a different anfwer, 

 according to the difference of his ideas. 

 My anfwer is, Let gentlemen of fortune 

 take upon them the fuperintendance, and 

 regulation, of country-bufinefsmore than 

 they do. Let them ad: as guardians to 

 the poor, by confidering their eftates as 

 in good, or bad condition, only in pro- 

 portion to the comfortable, or miferable 

 condition of the labourers who cultivate 

 them. Let them reduce the fize of their 

 farms, in order to increafe the fmaller 

 articles of provilions, and to throw them 

 into more channels. Let them increafe 

 the price of labour, in proportion to the 

 T rife 



