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other hand, as I rather suspect, it will be a very 

 serious evil to the cultivators in general, and 

 to the growers of barley in particular, they 

 should, I think, take all legal means to oppose 

 it *. I have endeavoured to shew, that in sup- 

 porting their rights, and their interests, on the 

 present occasion, they will promote the inte- 

 rests of the public. 



But it is not the immediate loss that is the 

 chief evil in the present measure. The future 

 injury to agriculture, from the derangement of 

 the system of cropping, and the want of a sure 

 market, are far more important Security in 

 his market, is the great stimulus to the farmer's 

 exertion ; and if this be infringed, he must aban- 

 don his culture, in the prospect of that market, 

 altogether. The mischiefs of a fluctuating po- 

 licy towards any branch of industry, are perhaps 

 more than can be easily calculated. This is 

 the great objection to the present suspension, 

 as a temporary measure. It is not so much 

 the loss which the farmer will surfer for this 

 one year; as the general loss to cultivation, 

 from his never being sure, when, or for what 

 reason, the measure may be repeated. In this 

 particular view, it is even worse than if the 

 the stoppage were permanent ; for in that case 



* On this point, the testimony of all the agricultural gentlemen, 

 examined before the Committee, is uniform. 



