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 underftood; thofe that are fed at 2d. ^d. or 

 4*/. per average pound ? It is impoffible that 

 the fame facts and reafoning fhould be appli- 

 cable to all ; and yet thefe diftinctions have 

 never been made by any of thofe numerous 

 writers that have publifhed fo much on the 

 fubject. The labouring poor fed at id. {per 

 lb. earn more than thofe who eat at \d. 

 Suppofe wheat at 50 s. a quarter; it is im- 

 mediately clamoured that the poor are ftarved. 

 But, in the name of wonder, are the former 

 ftarved? Whatever oppreffion the latter may 

 feel, it is impoffible the others can be in the 

 fame predicament ; and as the higher prices 

 (4*/. and %d. §, for inftance) are found, in 

 tracks of country not a tenth fo extenfive as 

 the lower ones 5 may we not conclude, that 

 whenever very high prices opprefs, it is the 

 few, not the many : And consequently, that 

 the application of a remedy, fuppofing any 

 part of the evil real, ought never to be gene- 

 ral, but particular. A meafure may be of 

 utility to a tenth part of the kingdom, that 

 is extremely prejudicial to all the reft of it; 

 and when private intereft fpreads the cla- 

 mour of that tenth throughout the whole, 

 public meafures take place, of mo ft fatal 

 tendency, in facrificing the real interefts of 

 nine tenths of the kingdom, in favour of the 

 finall remainder. 



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