The Pleasant Aspects of the Current Scarcity

consumption of grain has saved us from actual shortage! That is a bright spot! Since many regions have completely lost their harvests, and other regions have at least suffered from crop failure, and therefore—if one did not wish to be inhumane—exports to the completely destitute regions had to take place, and this export inevitably caused a rise in grain prices; it was very good that—if we had to have high prices at all—we received them immediately after the harvest. This provides us with the advantage that it reduces consumption, and thus preserves us from a shortage that would certainly have occurred without the reduced consumption caused by the high prices. If we did not experience the high prices now, we