The Pleasant Aspects of the Current Scarcity

English goods might be forbidden to us, so that we are forced to buy the more expensive products from our domestic manufacturers; why then do we begrudge the farmer, who has been impoverished and burdened with debt by the war and in part for our sake, the chance to finally bring his products to market at high prices and thereby somewhat extricate himself from his poverty and debts?

4. In my view of the matter, the current high prices have four causes: 1) The harvests, which were more or less destroyed by the unusual weather of this year; 2) the lack of faith and the despondency of the people; 3) the spirit of usury; and 4) the improved economic situation of the farmers: During the war, the farmer was constantly in need of money. He had to,