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Show ‘_ A Vyv - was? ‘1‘ £299; l 29 ] Certain it is, that Propofition,which very feldom fails, 'I‘hatoperofi, of London in that Refpeét. or camplimted Mmmfaflurer are cheapell' in rich Countries ;- -and raw Materials in poor ones : And therefore in Proportion as any Commodity approaches to one, or other of thefe Extrema, formerly, viz. about 100 Years ago, a Cabbage would have colt 3d. in London, when Lomz'mz was not near (0 rich as it is now, which at prefent may be bought for an Halfpenny. And were in that Proportion it will be found to be cheaper, you to proceed on to Colliflowers, Afparagug, or clearer in 3 rich 01‘ a POOr COUNI‘Y- Broccoli, Melons, Cucumbers, and all Sorts of THE railing 0f Corn, for lnllanee, cmifloys the choicer Wall Fruits, you would find the aconfiderable Number of Hands, has various PFOCCHC‘S: Wk" up a great deal Of Time, and is Difproportiong fiill greater. But waving fuch Exotics, even the common Articles ofPeale and attended with great lepence. If f0, pray, Beans, Sallads, Onions, Carrots, Parfneps, and Where is Corn the cheapel‘t? Why, Corn is Turneps, are conliderably cheaper than ever railed as cheap in England as in Scotland, if not cheaper. Moreover, tho' Wages are very high in He) {ford/lure, as being in the Neighbourhood they were known to be in former Times -, tho' the Rent of Garden Grounds, and Wages of Journeymen Gardeners, are a great deal higher. of London, anl the Lands dear, and far from ON the contrary, the railing both of finall being naturally good; yet the Price of good Wheat is certainly as cheap in Hartford/MM as and large Cattle is a more fimple Affair, and doth not employ near {0 many Hands, as the in [770165, and fometimes much cheaper; tho' the Wages in Wales are low, the Rents eafy, and railing of Com 0r Garden-Stuff: Therefore you will find, that finall and large Cattle are the Lands in many Places fulficiently rich and fertile, and the Land-Tax extremely light. , much cheaper in poor Countries than in rich ones; and that the Produce of fuch Cattle, for l w \ .. .v‘, f. r , I??? 19VIVEru 'c~ [ 28 ] at. 3‘ ¥ r79" e, THE railing Garden-Stuff, and all Sorts oi" Produce {it for the Kitchen is another Infiance; for this lil ewife is an expenfive and operofe Affair, requiring great Skill and Judgment But the Price of GardenStuH' is prodigioufly {funk to what it was in former Times; and I much quellion, whether any Town of Note in Stat/mid can now vie with the common Markets or the fame Reafon, 'L'z'z. Milk, Wool, and Hair, alfo the 1716111, Skins, Horns, and Hides, are cheaper likewife. As to Milk, this being made into Butter or Cheefe by a {hort and lingle Procefs, and the Intervention of only one Female Servant, is indeed cheaper in the poorer Country. But were Butter and Cheefe to have requrred a more mtricate Operation, and to have taken "P D3 1 |