Excerpt from Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne, on the Cause of the Higher Average Price of Grain in Britain Than on the Continent The average price of grain in Britain has, for a long series of years, been higher than in the neigh bouring countries of Europe. It is of the utmost importance to ascertain the cause or causes of this higher price. The following appear to be the principal -lst, Scarcity, the effect of monopoly; 9d, The higher rate of taxation in this than in' the neighbouring nations; 3d, The higher rate of the real wages of labour in this than in the other countries of Europe. If it can be proved, that the first is fiche only cause of the higher average price of grain in B1 itain there can be no doubt that it is the interest of e'very class In the community to have it removed: If the: second cause, the higher rate of taxation in Britain, has the slightest influence on the price of grain, the question assumes a very different aspect And if the third cause, the higher real wages of labour in Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.