ABSTRACT
INMYfirstletterIstatedthatIpurposedconsideringthewhole ofthemetropolitanpoorunderthreedistinctphases-accordingas theywillwork,astheycan'twork,andastheywon'twork.The causesofpovertyamongsuchasarewillingtowork,appearedto metobetwo.1.Theworkmanmightreceiveforhislabourless thansufficienttosatisfyhiswants.2.Hemightreceiveasufficiency, andyetbeinwant,eitherfromhavingtopayanexhorbitantprice forthecommoditiesherequiresinexchangeforhiswages,orelse fromadeficiencyofeconomyandprudenceintheregulationofhis desiresbyhismeansandchancesofsubsistence.Or,tosaythe samethinginamoreconcisemanner-theprivationsoftheindustriousclassesadmitofbeingreferredeitherto(1)lowwages,(2) highprices,or(3)improvidenthabits.
