ABSTRACT
The intelligent people of England would quite as soon place faith in the divine right of kings, as they would be induced to believe that a man inherits by birth any claim to legislate for them. In England the price of land will each year rise more and more above its agricultural value, because the population and wealth of England are rapidly increasing. The agricultural labourers of this country usually work for fixed hired wages. The farmer supplies the capital, and he is entitled to all the produce which the land yields after paying all the expenses of cultivation, which include rent to his landlord and wages to his labourers. The chapter describes the several most prominent defects in our agricultural economy. It shows that the only practical remedy which can be applied is to remove all restrictions which limit the amount of land that is brought into the market.
