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38. PrincipleSy pp. 183-189. — R. Torrens, dans An Essay on the Extemal Corn Trade, 1815, à une époque où il n'était pas encore converti à la doctrine de Ricardo, écrit, p. 181 : The interest of the proprietor and of the cultivator of the soil, though not identical, are yet so intimately connected, that any serions injury affecting the one, is iikely to be communicated to the other.

39. Influence of a low pricCj etc., p. 378. — Cf. Ricardo à Trower, 5 février 1816 : It is difficult to persuade the country gentlemen that the fall of rents, unaccompanied by loss of capital and population, vr'ûi essentially contribute to the gênerai welfare, and that their interest and that of the public are frequently in direct opposition.

40. Sur ce point, il semble que Ricardo atténue, en 1817, sa thèse de 1815 (Cf. pp. 251 et 390). Cf. Ricardo to Trower, 21 juillet 1820 : ... Mr. M. charges me too with denying the benefits of improvements in Agriculture to Lândlords. — 1 do not acknowledge the justice of this charge, I hâve more than once said, what is obvious, that they must ultimately benefit by the land becoming more productive. Perhaps I bave not expressed myself so strongly on this point as I ougiit to bave done, but it was évident that 1 acknowledged the principle. 1 refer you lo the last Chap. of my book, and particularly to the paragraph beginning : « Another cause of the rise of rent, according to M. ,Malthus, etc., etc. », for the truth of my assertion.