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If at any time it exceeds the effectual demand, some of the

component parts of its price must be paid below their natural

rate. If it is rent, the interest of the landlords will

immediately prompt them to withdraw a part of their land; and if

it is wages or profit, the interest of the labourers in the one

case, and of their employers in the other, will prompt them to

withdraw a part of their labour or stock, from this employment.

The quantity brought to market will soon be no more than

sufficient to supply the effectual demand. All the different

parts of its price will rise to their natural rate, and the whole

price to its natural price.