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If, on the contrary, the quantity brought to market should at any

time fall short of the effectual demand, some of the component

parts of its price must rise above their natural rate. If it is

rent, the interest of all other landlords will naturally prompt

them to prepare more land for the raising of this commodity; if

it is wages or profit, the interest of all other labourers and

dealers will soon prompt them to employ more labour and stock in

preparing and bringing it to market. The quantity brought thither

will soon be sufficient to supply the effectual demand. All the

different parts of its price will soon sink to their natural

rate, and the whole price to its natural price.