" - Berryat Saint Prix, 357, 362. At Toulouse, three persons
are condemned to death for monopoly. At Montpelier, a baker, two
dealers and a merchant are guillotined for having invoiced, concealed
and kept a certain quantity of gingerbread cakes intended solely for
consumption by anti-revolutionaries.
[85] "Un S?jour en France," (April 22, 1794).
[86] Ludovic Sciout, IV., 236. (Proclamation of the representatives
on mission in Finisterre.) "Magistrates of the people tell all farmers
and owners of land that their crops belong to the nation and that they
are simply its depositaries." Archives Nationales, AF., II., 92.
(Orders by B?, representative in Cautal, Pluvi?se 8.) "Whereas, as all
citizens in a Republic form one family. . . . all those who refuse
to assist their brethren and neighbors under the specious pretext that
they have not sufficient supplies must be regarded as 'suspect '
citizens."
[87] Archives Nationales, AF., II., 68. (Orders of the Committee of
Public Safety, Prairial 28.) The maximum price is fourteen francs the
quintal; after Messidor 30, it is not to be more than eleven francs.
[88] Ibid., AF., II., 116 and 106, orders of Paganel, Castres,
Pluvi?se 6 and 7.
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