Anewestimateandverificationofthefoodsupplytakesplace，domiciliarysearches，seizuresofspecialstoresregardedastooample，[83]limitedrationsforeachconsumer，acommonandobligatorymesstableforallprisoners，brown，égalitébread，mostlyofbran，foreverymouththatcanchew，prohibitionofthemakingofanyotherkind，confiscationofboultersandsieves，[84]the\"individual，\"
personalresponsibilityofeveryadministratorwhoallowsthepeoplehedirectstoresistorescapeprovidingthedemandedsupplies，thesequestrationofhisproperty，imprisonment，fines，thepilloryandtheguillotinetohurryuprequisitions，orstopfreetrading，—everyterrifyingmethodisdriventotheutmostagainstthefarmersandcultivatorsofthesoil。
AfterApril，1794，[85]crowdsofthisclassarefoundfillingtheprisonstooverflowing；theRevolutionhasstruckthemalso。Theystrollaboutinthecourtyard，andwanderthroughthecorridorswithasad，stupefiedexpression，nolongercomprehendingthewaythingsaregoingonintheworld。Invainareeffortsmadetoexplaintothemthat\"theircropsarenationalpropertyandthattheyaresimplyitsdepositaries；\"[86]neverhadthisnewprincipleenteredinto，norwillitenter，theirrudebrains；always，throughhabitandinstinct，willtheyworkagainstit。—Letthembesparedthetemptation。Letus（theJacobins）relievethemfrom，and，infact，taketheircrops；
lettheStateinFrancebecomethesoledepositaryanddistributorofgrain；letitsolelybuyandsellgrainatafixedrate。
Consequently，atParis，[87]theCommitteeofPublicSafetyfirstputs\"inrequisitionalltheoatsthatcanbefoundintheRepublic；everyholderofoatsisrequiredtodeposithisstockonhandwithineightdays，inthestorehouseindicatedbythedistrictadministration\"atthemaximum\"price；otherwiseheis\"a’suspect’andmustbepunishedassuch。\"Inthemeantime，throughstillmorecomprehensiveordersissuedintheprovinces，PaganelinthedepartmentofTarn，andDartigoyteinthoseofGersandtheUpper—Garonne，[88]enjoineachcommunetoestablishpublicgranaries。\"Allcitizensareorderedtobringinwhateverproducetheypossessingrain，flour，wheat，maslin，rye，barley，oats，millet，buckwheat\"atthe\"maximum\"rate。Nobodyshallkeeponhandmorethanonemonth’ssupply，fiftypoundsofflourorwheatforeachperson；inthisway，theState，whichholdsinitshandsthekeysofthestorehouses，may\"carryoutthesalutaryequalizationofprovisions\"betweendepartmentanddepartment，districtanddistrict，communeandcommune，individualandindividual。