The big losers were the farmers - industrial workers (in the later years) had reasonably good pay for the work they were doing. The farmers did not. They worke

The big losers were the farmers - industrial workers (in the later years) had reasonably good pay for the work they were doing. The farmers did not. They worked incredible hours, for little pay[1], and had very few options for leaving for a better life in the city. Access to non-staple consumer goods was, of course, very uneven. The party gets first crack at it, and if anything's left, there's a dograce to pick up the scraps. [1] Gosh, that part sounds just like being a farmhand today. Weird how farming is universally a shitty job.