Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 180:7

אמר רב עושה אדם את קבו אוצר תניא נמי הכי אין אוצרין פירות דברים שיש בהן חיי נפש כגון יינות שמנין וסלתות אבל תבלין כמון ופלפלין מותר במה דברים אמורים בלוקח מן השוק אבל במכניס משלו מותר

Samuel his son retained the fruit and sold them, when the late [market] prices [were current], at the early [market] price.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus enabling the poor to purchase fruit cheaply when prices were high and beyond their means. ');">¹⁹</span> Word was sent from there:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Palestine. ');">²⁰</span> 'The father's [action] is better than the son's.' What is the reason? — Prices that have been eased remain so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If prices are kept down from the very beginning (as Samuel's father helped to do) they remain at a low level throughout the year. If, however, they have once been forced up, some cheaper selling later (as Samuel did) will not easily bring them down. ');">²¹</span>

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