Taxation Under Every Form Presents But A

There Can Be No Rise In The Value Of Labour Without A Fall Of Profits.

But A Rise In The Wages Of Labour Would Not Equally Affect Commodities Produced With Machinery Quickly Consumed, And Commodities Produced With Machinery Slowly Consumed.

If Then The Prosperity Of The Commercial Classes, Will Most Certainly Lead To Accumulation Of Capital, And The Encouragement Of Productive Industry; These Can By No Means Be So Surely Obtained As By A Fall In The Price Of Corn.

Whenever, Then, The Usual And Ordinary Rate Of The Profits Of Agricultural Stock, And All The Outgoings Belonging To The Cultivation Of Land, Are Together Equal To The Value Of The Whole Produce, There Can Be No Rent.

Money Is Neither A Material To Work Upon Nor A Tool To Work With.