A Bounty On The Exportation Of Corn

...i Wish That I May Never Think The Smiles Of The Great And Powerful A Sufficient Inducement To Turn Aside From The Straight Path Of Honesty And The Convictions Of My Own Mind.

Gold And Silver Are No Doubt Subject To Fluctuations, From The Discovery Of New And More Abundant Mines; But Such Discoveries Are Rare, And Their Effects, Though Powerful, Are Limited To Periods Of Comparatively Short Duration.

Nothing Contributes So Much To The Prosperity And Happiness Of A Country As High Profits.

A Rise Of Wages From This Cause Will, Indeed, Be Invariably Accompanied By A Rise In The Price Of Commodities; But In Such Cases, It Will Be Found That Labour And All Commodities Have Not Varied In Regard To Each Other, And That The Variation Has Been Confined To Money.

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.