Taxation Under Every Form Presents

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.

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.

If The Demand For Home Commodities Should Be Diminished, Because Of The Fall Of Rent On The Part Of The Landlords, It Will Be Increased In A Far Greater Degree By The Increased Opulence Of The Commercial Classes.

The Exchangeable Value Of All Commodities Rises As The Difficulties Of Their Production Increase.

To Alter The Money Value Of Commodities, By Altering The Value Of Money, And Yet To Raise The Same Money Amount By Taxes, Is Then Undoubtedly To Increase The Burthens Of Society.