The Factors Left Out Of

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.

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.

Again Two Manufacturers May Employ The Same Amount Of Fixed, And The Same Amount Of Circulating Capital; But The Durability Of Their Fixed Capitals May Be Very Unequal.

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

For Price Is Everywhere Regulated By The Return Obtained By This Last Portion Of Capital, For Which No Rent Whatever Is Paid.