Gold And Silver, Like Other Commodities, Have

Experience, However, Shows That Neither A State Nor A Bank Ever Have [sic] Had The Unrestricted Power Of Issuing Paper Money Without Abusing That Power; In All States, Therefore, The Issue Of Paper Money Ought To Be Under Some Check And Control; And None Seems So Proper For That Purpose As That Of Subjecting The Issuers Of Paper Money To The Obligation Of Paying Their Notes Either In Gold Coin Or Bullion.

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

I Have Endeavoured To Show That The Ability To Pay Taxes Depends, Not On The Gross Money Value Of The Mass Of Commodities, Nor On The Net Money Value Of The Revenue Of Capitalists And Landlords, But On The Money Value Of Each Man's Revenue Compared To The Money Value Of The Commodities Which He Usually Consumes.

The Produce Of The Earth - All That Is Derived From Its Surface By The United Application Of Labour, Machinery, And Capital, Is Divided Among Three Classes Of The Community, Namely, The Proprietor Of The Land, The Owner Of The Stock Or Capital Necessary For Its Cultivation, And The Labourers By Whose Industry It Is Cultivated.

The Farmer And Manufacturer Can No More Live Without Profit Than The Labourer Without Wages.