The Remains of Nathaniel Appleton Haven With a Memoir of His Life
The Remains of Nathaniel Appleton Haven With a Memoir of His Life
Nathaniel Appleton Haven
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And what difference does it make to the country, whether he exchanges his flour di rectly with an Englishman for cutlery ; or whether he first exchanges it with a Spaniard for silver, and then exchanges the silver with the Englishman ? All trade is effected by barter ; and where there is no fraud, it is an exchange of equal values. The fair profits of trade arise from the additional value which a man is able to give to his merchandise. The merchant in Charleston who sends a bale of cotton to Pr...ovidence, confers upon it, by its transportation, an additional value. It is worth more at Providence than at Charleston ; and is therefore barter- 132 BALANCE OF TRADE. ed for a greater quantity of merchandise, whether that merchandise be checks and ginghams, or ounces of silver. The only reason that the price of silver and gold does not vary as much as that of cotton, is, that being more durable in their nature they are not affected by crops and seasons, and being easy of transportation, it is not possible to give them a great additional value by carrying them from one country to another.
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