Pagina 526 van 2651

Gold and silver, as they are naturally of the greatest value

among the richest, so they are naturally of the least value among

the poorest nations. Among savages, the poorest of all nations,

they are scarce of any value.

In great towns, corn is always dearer than in remote parts of the

country. This, however, is the effect, not of the real cheapness

of silver, but of the real dearness of corn. It does not cost

less labour to bring silver to the great town than to the remote

parts of the country; but it costs a great deal more to bring

corn.