The nature of things has stamped upon corn a real value, which cannot be altered by merely altering its money price. No bounty upon exportation, no monopoly of the home market, can raise that value. The freest competition cannot lower it. An Essay on the External Corn Trade - Page 66by Robert Torrens - 1829 - 477 pagesFull view - About this book
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