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state of population. The influx frem these sourcc~
may be imnknse, and Jet the country rem~jn pOOl'
and ill pc['pied ; cf \,·hich \\·c see an ('trrc7iou~ fxanlt..~
t..)
pIc in the conditi~n of Spain, ~;riCl! the acquisition
of its Soutil l\.nl~ricull li·_;~1:i~~~i..Jn~-:.
/ But, secondl}', mOljt-')~ 111a~~ beCOl11C ~11~o a rca1 ano
!in operative cause of populalion, by acting as a !'-timu.
Ius to industr~~, and by i3ciiitatillg tIle ]11C~nS cf subsistence.
} The €ilSC' of subsistence, and the encourage ..
men! of 'in(lustf)-, dep~nd 11either upon tIle price of
labour, nor upon the price ot- provisioll, but \In'Jfl tIle
prcportio!l which the CIle bears to the other. NO\~l
-the influx of" money lIlt,) a country naturally tends
to ad,r2nce this proportion;. tiJat is_ c'-ery frc~h accession
of money rai~es tIle price of labour before i:
t r~ise5 the price of pro\"i~ioa. "\Yhen money is
brought from abro~:j, tIle Iler~:ons~ be the):" \\-ho \vi!l,
into \\Those hands -it fir.,! arJ-ives, do 110t b:Iy up proe.
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d
uut appl:- It to t~c purCi1a~e an pa~f·-
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ment of labour. 1i {he ~tate receivpes lr, the st~tc dispen~es
\\-hat it recei\Tes among~t solJicr~, ~a11ors, artificers,
engineers, Ehip~~.-rights, \~;Orkme:l: if pri\:,ate
persuns bring home trca~ureS {-,f gold and ~ilver, they
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Impro'-~n1tllt or estates, t:1C pl!rCtJaSe 0 turnlt~lre,
dr~ss, equiF,agc) in articles (jf lil.~.:t1r)· aIlo Splcl1dor: il
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tl~e mercnant e enrlCl~e' v ret~rns or .ll~ Jorc~~n
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-:Ol11111erc~, he applies llis incr('a~cd c2pital ~c the erilar~ellle~l
t of his busilll:~S at 110111e. r 1'11