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&quot; Commerce and manufactures,&quot; says another authority, 

 &quot;must ever be secondary to the cultivation of the soil. 

 The latter is not only the most important of all human in 

 dustrial pursuits, but is the only real source of wealth. 

 Commerce produces nothing its office being merely the 

 barter of commodities. Whether this barter takes place 

 between one country and another, or between individuals 

 of the same country, it is but an exchange of equivalents. 

 It is therefore to be regarded as a mere medium for the 

 distribution or circulation of wealth, and not as in any way 

 contributing to its existence or production. Then, as to 

 manufactures, there is no matter produced which did not 

 previously exist, their office being only to convert material 

 previously existing into forms of greater utility and con 

 venience. At first sight, mining may appear to have a 

 greater claim to the production of wealth, but it does not, 

 in reality, produce anything which did not before exist. 

 Every pound of iron, silver, gold, or coal, existed in the 

 bowels of the earth long before it was taken from them. 

 Increase of matter proceeds from agriculture alone. The 

 surplus of this over cost of production constitutes the only 

 increase of real wealth or capital. Yet however true this 

 may be, it must be remembered that commerce by the ex 

 change of commodities, and manufactures by giving to the 

 productions of agriculture a more useful form, are greatly 

 conducive to the aggrandizement of nations, and to the 

 convenience and comfort of their population.&quot; 



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