COST OF TRANSPORT EQUAL TO RENT. 7 



nation to get the surplus from the richer lands of 

 America, Southern Russia, and Australia, where 

 the virgin soil is still unexhausted. 



The cost of carriage depends very much on Cost of 



carriage 



distance, and as the chief supply of wheat comes equal to 



the rent of 



from great distances California and the Western land in 



England. 



States, the Black Sea, and South Australia 

 the cost of transporting a quantity equal to the 

 produce of an acre in England is seldom less, 

 and often more, than 303. Hay and straw are 

 so bulky that they can only bear the cost of 

 carriage from near Continental ports. Fresh 

 meat from America and elsewhere, from the 

 costly methods necessary to preserve it, will, 

 on the produce of an acre, cost equal to 305. 

 for transport to this country. The natural pro- 

 tection enjoyed by the British farmer in his 

 proximity to the home market, as compared 

 with the foreign farmer who seeks our market 

 for his produce, thus gives him an advantage 

 equal to the present average rent of his land, 

 placing him so far on an equality with the 

 owners of land in new countries, but with this 

 disadvantage, that he must manure and clean 



