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to enterprise and exertion by the promise of advan- 

 tage uhich it offers ; a beneficial market accords 

 the return to active capital, compensation to labor, 

 and rent to the proprietor of the soil. These ad- 

 vantages must be derived from the market, or they 

 cannot be enjoyed. 



The causes which, without having recourse to 

 bounties or restrictive laws, dispose to a market 

 becoming and continuing beneficial, are ; — 



Skill in cultivation and preparation for sale. 



Capital. 



Consumption or demand. 



Loxv constituents of cost. 



Low charges of transit. 



The causes which, on the contrary, indispose 

 to a market becoming or continuing beneficial, 



are; — 



Deficiency of skill in cultivation or preparation 

 for sale. 



Deficiency of capital. 



Deficiency of consumption or demand. 



Iligli constituents of cost. 



High charges of transit. 



The British Empire comprehends, in a very 

 high degree, the means necessary to the enjoyment 

 of Ocnr/icial markets. 



The impediments to the e.vercise and cvcrtion of 

 those ?fieans, nmv e.iislin^j;^ very greatly reduce or 

 wholly prevent the Cftjaymeni of thai advantage. 



