...produce of our own induftry, employed h1 a way in which we have fome advantage. The general induftry of the country, being always in proportion to the capital which employs it, will not thereby be diminifhed, no more than that of the above-mentioned artificers ; but only left to find out the way...

...conduct of every private family, can scarcely be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves...with some part of the produce of our own industry."* If it be the interest of a nation to purchase from a foreign country when that country sells cheaper;...

...conduct of every private family, can scarcely be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves...with some part of the produce of our own industry."*" The general labour of a country does not depend on the celerity or slowness of the returns of commercial...

...it is most readily, and at the lowest price to be had: "If a foreign country" (says Dr.' Smith*) " can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves...of our own industry, employed in a way in which we iave some advantage ;" it is thus only that the general good of the State is consulted, and its labour...

...-with some part of the produce tor's attention; for Uie acknowieged goodness and of our o-jin country employed in a way in which we have some advantage. «The general industry of the country being in proportion to the capital which employs it, will not thereby be diminished, any more than that of...

...which we at present combat, and to which we here confine ourselves, is, that «lf a foreign country can supply us with a commodity, cheaper than we ourselves can make it, bet— Sweden with iron and copper — Italy and China with silks— Hindustan with silks, cottons...

...which we at present combat, and to which we here confine ourselves, is, that, " If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy of them, with some part of the produce of our own industry, employed in a way in which we have some...

...of Adam Smith is at variance with all his general doctrines on this subject. " If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves...which employs it, will not thereby be diminished, but only left to find out the way in which it can be employed with the greatest advantage." Again....

...ourselves can produceor manufacture it, better buy it from thence, with a part of the produce of our industry, employed in a way in which we have some...advantage. The general industry of the country, being in proportion to the capital which employs it, will not thereby be diminished, but rather employed...

...advantage over his neighbours." So, " if a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we can make it, better buy it of them with some part...employed in a way in which we have some advantage." And then it is repeated that the general industry is always in proportion to the capital, and that...