30 Oct. 1801

A +

Political Economy

Method

{II. Narrow or Particular Measures: applying to particular sources of wealth.

Wealth being the produce of capital (which is no more than labour employ'd

through the intervention of money (pecuniary capital) or otherwise) and capital

being limited (for labour at best is limited) whatever is given to any one such

branch is so much taken from the rest.

If the encouragement be by donations of capital (of money to be employ'd in the

shape of capital) it belongs to the first head of Non-Agenda forced-frugality.

An Encouragement which is indefensible with reference to encrease of general

wealth, may be eligible with reference to Subsistence (Instance expence of the

Magazines for Corn) and to National Defence: Instance measures for keeping up an

extra supply of Ships and Mariners.}