Manuel de la science sociale; étant une condensation des "Principes de la science sociale" de H.CCarey . umstances qui ont tendance à affecter les prix généralement, W;e peut maintenant envisager. Un millier de tonnes de chiffons, ou de laine, au RockyMountaiiis, n'échangeront pas pour le plus petit morceau de nioriée; Alors qu'un bourbier de papier commande peut-être une once de silyer.Passant vers l'est aux plaines du Kansas, leurs relativevalues auraient tellement Changé, que le prix des thérags aurait payé pour les manyreams de piiper. Coiningto St.Louis, un autre changement serait connu,-rags havingsigain ressuscité, et papier agiai

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Manual of social science; being a condensation of the "Principles of social science" of H.CCarey . umstances which tend toaffect prices generally, w;e may now consider. A thousand tons of rags, or wool, at the RockyMountaiiis, would not exchange for the smallest piece of nioriey; whereas, a quire of paper would command, perhaps, an ounce of silyer.Passing eastward to the plains of Kansas, . their relativevalues would have so much Changed, that the price of therags would pay for manyreams of piiper. Coiningto St.Louis, a further change Would be experienced, -rags havingsigain risen, and paper agiain fallen; So, too, at every stageof the progtess eastward, uiitil inStassachusetts, three poundsof ragS would command mate silver than -WoUld purchase a *ThelegSl tender notes now in use thronghout theseUnitedStates are substitutes for the precious metals, and their, value inexchange for commodities vaj-ies with the variation in their Valuen exchanges fot gold. OP THE INSTRUMENT OF ASSOCIATION. 285 pound of the paper made from them. The following diagramexhibits these changes:— PAPER __ RAGS.. MAaB;lCHDS£TTS, The price of raw materials tends to rise as we approachthose places at which men are most enabled to combine forobtaining power to command the services of the great forcesof nature. That of finished commodities moves in an oppositedirection, both tending thus to more close approximation.Cotton is low on the plantation, but high in Manchester orLowell. Corn in Illinois is often so cheap that a bushel doesnot even pay for a yard of coarse • cotton cloth, whereas inManchester it pays for a dozen yards. Raw materials tend to rise in price with the progress ofmen in wealth and civilization. What, however, is rawmaterial ? In answer to this question, we may say, that allthe products of the earth are, in turn, finished commodity andraw material. Coal and ore are the finished commodity ofthe miner, but the raw material of pig iron. The latter isthe finished commodity of the sm

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