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Sophisms of the Protectionists

PART I
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And what is true in a syllogism always necessarily presents itself to the mind, while the _incomplete_, which is a negative quality, an unknown value, is easily forgotten in the calculation.
Man produces in order to consume.

He is at once producer and consumer.
The argument given above, considers him only under the first point of view.

Let us look at him in the second character and the conclusion will be different.

We may say, The consumer is rich in proportion as he _buys_ at a low price.

He buys at a low price in proportion to the abundance of the article in demand; abundance then enriches him.


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