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Show 36 POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS. Wages, the more Money-,~--the more Money paid for making them, the dearer the Goods mull come to Market: And yet the Fact itfelf is quite the Reverie" of this feemingly jul‘t Con"elulion. For it may be laid down as a-general Propofition, which very feldomfails, That operofe or complicated Mmzufafiurer are cheapell in rich Countries; and raw Materials in poor ones ~:‘ And therefore in Proportion as any Commodity approaches to one, or Other of thefe Earlremc'r, in thatProportion it- will be found to be cheaper, 37 Qtfl‘air, requiring great Skill and Judgment. "But the Price of Garden-Stuff is prodigioufly funk‘to what it was in former Times; and I much (luefiion, whether any Town of Note 1n Scotland can now vie with the common Markets of London in that Refpeét. Certain it is. that formerly, viz. about 100 Years ago, a Cabbage would have cofi 3d in London, when London was not near lb rich as it is now, which atprefent maybe bought for. a Halfpenny. And were THE railing of'Corn, for ln‘ftance, employs you to proceed onto Colliflowers, Afparagus, Broccoli, Melons, Cucumbers, and all Sorts of a confiderable Number of Hands, has various ProceITes, takes up a great deal of-Time, and is the choicer Wall.Fruits, you would find the ‘Difproportion .ftill greater. .But waving {uch or dearer in a rich, or a poor Country. attended with great Expence. If {0, pray, Where is Corn the cheapefli? Why, Corn is raifed as cheap in England as in Scotland, if not. cheaper. Moreover, tho' Wages are very high in Hertfordfllire, as being in the Neighbourhood Exotics, even. the common Articles ofPeafe and Beans, Sallads, .Onions, Carrots, Parfneps, and Turneps, are confiderably cheaper than. ever ' they were known to be in former Times; tho' the Rent of Garden Grounds, and iWages of being naturally good; yet the Price of good Journeymen Gardeners, area great deal hlgher. "~ON. the contrary, the railing both of fmall Wheat is certainly as cheap in Hartford/are as .and large Cattle is a more fimple Affair, and in PVaZer, and lometimes much cheaper; thO' the Wages in Whigs are low, the Rents eafy, and, the Lands in many Places fufliciently rich and iertile, and the Land-Tax extremely light. doth not employ near fo many Hands as the of London, and the Lands dear, and far from 3 THE ralfing Garden-Stud, and all Sorts of lroduce fit for the Kitchen is another lnl'tances for this likewife is an expenfive and operofe . A iii-tit. railing of Corn or Garden-Stud: Therefore you will find that fmall and large Cattle are much cheaper in poor Countries than in rich ones; and thatthe Produce of fuch Cattle, for t the fame Reafon, wiz. Milk, Wool, and Hair, alfo the Flelh, Skins, Horns, and Hides, are Cheaperlikewife. As to Milk, this being made C 3 into INN |