CONTENTS.

FIRST SERIES.

Page

Introduction, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter I. Abundance and Scarcity, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
II. Obstacle and Cause, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
III. Effort and Result, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
IV. To Equalize the Conditions of Production, . . . . . . . . 24
V. Our Products are Burdened with Taxes, . . . . . . . . . 39
VI. Balance of Trade, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
VII. Petition of the Manufacturers of Candles, Wax Candles,
Lamps, Candlesticks, Street Lamps, Snuffers Tools used to trim the wicks of candles.,
Extinguishers, and of the Producers of Oil,
Tallow Animal fat used to make candles and soap., Resin, Alcohol, and, generally, of every-
thing connected with Lighting, . . . . . . . . . . 49
VIII. Differential Duties Taxes on imports that vary depending on the country of origin., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
IX. An Immense Discovery, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
X. Reciprocity, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
XI. Nominal Prices, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
XII. Does Protection Raise the Rate of Wages? . . . . . . . 64
XIII. Theory and Practice, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
XIV. Conflict of Principles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
XV. Reciprocity Again, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
XVI. Obstructed Navigation Pleading for the Prohibition-
ists, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
XVII. A Negative Railway, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
XVIII. There are No Absolute Principles, . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
XIX. National Independence, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
XX. Human Labor and National Labor, . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
XXI. Raw Materials, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
XXII. Metaphors, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Conclusion, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104