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But corn can nowhere be raised without a great deal of labour;

and in a country which lies upon the river Plate, at that time

the direct road from Europe to the silver mines of Potosi, the

money-price of labour could be very cheap. It is otherwise when

cultivation is extended over the greater part of the country.

There is then more bread than butcher's meat. The competition

changes its direction, and the price of butcher's meat becomes

greater than the price of bread.