AND PARTLY BY THE PARTICULAR NATURE OF EACH EMPLOY-
MENT GOODS CAN SERVE MANY OTHER PURPOSES BESIDES
PURCHASING MONEY, BUT MONEY CAN SERVE NO OTHER PUR-
POSE BESIDES PURCHASING GOODS. MONEY, THEREFORE, NECE-
SSARILY RUNS AFTER GOODS, BUT GOODS DO NOT ALWAYS OR
NECESSARILY RUN AFTER MONEY.  WHEN THE QUANTITY OF ANY 
COMMODITY WHICH IS BROUGHT TO MARKET FALLS SHORT OF 
THE EFFECTUAL DEMAND, A COMPETITION WILL IMMEDIATELY
BEGIN AND THE MARKET PRICE WILL RISE MORE OR LESS ABOVE
THE NATURAL PRICE, ACCORDINGLY AS THE GREATNESS OF THE 
DEFICIENCY INCREASES MORE OR LESS THE EAGERNESS OF THIS 
COMPETITION. HENCE THE EXORBITANT PRICE OF THE NECES-
SARIES OF LIFE DURING THE BLOCKADE OF A TOWN OR IN A 
FAMINE... THE QUANTITY OF MONEY MUST IN EVERY COUNTRY 
NATURALLY INCREASE AS THE VALUE OF THE ANNUAL PRODUCE 
INCREASES. THE VALUE OF THE CONSUMABLE GOODS ANNUALLY
CIRCULATED WITHIN THE SOCIETY BEING GREATER, WILL RE-

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