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( 15 ) master, will the sugar he cannot use, be less a burthen to him than it is now? Will he be less in want of whatever it is he now buys with sugar? What you now sell to him, suppose you were to sell it to him no longer, would you be the poorer? Is there nobody else that would buy it? Is it worth nothing?—What is it to you to whom you sell your goods? When do you know before hand whether it is John or Thomas that will buy, or that will consume your goods? and if you did, what would you be the better?—Are you then really afraid of not finding any thing to produce that shall find purchasers? Is it that what you can find to sell is worth nothing, and what you want to buy worth every thing?—If such be your danger, what is your colonist's? What you want of him is luxury, what he wants of you is existence. Suppose he gets the article, whatever it be, corn or any thing; suppose he gets it for the moment from some other shop instead of your's. Is there a grain the more corn in the world to sell in consequence of this change of his, or a single mouth the less that wants corn and has money or or money's worth to give for it? By buying at that other shop, does not he empty that shop of so much corn, which some other customer