, 271;
tend upward, 248;
under stimulated competition, 245;
under supply and demand, 244;
variation of, 243;
with cheap transportation, 250.

Wants basis of wealth, 14;
certain, 14;
individual, 16.

Waste, false notions of, 325.

Waste in rivalry, 326.

Wasteful consumption, 323.

Watering stock, 162.

Wealth, consumption of, 307;
defined, 5, 51;
distinguished from power, 6;
distribution, 255;
individual use of, 309;
in farming, 3;
in welfare, 1;
for welfare, 307;
material, 12;
(rural) analyzed, 12;
used by individuals, 307.

Weights and measures, 114;
system of, decimal, 115.

Welfare, elements of, 1;
mutual, 2;
progress in, 17, 373.

Wheat, acreage and yield, 84;
crop in United States, 84, 87, 91;
world's crop, 87, 91.

Wheat prices, annual New York, 91;
in England, 93;
in New York, 87-93.

Women's wages, 247.

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