But _F. J. Neumann_, (Tübinger Zeitschrift, 1872, p. 288 ff.) objects, that even the abstract value of a commodity always suggests the relation of a definite number of concrete men to a definite quantity of goods; else, by the expression, value of goods, is to be understood not what it is generally meant to signify, but only the capacity to satisfy a single want. _ 91 Storch_, Ueber die Natur des Nationaleinkommens (1824, 1825), 5, defines (_Vermögen_) thus: a source of income, permanent in its nature, and capable of being transmitted, the possessor of which does not need to work, on its account. Hence he does not approve of the expression “the people’s resources” (_Volksvermögen_). 92 See especially _Lord Lauderdale_, Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, 1804, ch. 2. _Storch_, loc. cit. _ 93 Moreau de Jonnès_, Le Commerce au 19. Siècle (1825) I, 114 ff., says that the United States imported from abroad 9.6, France 6, and Great Britain 5.8 per cent. of their annual consumption; and exported respectively 10.4, 6.2, 9.8 per cent. of their annual production. The recent free trade tendencies, and the improvement in the international means of transportation, have certainly increased the relative importance of foreign commerce. In the kingdom of Saxony (1853), _Engel_ estimates that 10/47 of the whole production of the country was destined for foreign countries, and that 10/47 of the consumption was imported. 94 When the land of a country becomes dearer, simply on account of the increase of population, or goods, the quantity of which is susceptible of increase, because the cost of production has been increased, this cannot be considered an increase in the wealth of the people, (_v. Mangoldt._)