ABSTRACT
He is the intermediary between the capitalist and the rentier, between the scholar and the worker, between all productive classes, and between these and the consumer. He administers the work of production, he is the centre of many connections; he profits from what others know and what they do not know, and from all the accidental advantages of production. It is also among this class of producers, when events favour their skills, that are found almost all great fortunes.
