Principles of political economy, deduced from the natural laws of social welfare, and applied to the present state of BritainLongman, 1833 - 457 pages |
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Page xxiii
... Corn Laws - In principle unjust and impo- litic , except to a very limited extent . - Present Sys- tem . Its removal should be preceded by a removal of the restraints on Agriculture . - Absenteeism.— Conclusion CHAPTER XVI ...
... Corn Laws - In principle unjust and impo- litic , except to a very limited extent . - Present Sys- tem . Its removal should be preceded by a removal of the restraints on Agriculture . - Absenteeism.— Conclusion CHAPTER XVI ...
Page 65
... corn ; he only applies the seed after a certain method which his knowledge , obtained through experience or precept , teaches him to be best adapted for causing the growth of the greatest quantity of corn ; and the powers of the soil ...
... corn ; he only applies the seed after a certain method which his knowledge , obtained through experience or precept , teaches him to be best adapted for causing the growth of the greatest quantity of corn ; and the powers of the soil ...
Page 131
... corn laws to confine the increasing population of the country to food grown on her limited soils . The injury which they themselves sustain by thus checking the extension of our manufacturing industry , and pauperizing a large portion ...
... corn laws to confine the increasing population of the country to food grown on her limited soils . The injury which they themselves sustain by thus checking the extension of our manufacturing industry , and pauperizing a large portion ...
Page 152
... corn in their granaries , and cattle in their homesteads , and fuel and clothing and comforts of various kinds in their lofts , and cellars , and warehouses , -what is to become of all that large body who , having squan- dered away ...
... corn in their granaries , and cattle in their homesteads , and fuel and clothing and comforts of various kinds in their lofts , and cellars , and warehouses , -what is to become of all that large body who , having squan- dered away ...
Page 156
... corn is a fixed , -the hay he feeds his breeding or lean cattle upon to produce next year's crop of lambs or fat beef , a circulating capital . The truth is , that with a farmer as with any other producer , of the capital which the ...
... corn is a fixed , -the hay he feeds his breeding or lean cattle upon to produce next year's crop of lambs or fat beef , a circulating capital . The truth is , that with a farmer as with any other producer , of the capital which the ...
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accumulated Adam Smith advantages afford agriculture amount arts benefit capital circulating circumstances comforts commerce commodities condition consequently consumed continually corn CORN-LAWS cost cultivation demand division of labour duce duction duties effect employed employment enjoyment equally evils exchange exclusive exertions existence expense extent favourable fertility foreign greater happiness human improvement increase individual industry injury interest invested Ireland labouring class land landlord less likewise limited machinery manufactures ment MIXED MATHEMATICS mode monopoly moral natural justice natural laws natural right necessary numbers object obtain occupation owner parishes parties perhaps persons Political Economy poor poor-law poor-rate population portion possession present principle procure production profit proportion proportionate purchase quantity raw produce rent skill society soil sumers supply surplus surplus labour taxation things tion tithe tivation trade value of money villeins wages wealth