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 xxii
... of means for extinguishing Pauperism · · · 257 · 293 CHAPTER XIII . - RESTRAINTS ON AGRICULTURE . - Tithe System . - Local Taxation . - Restrictions on Inclosures 340 CONTENTS . xxiii Page CHAPTER XIV . - RESTRAINTS ON xxii CONTENTS .
... of means for extinguishing Pauperism · · · 257 · 293 CHAPTER XIII . - RESTRAINTS ON AGRICULTURE . - Tithe System . - Local Taxation . - Restrictions on Inclosures 340 CONTENTS . xxiii Page CHAPTER XIV . - RESTRAINTS ON xxii CONTENTS .
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... . Restraints on agriculture . 2. On commerce . 3. On manufactures . 4. Excessive and misdirected taxation . 5. Restraints on the just distribution of wealth . 340 CHAPTER XIII . RESTRAINTS ON AGRICULTURE Tithe System - z 2.
... . Restraints on agriculture . 2. On commerce . 3. On manufactures . 4. Excessive and misdirected taxation . 5. Restraints on the just distribution of wealth . 340 CHAPTER XIII . RESTRAINTS ON AGRICULTURE Tithe System - z 2.
Page 340
... Tithe System . A tax upon agriculturists , the amount of which in- creases with the productiveness of agriculture , must evidently operate as a constant check upon all attempts to increase that productiveness . The fallacy which so long ...
... Tithe System . A tax upon agriculturists , the amount of which in- creases with the productiveness of agriculture , must evidently operate as a constant check upon all attempts to increase that productiveness . The fallacy which so long ...
Page 341
... tithe - tax thus acts directly as a penalty on the cultivation and im- provement of land , and the growth of food . A thousand pounds expended in the employment of labour and machinery in the manufacture of cloth , or gloves , or silks ...
... tithe - tax thus acts directly as a penalty on the cultivation and im- provement of land , and the growth of food . A thousand pounds expended in the employment of labour and machinery in the manufacture of cloth , or gloves , or silks ...
Page 342
... tithe is paid exclusively by the land - owner ; that it is a simple deduction from rent , and would be added to rent if abolished . This opinion arises from the knowledge that lands , now tithe - free , let for a rent which exceeds the ...
... tithe is paid exclusively by the land - owner ; that it is a simple deduction from rent , and would be added to rent if abolished . This opinion arises from the knowledge that lands , now tithe - free , let for a rent which exceeds the ...
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