On Labour: Its Wrongful Claims and Rightful Dues, Its Actual Present and Possible FutureMacmillan, 1870 - 499 pages |
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Page 43
... continue to cling to and hamper us throughout our subsequent progress . The actual condition of labour being what it notoriously is , enhancement of the price of labour must be an in- dispensable element in any very material improvement ...
... continue to cling to and hamper us throughout our subsequent progress . The actual condition of labour being what it notoriously is , enhancement of the price of labour must be an in- dispensable element in any very material improvement ...
Page 61
... continues to sell , as desirous as tradesmen in general of getting the highest possible price . Such an one , finding on the morning of an assize ball that he had but a dozen pairs of white gloves left , and knowing that there were no ...
... continues to sell , as desirous as tradesmen in general of getting the highest possible price . Such an one , finding on the morning of an assize ball that he had but a dozen pairs of white gloves left , and knowing that there were no ...
Page 62
... continue to assert that no part of this theory is correct . One half of it , I submit , was completely disproved when examples were given of demand greatly exceeding supply without occasioning the smallest increase of price ; and with ...
... continue to assert that no part of this theory is correct . One half of it , I submit , was completely disproved when examples were given of demand greatly exceeding supply without occasioning the smallest increase of price ; and with ...
Page 114
... continue . Equity requires that steps be taken for its suppression . * Such is the case of the poor against the rich , as drawn up by one of the ablest and most eloquent among those of their advocates who adopt their extreme views and ...
... continue . Equity requires that steps be taken for its suppression . * Such is the case of the poor against the rich , as drawn up by one of the ablest and most eloquent among those of their advocates who adopt their extreme views and ...
Page 120
... continue to exist . If extinguished in one shape it is sure to reappear in another , and that other not at all likely to be the better for having been arti- ficially moulded . Left to itself , however , and suffered to assume its ...
... continue to exist . If extinguished in one shape it is sure to reappear in another , and that other not at all likely to be the better for having been arti- ficially moulded . Left to itself , however , and suffered to assume its ...
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