On Commercial Economy, Six Essays: Machinery, Accumulation of Capital, Production, Consumption, Currency, and Free TradeIrish University Press, 1971 - 260 pages |
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Page 112
... wages of labour in the ten years ending with 1790 : - Carpenters , 2s . 6d . per day ; ditto ; masons , 2s . 10d . ditto ; ditto . bricklayers , 2s . 4d . plumbers , 3s . ltd . Average wages of labour in the four years , ending with ...
... wages of labour in the ten years ending with 1790 : - Carpenters , 2s . 6d . per day ; ditto ; masons , 2s . 10d . ditto ; ditto . bricklayers , 2s . 4d . plumbers , 3s . ltd . Average wages of labour in the four years , ending with ...
Page 113
... wages of carpenters and bricklayers , of about 85 per cent . on those of masons , and of 65 per cent . on those of plumbers . N. B. The wages of masons had been raised from 2s . 6d . to 2s . 10d . per day , immediately preceding the ...
... wages of carpenters and bricklayers , of about 85 per cent . on those of masons , and of 65 per cent . on those of plumbers . N. B. The wages of masons had been raised from 2s . 6d . to 2s . 10d . per day , immediately preceding the ...
Page 213
... wages , on account of machinery , necessarily low . Can America or we best afford to reduce wages ? The wages of men in factories , in the United States , range from five to twelve dollars per week , i . e . from 21s . 4d . to 52s . per ...
... wages , on account of machinery , necessarily low . Can America or we best afford to reduce wages ? The wages of men in factories , in the United States , range from five to twelve dollars per week , i . e . from 21s . 4d . to 52s . per ...
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