A Treatise on the Circumstances which Determine the Rate of Wages and the Condition of the Labouring ClassesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 114 páginas |
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... higher than in those from which she imports ; and she is thus laid under the same sort of disadvantage , compared with them , as if she cultivated soils of a less de- gree of fertility . But the freedom of the corn trade gives a ...
... higher than in those from which she imports ; and she is thus laid under the same sort of disadvantage , compared with them , as if she cultivated soils of a less de- gree of fertility . But the freedom of the corn trade gives a ...
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... higher . Such persons are to the poor what a treacherous guide is to a traveller in a strange country . They lead them from the only path that can conduct to comfort and respectability , to one which is sure to terminate in ...
... higher . Such persons are to the poor what a treacherous guide is to a traveller in a strange country . They lead them from the only path that can conduct to comfort and respectability , to one which is sure to terminate in ...
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... higher , and their situation so far improved . And such being the cause of the evil , it is plain that , without its being obviated or mitigated , and without the numbers of the Irish people becoming more commensurate with the funds for ...
... higher , and their situation so far improved . And such being the cause of the evil , it is plain that , without its being obviated or mitigated , and without the numbers of the Irish people becoming more commensurate with the funds for ...
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... higher wages . The statements now made are not advanced on any arbi- trary or supposed grounds , but have been deduced from , and are consistent with , the most comprehensive experi- ence . Those who examine the registers of births ...
... higher wages . The statements now made are not advanced on any arbi- trary or supposed grounds , but have been deduced from , and are consistent with , the most comprehensive experi- ence . Those who examine the registers of births ...
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... was known that the crop was materially deficient . But a population which is habitually dependent on the potato , having their wages regulated accordingly , can- not buy corn , or any higher priced article . 38 ADVANTAGE OF HIGH WAGES .
... was known that the crop was materially deficient . But a population which is habitually dependent on the potato , having their wages regulated accordingly , can- not buy corn , or any higher priced article . 38 ADVANTAGE OF HIGH WAGES .
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advantage amount become better Britain capital and population CHAPTER circumstances Combination Act comfort common comparatively condition conduct consequence considerable corn crease demand for labour depend depressed destitution diminished dition earnings effect employed ENCYCLOPEDIA endeavour engaged England equal exertion facilities of Production fall forethought friendly societies greater habits high wages idle improved improvident increase of capital individuals industry influence injurious interest Ireland Irish labouring classes land latter less London Lord John Russell manufacturing marriages masters means ment natural or necessary necessaries and conveniences necessary rate number of labourers obtain occasion paid parties period poor potatoes poverty principle proper proportion quantity raise wages rate of wages reduced repeal respect rise savings-banks septier species statute subsistence supplies of food supposed tillage tion trade undertakings wages of labour WEALTH OF NATIONS wheaten bread Wood Engravings work-houses work-people workmen