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282, effect of, on the commu-
nity, 284, on foreign trade, by
enhancing prices, 287, tend to
foment animosities in society,
291, additional objects they
ought to embrace, 294
Towns, progress of, 13, peculiari-
ties in inhabitants of, 28

Universal suffrage, 440

Vagabondage, origin of, 31, in-
creased by Reformation, 43
Villanage, decline of, 14, 22

Wages in the year 1496, 23, re-
marks on ancient interference
with, 52, begin to be paid out
of the poor-rates, 87, the re-
ward of present and profit of
past industry, 184, equality of,
in different employments, 185,
affected by agreeableness or dis-
agreeableness of trades, 186,
vary with the severity of labour
or skill required, 187, with
steadiness of employment, 189,
with the trust reposed in work-
men, 190, with the chance of
success, 191, in the army and
navy, 195, difference of in new
and old trades, 199, effects of
poor-laws on, 201, of corporate
privileges, 203, of combina-
tions among workmen, 202, of
a reduction of, 206, of dear and
cheap years on, 207, of mer-
cantile speculations and over-
trading, 208, great effect of a
small excess of labour on the
rate of, 214, regulated by the
number of unemployed, not em-
ployed workmen, 215, depend
solely on keeping the labour
market understocked, 216, in-
fluence of government on, 217,
of increase of capital and indi-
vidual incomes, 227, capital and
objects on which it can be em-

ployed essential to a high rate
of, 229, advantages of a pro-
gressive state of society, 230,
importance of security of pro-
perty and internal peace, 234,
general conclusions on, 236,
rate of can only be settled by
free competition, 237, no depth
of misery which an overstocked
labour-market may not pro-
duce, example of factory chil-
dren and farm servants cited,
238, difference between wages
of skilled and unskilled, 239,
high wages not a general cause
of dissipation in workmen, 242,
do not raise prices, 285, do not
endanger foreign trade, 288,
proportion they form of prices,
300, payment of, out of poor-
rates, 374, interest of all classes
in maintaining high, 400, pro-
gress of, from 1495 to the pre-
sent, 569, rates of, paid at Green-
wich hospital, 547, rate of, in
manufacturing districts, 570
Watch - making, 102, distinct
branches of trade in, 131
Watt, James, influence of his
steam-engine discoveries, 82
Wat Tyler, effects of his insur-
rection, 18

Were, notice of, 4

Wheat, sudden changes in prices
of, 12, progress of, as an article
of general diet, 79, progress of
price of, 569

Whigs have repaired the error
committed at the Orange revo-
lution, 458

Whitbread, Mr., proposes to grant
premiums on large families, 19,
his plan of popular education,

99
Wigs, effect of discontinuance of
wearing of, 256
Woollen manufacture, wages in,
571, migration of, 256
[Working classes, repeal of laws

affecting, 107, on sharing pro-
fits with the master, 177, sole
arbiters of their own destiny,
216, forms of government little
influence over their condition,
217, no repeal of tax would
materially benefit them, 220,
fallacious expedients for relief
of, 222, general conclusions on
circumstances which govern
wages of, 236, high wages not
generally a cause of dissipation,
242, standard of wages, refer-
ence to hours of labour and
holidays, 241, diseases to which
they are subject, 244, condi-
tions under which they may la-
bour without injury to health,
246, effect of increase of popu-
lation on, 249, secret by which
their condition may be im-
proved, 249, interest of govern-
ment in their welfare, 251,
effect of machinery, on condi-

tion of, 260, Anctuations in em-
ployment of, 252, examples of
injury to, from combinations,
282, useful hints to, 298, as
they become more intelligent,
marriages and births will be
fewer, 336, more interested
than the rich in the doctrines
of Malthus, 350, comparison
with those of other countries,
384, character of, 388, propor-
tion of taxes paid by, 541
Workhouses, effect of first intro-
duction of, 75, mortality of
children in, 81, abuses in, 86

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