This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1764 edition. Excerpt: ... more rational teft of his abilities, than any length of fe'rvitude. In fpeaking of the ufe of engines to facilitate Fabour, which have been fo long abfurdly objected to, in this country, on account of their employing fewer hands, our Author very fenfibly obferves, that ' as other nations make ufe of fuch ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1764 edition. Excerpt: ... more rational teft of his abilities, than any length of fe'rvitude. In fpeaking of the ufe of engines to facilitate Fabour, which have been fo long abfurdly objected to, in this country, on account of their employing fewer hands, our Author very fenfibly obferves, that ' as other nations make ufe of fuch engines, and are thereby enabled to offer their productions at a low rate, k is in vain for us to perfevere in toilfome methods, which will lay us under an obligation to demand larger prices for our commodities, in proportion to the greater colt in making them.' With regard to monopolies, he juftly objects to Mr. Locke's propofal, for preventing them by confining the makers to vend their own commodities; he appears to fall into a miftake, however, in fuppofing there cannot be too great a number of tradefmen or mere venders. Let trade be open, fays he, and we fliall find the competition of numbers to fell, will of courfe reduce the price and promote the confumption.' Now, though the application of a multiplicity of traders may occafion the difcovery of new channels of confumption, yet certain it is that, as. no trade can long be carried on by felling things cheaper than they are made, fo, on the other hand, the more hands they pafs through, in their tranfmiffion from the maker to the confumer, the more muft their price be enhanced, becaufe all thefe people muft live. Suppofing them, however, to pafs through but ons hand, the more numerous thefc venders are, the dearer muft the commodity be, unlefs their trade increafe in proportion to their number., In the fecond part of this work, viz. concerning the advancement of our commerce abroad, our Author obferves, that the profit and lofs of foreign trade muft'be computed by die value of our exports...
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