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It is not true that the landlords are the sole gainers by the rise in the prices of grain. It may be easily shown, that the farmers are gainers in various ways; but one will be enough. Along with the rise in the permanent price of corn, the value of every article of which the farmer's stock in trade consists increases; and his lease, not the least, if he have one.
In Sec. 5, the reviewer takes credit to himself for stating a case most favourable to the landlords but surely with very little justice; for in the very first sentence he has (iris-stated it. The question does not lie betwixt the landlords and the people generally, but, as I shall hereafter show, betwixt the persons who live on the interest of money, the persons who live on fixed incomes, annuities, rent charges, Ste. The manufacturers solely for foreign consumption, and a few professional men, 011 the one side: and the landlords, farmers, and all the remainder of mankind, on the other, amongst whom are to be placed an immense multitude of small retail tradesmen, depending for subsistence on the landlords and farmers.
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It is not true that the landlords are the sole gainers by the rise in the prices of grain. It may be easily shown, that the farmers are gainers in various ways; but one will be enough. Along with the rise in the permanent price of corn, the value of every article of which the farmer's stock in trade consists increases; and his lease, not the least, if he have one.
In Sec. 5, the reviewer takes credit to himself for stating a case most favourable to the landlords but surely with very little justice; for in the very first sentence he has (iris-stated it. The question does not lie betwixt the landlords and the people generally, but, as I shall hereafter show, betwixt the persons who live on the interest of money, the persons who live on fixed incomes, annuities, rent charges, Ste. The manufacturers solely for foreign consumption, and a few professional men, 011 the one side: and the landlords, farmers, and all the remainder of mankind, on the other, amongst whom are to be placed an immense multitude of small retail tradesmen, depending for subsistence on the landlords and farmers.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2019
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- ISBN 13 9781333659271
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- Number of pages70
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