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Page 70
... cotton and indigo grow spontaneously , and which could supply the world with sugar ; but there he sees no sign of population . The land is uncleared , for those who should undertake the work , with the present means of the country ...
... cotton and indigo grow spontaneously , and which could supply the world with sugar ; but there he sees no sign of population . The land is uncleared , for those who should undertake the work , with the present means of the country ...
Page 74
... give him a handful of rice per day , and to purchase a rag of cotton cloth with which to shield his nakedness . The most fertile soils exist in unlimited quantity close to that which the laborer scratches with a 74 CHAPTER IV . § 8 .
... give him a handful of rice per day , and to purchase a rag of cotton cloth with which to shield his nakedness . The most fertile soils exist in unlimited quantity close to that which the laborer scratches with a 74 CHAPTER IV . § 8 .
Page 93
... the cost of producing the things required for his use ; with constant increase in the value of labor as compared with them . That this is as true in regard to land as it is to axes . or engines , wheat or cotton - cloth , OF VALUE . 93.
... the cost of producing the things required for his use ; with constant increase in the value of labor as compared with them . That this is as true in regard to land as it is to axes . or engines , wheat or cotton - cloth , OF VALUE . 93.
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... cotton - cloth , is proved by the fact that it may everywhere be purchased at less than the cost of production . § 7. It may , however , be said : Here are two fields , on which equal labor has been bestowed , one of which will com ...
... cotton - cloth , is proved by the fact that it may everywhere be purchased at less than the cost of production . § 7. It may , however , be said : Here are two fields , on which equal labor has been bestowed , one of which will com ...
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... cotton , fifth ; and so on , -diminishing until we come to laces and nutmegs . The raw material being that in the formation of which the earth has most co - operated , the nearer the place of exchange can be brought to that of ...
... cotton , fifth ; and so on , -diminishing until we come to laces and nutmegs . The raw material being that in the formation of which the earth has most co - operated , the nearer the place of exchange can be brought to that of ...
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