Free Trade Or An Inquiry Into the Expediency of the Present Corn Laws
Free Trade Or An Inquiry Into the Expediency of the Present Corn Laws
Alexander Mcdonnell
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Effects directly opposite would have ensued had wages fallen. It thus appears, that if we take any com- modity for a standard, produced itself by capital returnable in a certain period, to estimate the rela- tive value of other commodities, when wages rise. Theory of Profits. 151 all commodities produced by less durable capitals than those which produce the commodity taken for a standard will rise in exchangeable value, and all those produced by more durable capitals will fall. By common consen...t, the precious metals are chosen for this standard. Let B be supposed to represent it : then after the rise of wages A would have risen in PRICE, but C would have fallen. It may assist some readers to substitute in their own minds ap- propriate commodities in lieu of the alphabetical signs we have here for brevity sake adopted. Let A represent raw produce of the soil ; B hardware ; and C cottons, woven by power-looms. When a rise of 6 per cent, in wages took place, the raw pro- duce would have advanced 3 per cent, in price, because, as has been seen, A rose 3 per cent, com- pared with B, and the price is estimated in B as the standard.
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