money answers all things-第34章

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34。　If　the　Wants　of　the　People　are　too　much　abridged；　they　must　on　that　Account　want　Employment；　and　lose　Time；　which　will　made　the　rest　of　the　Time　they　work　more　valuable；　seeing　they　must　have　a　whole　Subsistence；　tho'　they　shou'd　be　supposed　to　work　but　half　their　Time：　Whence　the　Things　they　make　will　become　too　dear　to　answer；　and　turn　to　Account；　because　the　Want　of　a　sufficient　Demand　for；　and　Consumption　of　them；　which　are　Consequences　connected　with　these　Circumstances；　will　at　the　same　Time　（that　it　inhances　the　Charge　of　making　Things　cheap；　the　People　must；　if　possible；　lose　no　Time；　because　only　such　full　Employment　can　make　every　Thing　cheap；　and　put　it　in　the　Power　of　the　People　to　purchase；　and　consume　all　the　Things　they　raise；　and　make。　And　hence　only　can　the　Demand　become　great　enough；　to　make　them　answer；　and　turn　to　Account。

35。　Dr　John　Lawrence；　in　his　new　System　of　Agriculture；　Page　5；　says；　I　can't　but　admire　that　the　People　of　England　should　be　so　backward　to　enclose；　which　would　be　worth　more　to　us　than　the　Mines　of　the　Indies　to　the　King　of　Spain。

36。　The　Rent　paid　to　such　Parishes　or　Vestries；　should　be　annually　distributed　to　those　who　had　a　Right　of　Commoning　on　such　Lands　as　may；　from　Time　to　Time；　be　enclosed　and　improv'd；　and　that　in　such　Proportion　as　their　several　Rights　may　intitle　them　to；　unless　the　Parliament　should　think　it　more　useful　and　beneficial　to　apply　such　Rents　to　the　Relief　of　the　Poor；　in　those　and　other　Parishes　that　may　stand　in　need　of　Assistance　and　Relief；　or　direct　its　Application　any　other　fitter　Way；　or　unless　those　who　have　the　Right　of　commoning；　will　enclose　and　improve　it　in　such　Parts；　as　their　several　Rights　may　intitle　them　to。

37。　I　look　with　Compassion　upon　the　Hardships　of　the　poor　Artificers　and　Manufacturers。　See　his　Majesty's　most　Gracious　Speech　of　January　13；　1729。

38。　This　is　the　sole　Rule　concerning　Trade；　to　which　any　Government　should　ever　attend；　and　which；　if　sufficiently　attended　to；　will　always　render　them　as　powerful；　and　their　People　as　happy；　as　the　Nature　of　Things　is　capable　of；　and　is　therefore　infinitely　preferrable　to　any　Encouragements　or　Restraints　in　favour　of　Trade；　which　ultimately　will　always　terminate　in　Mischief　to　Trade。


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