 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 頁
...much, the mafters to give as little as poffible. The former are difpofed to combine in order to raife, the latter in order to lower the wages of labour. IT is not, however, difficult to forefee which of the two parties muft, upon all ordinary occafions, have the advantage in the difpute,... | |
 | James Malcolm (land surveyor.) - 1805 - 494 頁
...contract usually made between the master and the servant, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to...the latter in order to lower, the wages of labour. In almost every part of Great Britain there is a distinction even in the lowest species of labour between... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 452 頁
...upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the .«ame. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to...the latter" in order to lower, the wages of labour. itlsnoti'hbwever, difficult to foresee which Of the two parties must, upon all ordinary occasions,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 頁
...the mafters to give as little as pofTible. The former are difpofed to combine in • order to raife, the latter in order to lower the wages of labour. It is not, however, difficult to forefee which of the two parties muft, upon all ordinary occafions, have the advantage in the difpute,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1835 - 486 頁
...upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to give as little as possible. The former are * The statement in the text, that in every part of Europe twenty workmen live by wages for one that... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 頁
...upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to...as possible. The former are disposed to combine in urder to raise, the latter ill ur. der to lower, the wages of labour. It is not, however, difficult... | |
 | Joseph Salway Eisdell - 1839 - 452 頁
...reasonableness or equity that determines the conditions of the bargain for wages. The workmen endeavour to get as much, the masters to give as little, as possible ; but it is the relation of the supply to the demand subsisting at the time that determines each party... | |
 | William Dodd - 1847 - 190 頁
...same; the workman desires to get as much, and the master to give as little as possible. The former is disposed to combine in order to raise, the latter in order to lower the wages of labor." In no country has this truth been exemplified in a more striking manner, than in England. Trades... | |
 | William Dodd - 1848 - 180 頁
...same; the workman desires to get as much, and the master to give as little as possible. The former is disposed to combine in order to raise, the latter in order to lower the wages of labor." In no country has this truth been exemplified in a more striking manner, than in England. Trades... | |
 | 1853 - 606 頁
...but the interests of these parties are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, and the masters to give as little, as possible. The former...the latter in order to lower, the wages of labour. The masters commonly succeed ; for, being fewer in number, they can more easily combine : and the law... | |
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What are the common wages of labor depends everywhere upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to give as little as possible. 
