...how widely current was the discussion of agricultural rents at this period. Adam Smith had written: 'As soon as the land of any country has all become...sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce', such as the wood of the forest and the grass of the field; of the three component parts of the price...

...expressed in unambiguous terms the essential nature of ground rent as arising from monopoly of property: As soon as the land of any country has all become...to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent for even for its natural produce. The wood of the forest, the grass of the field, and all the natural...

...wages and furnifhea the materials of that labour. As foon as the land of any country has a$ became private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never fowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. The wood of the foreft, the grafs of the field,...

...he did see that the landlord absorbed the laborer's product, for, in Book I, Chapter VI, he says : "As soon as the land of any country has all become...natural fruits of the earth, which, when land was common, cost the laborer only the trouble of gathering them, come, even to him, to have an additional...

...Gesellschaft mit Nahrung, 1) Den Grundbesitzern schmeichelte Smith mit folgenden Zartheiten : As soon äs the land of any country has all become private property,...where they never sowed and demand a rent even for its naturale produce. Kleidung und Wohnung versehen, einen solchen Theil von dem Produkte ihrer Arbeit...

...They are recognized to that end, and are limited by it. Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub (USA, 1971) 46. As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like any other men, love to reap where they have never sowed. Adam Smith (England, 1776) 47. Property and...