Principles of Social Science.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...this country depend upon cheap labor."--Lon. Times. 11 Slavery is the corner-stone of our institutions."--McDvffie. " The whole question has become one of a cheap and abundant supply of labor. & The operation of the repeal of the corn laws was, first, to equalize, or approximate, the wages here and on the continent; and, secondly, not, indeed, to lower them here at once, but to make it possible to lower them, if at any future time the relation between demand and supply in the labormarket should render such reduction just and necessary. For half a century back, the western shores of our island have been flooded with crowds of half-clad, haf-fed, half-civilized Celts, reducing the standard of living and comfort among our people by their example, swelling the registers of crimes, to the great damage of the national character and reputation;" but, as the writer continues, "the abundant supply of cheap labor which they furnished had no doubt the effect of enabling our manufacturing industry to increase at a rate, and to reach a height, which, without them, would have been unattainable;= and so far they have been of service."--North British Review, Nov. 1852. " As long as the larger proportion of women are incompetent or unwilling to earn anything except by plain sewing, it is as idle to abuse the order of Davises for the misery of his operatives, as it would be to abuse Providence for bringing them into the world with appetites. It would be better for all of them, in the long run, to reduce wages to the famine point, so as to force all who had sufficient sttength into other employments. This at least would diminish competition, and give the remaining ones a better chance."--New York Evening Post. During a long period, the history of Athens appears...