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But A Rise In The Wages Of Labour Would Not Equally Affect Commodities Produced With Machinery Quickly Consumed, And Commodities Produced With Machinery Slowly Consumed.

For Price Is Everywhere Regulated By The Return Obtained By This Last Portion Of Capital, For Which No Rent Whatever Is Paid.

But It Is Clear That The Price Of Labour Has No Necessary Connection With The Price Of Food, Since It Depends Entirely On The Supply Of Labourers Compared With The Demand.

The Opinions That The Price Of Commodities Depends Solely On The Proportion Of Supply And Demand, Or Demand To Supply, Has Become Almost An Axiom In Political Economy, And Has Been The Source Of Much Error In That Science.

The Wheat Bought By A Farmer To Sow Is Comparatively A Fixed Capital To The Wheat Purchased By A Baker To Make Into Loaves.