CodalSearch this book — or all of Codal…⌘K
nydus/On The Principles of Political Economy, and TaxationPublic
Page 27 of 421
Table of Contents

CHAPTER I.

If profits be 10 per cent., the fisherman must sell his goods for 173 l. 2 s. 7 d.
To replace his circulating capital of 150 l. with a profit of 10 per cent. would require a value of165 l.
To replace his fixed capital with 10 per cent. profit, one-third of the hunter'8.13
———
173.13 l.

Now if wages rise, although neither of these commodities should require more labour for their production, yet their relative value will be altered. Suppose wages to rise 6 per cent., the hunter would not require more than an increase of 3 l. to his capital, to employ the same number of men,

27