 | Luke Herbert - 1827 - 524 ページ
...consumer i« ahnost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer;" but he also observes, " consomption is the sole end and purpose of all production ; and...be necessary for promoting that of the consumer." That the same feeling governs the manufacturing system, of which the labouring classes constitute the... | |
 | Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 ページ
...demand, at so unnecessarily high a price. Consumption being the sole end and purpose of all production, the interest of the producer ought to be attended...may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. But have we acted on this principle ? have we not rather acted on the principle that production and... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 870 ページ
...are unwilling, however, that any part of this small number should go abroad to instruct foreigners. Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production...interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so fur as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident,... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1870 - 376 ページ
...certainly to be abolished. Consumption is the sole end and purpose of production; and the interests of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as may be necessary for promoting the interests of the consumers. We have already seen that no country... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Locke - 1870 - 372 ページ
...certainly to be abolished. Consumption is the sole end and purpose of production ; and the interests of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as may be necessary for promoting the interests of the consumers. We have already seen that no country... | |
 | David Cunningham (civil engineer.) - 1878 - 470 ページ
...not exist many days. What Adam Smith wrote a century since cannot well be too often recalled to mind. He says : — ' Consumption is the sole end and purpose...promoting that of the consumer. ' The maxim is so self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest... | |
 | David Cunningham (civil engineer.) - 1878 - 424 ページ
...not exist many days. What Adam Smith wrote a century since cannot well be too often recalled to mind. He says : — ' Consumption is the sole end and purpose...promoting that of the consumer. ' The maxim is so self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1880 - 274 ページ
...to extend our own manufactures, by depressing those of our neighbours. Consumption is the sole end of all production ; and the interest of the producer...may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer, a maxim so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile... | |
 | William Godwin Moody - 1883 - 380 ページ
...and activity to every industry in the work of reproduction. Upon this point Adam Smith is very clear. He says : — " Consumption is the sole end and purpose...promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But the mercantile system seems to consider... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 ページ
...are unwilling, however, that <my part of this small number should go abroad to instruct foreigners. Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production...consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident, thai it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system, the interest of the consumer... | |
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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production ; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. 
