 | Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 762 sidor
...must, in almost all cases, be either a useless or a hurtful regulation. If the produce of domestic can be brought there as cheap as that of foreign industry,...at home what it will cost him more to make than to l>n The tailor does not attempt to make his own shoe; but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemalcc... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1846 - 674 sidor
...cases be either a useless or a hurtful regulation. If the produce of domestic industry can be bought as cheap as that of foreign industry, the regulation is evidently useless ; if it can not, it must generally be hurtful. 1 2th. That commerce is an exchange of equivalents not merely... | |
 | Sir Robert Peel - 1849 - 82 sidor
...illustrates the great doctrines of Political Economy, by a reference to the simplest transactions. He says, " It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family...him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not make his own shoes but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not make his own clothes, but... | |
 | William Newton - 1851 - 578 sidor
...private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, * * * for, if the produce of domestic, can be brought there as cheap as that of foreign, industry, the regulation is evidently useless." The true policy, therefore, for governments to pursue, is to abandon the attempt to obtain an unfair... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1852 - 576 sidor
...private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, * * * for, if the produce of domestic, can be brought there as cheap as that of foreign, industry, the regulation is evidently useless." The true policy, therefore, for governments to pursue, is to abandon the attempt to obtain an unfair... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 502 sidor
...must, in almost all cases, be either a useless or a hurtful regulation. If the produce of domestic can be brought there as cheap as that of foreign industry,...prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make «t home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not attempt to make his own... | |
 | George Buchanan - 1856 - 852 sidor
...wealth and strength. And the most thrifty and moneysaving individual can now appreciate his advice, "never to attempt to make at home what, it will cost him more to make than to buy." The merits of his work were so justly appreciated, that it was soon translated into all tlif languages... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1859 - 576 sidor
...either a useless or a hurtful regulation. If the produce of domestic can be bought there as cheaply as that of foreign industry, the regulation is evidently...never to attempt to make at home what it will cost hirn more to make than to buy. The tailor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of... | |
 | 1860 - 796 sidor
...must, in almost all cases, be a useless or hurtful regulation. If the produce of domestic can bo bought there as cheap as that of foreign industry, the regulation...evidently useless. If it cannot, it must generally he hurtful. It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1868 - 710 sidor
...cases, be either a useless or a hurtful regulation. If the produce of domestic industry can be bought as cheap as that of foreign industry, the regulation...useless ; if it cannot, it must generally be hurtful. 12th. That commerce is an exchange of equivalents not merely beneficial to one of the parties which... | |
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It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. 
