... of the nation’s food-supply by those who handle it on its way to the con- sumer. This is our opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency of a great dem...

... I know them well! They all have a gab and nice manners. Ah, your Monsieur Sumer—, Somm—” “De Sommervieux, papa.” “Well, well, de Sommervieux, well an...

...ng. And, again, by the tariff system the whole revenue is paid by the con- sumers of foreign goods, and those chiefly the luxuries, and not the necess...

...al tax-payer pays less in reality, while the State receives more, and con- sumers profit by a vast reduction in the price of things which the State re...

...s life alone is a costly one, and I am not sure that the unproductive con- sumer is not robbing the community at large. There was some discussion abou...

... them good to smell the rum, under the circumstances. Over the grog, mixed in a bucket, presides the boatswain’s mate, small tin can in hand. Enter th...

...ce with greater rapidity a quantity of imperfect commodities, and the con- sumer to content himself with these commodities. Not that in democracies th...

...ity is obtained, no fall in the exchangeable value would induce other con- sumers to come forward, or those who are already supplied to take more. Let... ...untaxed: and this gain she will acquire at the expense of the English con- sumers of linen, who, in addition, will be the real payers of the whole of ... ... flowof the pre- cious metals out of France into England. The English con- sumer of French wine would not merely save the amount of the duty which tha...

... manu- facturer, and not yet disposed of or distributed to the proper con- sumers; such as the finished work which we frequently find ready made in th... ...equired only one million to circulate and distribute it to its proper con- sumers, and that annual produce cannot be immediately aug- mented by those ... ...ers with one another, and the circulation between the dealers and the con- sumers. Though the same pieces of money , whether paper or metal, may be em... ... itself to a considerable part of the circulation between dealers and con- sumers, as in Scotland, and still more in North America, it ban- ishes gold... ...casion to keep any by him for the circulation between himself and the con- sumers, who are his customers, and who bring ready money to him, instead of... ... any middle man of any kind from coming in between the grower and the con- sumer; and this was the meaning of the many restraints which they imposed u... ...ion to his con- sumption, be taxed much more heavily than the drunken con- sumer. A family which exercised great hospitality, would be taxed much more... ...ole weight of such taxes fell not upon the con- 736 The Wealth of Nations sumer, but upon the producer; they never having been able to raise the pric...

...untenanced by their patron they are indices of his rank and vicarious con- sumer of his superfluous wealth. Many of these affiliated gentlemen of leis... ...the retainer and hangers-on of the patron may be classed as vicarious con- sumer without qualification. Many of these again, and also many of the othe... ...e, implies no deprecation of the motives or of the ends sought by the con- sumer under this canon of conspicuous waste. But it is, on other grounds, w...

...et all that he re- quired for a dollar a day. Now Americans are great con- sumers, especially at hotels, and all that a man requires includes three ho...