... rapidity to the further acquisition of riches. The most decisive mark of the prosperity of any country is the increase of the number of itsinhabitants. In Great Britain, and most other European ... anyprovocation of this kind, combine of their own accord to raise the price of their labour. Their usual pretences are, sometimes the high price of provisions; sometimes the great profit which theirmasters ... waitingindolently in their workhouses, for the calls of their customers, asin Europe, they are continually running about the streets with the tools of their respective trades, offering their service,...