. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . : ^ i <^i : .r *- T fe 1 fi_. ^?H a •1-- = Regulation ofPrices. Failureof tlieStatute. 198 ////•; BLACK TiKATIl, AXD AFTI-:RWAUPS. 11348 Mii-h a ciiursf woiilil have For Imtli in themilinaiice and tliu .statute they inserted clauses \viii(.h werealso intended to reyulate prices. For instance, in the ordin-aiiee wo read tiiat butclicrs, fishmongers, regraters, hostelers,lirewcrs, liakei
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . : ^ i <^i : .r *- T fe 1 fi_. ^?H a •1-- = Regulation ofPrices. Failureof tlieStatute. 198 ////•; BLACK TiKATIl, AXD AFTI-:RWAUPS. 11348 Mii-h a ciiursf woiilil have For Imtli in themilinaiice and tliu .statute they inserted clauses \viii(.h werealso intended to reyulate prices. For instance, in the ordin-aiiee wo read tiiat butclicrs, fishmongers, regraters, hostelers,lirewcrs, liakei-s, palters,- and all other sellers of all mannerol vii-tiials, shall he hound to sill the .same victual for a reason-alile price, so that the same sellers have moderate gains andnot excessive ; and that if any be convicted of selling in anyotlicr manner, he shall jniy tlie double of the same that heso Icceived to the damnified. In the statute theyeviu went further, and regulated the jjrices of boots andshoes. In fact, what ought to be criticised in this legislationis not its want of justice, nor even its liad policy, but itsobvious futility. To tin. impartial man of that day it nodoubt .seemed fail,
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