Many kinds of unproductive labour do this. Many kinds of unproductive labour are therefore beneficial.
All labour for which there is a fair demand is equally respectable.
Labour being a beneficial power, all economy of that labour must be beneficial.
Labour is economized,
- I. By Division of Labour;—in three ways.
- 1. Men do best what they are accustomed to do.
- 2. Men do the most quickly work which they stick to.
- 3. It is a saving of time to have several parts of a work going on at once.
Labour is economized,
- II. By the use of machinery, which
- 1. Eases man’s labour.
- 2. Shortens man’s labour; and thus, by doing his work, sets him at liberty for other work.
Labour should be protected by securing its natural liberty: that is,—
- 1. By showing no partiality.
- 2. By removing the effects of former partiality.