‹Wages.› Men are always in search of something fixed, 352.
Hence the great desire for government offices, 353.
Fixity favoured by two circumstances, 354.
Illustrations drawn from the principle of fire insurance,
354-357.
Remuneration by wages has the principle of fixity, so much
sought after, 357.
Opinions of the Socialists on this subject controverted, 357,
358.
Wages, their origin, form, and effects, 358.
Labour may be remunerated either by share of its product or by
fixed wages, 359.
Dependence not caused by form of remuneration, but by precarious
situation of labourer, ‹ib.›
No men worse off than fishermen and vine-dressers, though they
have the benefits of association, 359, 360.
Results of labour applied to the chase, fishing, or agriculture
very uncertain, ‹ib.›
To obviate this, a fixed unconditional bargain preferred, 360.
This is not to destroy, but improve, the principle of
association, ‹ib.›