In  order  to  make  the  presence  of  Thomas
possible,  we  must  assume  that  James  is  able
to  make  four  loaves  instead  of  three,  that
George  is  able  to  make  four  suits  of  clothes
instead  of  three,  and  that  Joseph  similarly
can  make  additional  furniture.  What,  then,
will  be  the  position  of  Thomas  ?  Besides  the
coal  which  he  keeps  for  his  own  fire,  he  will
require,  in  order  to  keep  himself  alive,  a
fourth  of  the  furniture  produced  by  Joseph,  a
fourth  of  the  clothes  produced  by  George,  and
a  fourth  of  the  bread  produced  by  James.  He
will,  that  is  to  say,  require  to  receive  these
things  as  the  wages  of  his  labour,  and  the
others  will,  accordingly,  be  obliged  to  give
them  to  him  as  the  price  of  his  coals.  Thus,
in  a  simple  community  of  the  kind  we  have
imagined,  prices  not  only  can  but  must  be
kept  at  a  point  that  will  yield  a  certain  wage
to  the  producer.
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Fig.  9.
Fio.  9a.
8  S  S  S,  Surplus  articles,  which  may  either  be  consumed  as  luxuries  by  the
producers,  or  given  to  Timothy  in  exchange  for  cigars,  as  in  Fig.  9  a.
L  W,  "Tlie  living  wage"  of  the  producer,  as  described  in  the  text.
C  1,  Cigars  produced  by  Timothy,  distributed  in  one  possible  way.
C  2,  „  „  distributed  in  another  possible  way.
