The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-13
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Constant Rcuder.-Q VIII you kindly
answer IN your query column the follow
ing question. Who IS Ricardo and what
! is his theory of rcnt7
4. David Ricardo was native OF Ion.
don. born April ~, i772 His father was
dew, native Of Hoiluud, and settled
10 London al gained u fortune as mem
bcr Of the STOCK exchange. III was part
ncr Of his father until IN l7p3, when he
embraced thc Christian faith and formed a
marriage connection contrary to his faith
er's wishes. which caused the partnership
10 be dissolved After securing n fortune
In business nlnnc. IN which he was aided
by other members Of the stock exchange
he became student Of mathematics, chem
istry aud political economy and lter an
extensive writer. particularly on tnc latter
subject The essence Of his rent theory Is
that rent being the price paid by the
cultiya.or to the owner Of land Tor the use
OF IT., productive powers is cquni to the
excess nf the price Of the produce OF the
laud over tho cost Of production on tlat
land with The increase OF population, and
..f 10, I,f colo
will be taken into civilizations sud he
pticc Of tho entire supply necessary Tor the
community viii be regulated ny the cost
of production Of that portion 81 tho sup
ply which is produced at the greatest cN.
ptrSc. But for he land which VIII mrely
repay The cost Of cultivation no rcut wifi
toe paid Hence the rcut of any qunlIty
IF laul viii hc cqunl in the difference he.
rwccn the cost OF production on that land
ana tho cost Of production of TIA, produce
which is raised Ht the gIcntost EXPENSE.
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Studont-Q. What is the dcat of Great
Brtnnt
y 10 May not he ecuoraIly knovu In This
country that tao public debit of M. United
Kingdom consists OF two quite distinct
!ton- tho national debit aud tho lo- 4
''''. N' f''l t'''.I mas I'A''.N incur Nl DN
toe nation a- q whole. aud Is charge upon
me national mr. Imperial revenue. Tn" lat
ter represents the separate sums borrowed
by hundreds of different local autho ties,
and for this don't the imperial government
has hut % remote responsibility. Each 10.
CAVITY must bear the burden Of It's own
local debt The untionni debt is much the
larger, and until recently was being re-
IHA T.af. Il
and So also is toe national. The high water
mark ~ The British nntlonal debt was made
about 1918. when the united debts Of Great
Britain and ireland stood nj f002 10000
Involving an annual charge Of 32,6t5,oo0
At the close Of the Crimonn war this debt
was fs42oO0o00 BY the year 1000 this
had been reduced to fd3oooo,oaO, With an
annual charge or fl7.6o0,00o But 1t is in
creaAng on account Of the African war at
the rate OF A'2oao0o each week,
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j. Do Please saw hy whom the day
and night was frst divided into hours and
passing of time rr clo.ys nle -1o7.ed3
A. The carly Ggvrraps di,ldcI the dav
ANA nigh, each inf, twelve hours. q custom
adopted bv the lows or the Crooks nr I'm.
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