Sentence:  `` Without any officious and improper interference on the subject , the price of labor or the wages of mechanics will be regulated by the demand for the manufactured article and the value of that which is <WSD>paid</WSD> for it ; but the right does not exist to raise the wages of the mechanic by any forced and artificial means '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  give money, usually in exchange for goods or services