Statistics for occurrence #1 of “William Penn” in chapter 14, page 148 of Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 2:
... just so fast as prices fall and wages rise.
To insure progress, the cost of everything but human muscle and brains must fall.
The remuneration of these two elements in production must rise.
In William Penn 's time it took one hundred and thirty-seven days toil to buy a ton of flour; in 1790, one hundred and twenty-five days labor would buy it;
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