 Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest," represents, or under any circumstances could represent, an available principle of national economy. Buy in the cheapest market? — yes; but what made your market cheap? Charcoal may be cheap among...  Unto This Last - Page 32by John Ruskin - 2006 - 104 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Newell Dwight Hillis - Biography - 1922 - 236 pages
...text, ' ' Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest, ' ' was part truth, and part falsehood. "Buy in the cheapest market? Yes; but what made your market cheap? Charcoal may be cheap among the roof timbers after a fire, and bricks may be cheap in your streets after an earthquake, but fire... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - Art critics - 1925 - 232 pages
...has beguiled an argosy." "Buy in the cheapest market 1 — yes ; but what made your market cheap 1 Charcoal may be cheap among your roof timbers after...earthquake ; but fire and earthquake may not therefore be national benefits. Sell in the dearest 1 — yes, truly ; but what made your market dear ? You sold... | |
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