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and  therefore  enters  into  the  supply  price
of  the  article  produced  in  the  factory.
It  will  be  realised,  of  course,  that  the  dogma
discussed  above  has  no  reference  to  the
rents  paid  directly  by  consumers  for  their
houses  and  grounds.  It  will  be  realised  also,
I  imagine,  without  demonstration  that  the
dogma  holds  not  merely  of  land  rent,  but  of
every  kind  of  rent  so  far  as  it  is  a  payment
arising  out  of  the  production  of  things.