Chapter I. Influence Of The Progress Of Industry And Population On Values And Prices.

§ 1. Tendency of the progress of society toward increased Command over the powers of Nature; increased Security, and increased Capacity of Co-Operation. § 2. Tendency to a Decline of the Value and Cost of Production of all Commodities. § 3. -except the products of Agriculture and Mining, which have a tendency to Rise. § 4. -that tendency from time to time Counteracted by Improvements in Production. § 5. Effect of the Progress of Society in moderating fluctuations of Value.