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theUmiliati, it continued their policy of concentration, by fightingagainst the independent workmen, and reducing them, as far as itcould, to the position of wage-earning servants of its own. Nowwhat was this but to make a cheap market in labour? Here, ifanywhere, cheapness was vital, for the world… … J/^Ien§;io ddlo Lajia 154 THE BUILDERS OF FLORENCE then—as in the case of the weavers—the Arte fixed a maximumwage ; and made it difficult for these men to pay off their debtsto their masters that they might perforce remain under effectivecontrol. For the same reason the Arte set itself against all…
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