thenitismanifestthatthechoicefortheartisanundersuchconditions，liesbetweendiminishedamountofworkordiminishedrateofpaymentforit。Moreover，forkindredreasonstheselocalburdensraisethecostsofthethingsheconsumes。Thechargesmadebydistributorsare，ontheaverage，determinedbythecurrentratesofinterestoncapitalusedindistributingbusinesses;andtheextracostsofcaringonsuchbusinesseshavetobepaidforbyextraprices。Sothatasinthepasttheruralworkerlostinonewaywhathegainedinanother，sointhepresentdoestheurbanworker：therebeingtoo，inbothcases，thelossentailedonhimbythecostofadministrationandthewasteaccompanyingit。
\"Butwhathasallthistodowith’thecomingslavery’？\"willperhapsbeasked。Nothingdirectly，butagooddealindirectly，asweshallseeafteryetanotherpreliminarysection。
ItissaidthatwhenrailwayswerefirstopenedinSpain，peasantsstandingonthetrackswerenotunfrequentlyrunover;
andthattheblamefellontheengine—driversfornotstopping：
ruralexperienceshavingyieldednoconceptionofthemomentumofalargemassmovingatahighvelocity。