COMPARISON ARE SET BY NATURAL LAWS AND NOT BY THE WHIM OF MERCHANTS OR THERMOMETER MANUFACTURERS. HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO WAGES AND PROFITS, CITIZEN WESTON NOT ONLY FAILED TO DEDUCE THESE FIXED POINTS FROM THE ECONOMIC LAWS, BUT HE DID NOT EVEN FEEL THE NEED TO LOOK FOR THEM. HE SIMPLY ADOPTED THE COMMON TERMS HIGH AND LOW, AS IF THEY MEANT SOMETHING FIXED, WHEREAS IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT WAGES CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS HIGH OR LOW COMPARED TO A STANDARD BY WHICH THEIR MAGNITUDE IS MEASURED.