Since the water from the fountain is everyone's, what man can say that the water in the pitcher is only his? By drawing it out of the fountain and putting it into the pitcher, man has now appropriated it to himself. Locke states, "Thus the law of reason makes the deer that the Indian kills his; he had instilled labor upon it, and though it was once the common right to every man, his labor upon it makes it his property now" (Locke).
The main matter of property is not the fruits and plants on the property, or the beasts and wildlife that occupy it, but the earth itself. When God gave the world to all mankind, he also commanded man to labor it, planting, tilling, cultivating, and improving the land for better convenience for himself and others.
Adams Smith's views on property were more concerned with the wages and profit, and with the rent of land. He believed that employment must stay competitive. If there isn't a well-balanced work economy, everyone would be flocking to a well paying job, leaving all the other occupations with no employees. But keeping everything competitive, it offers a bigger horizon for people in the work place. For the most part they can choose what they want to do without having to sacrifice much money. There are five principle circumstances that make up this counterbalance in the work place.
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The first principle is, agreeableness or disagreeableness of the employment position itself. One has to want to do what one is employed to do. Owning a bar may not be thought of as an agreeable job if one considers the daily circumstances of such a position. He has to put up with the possibility of a drunkard's brutality and other possible risks. An editor of a newspaper may not run the same risks as the owner of the bar. There is less danger, and it is seen as a better job, more agreeable.
The second principle concerns, the easiness and cheapness or the difficulty and the expense of learning the job.