If this labour were not to take place, then not only has the form been posited in it uselessly, i.e. the previous labour is not reaffirmed by new labour, but the material is also spoiled, because, in the form of twist, it has a use value only in so far as it is worked on further: it is a use value only in respect of the use which further labour makes of it; is use value only in so far as its form as twist is suspended in the form of fabric; while cotton in its existence as cotton is capable of an infinite number of useful employments.
Kung kukuparan ang paggawa para mapamahal ang halaga ng produkto, hindi naman ito mabibili kung may parehas at karibal na produktong mas mura ang halaga dahil ginawa ng mas maliksing mga manggagawa. Sa madaling salita, sapagkat ang paggawa ay sukatan ng halaga ng bawat kalakal sa lipunan, ang magiging sukatan ay ang karaniwang bilis ng produksyon nito sa narating na antas ng produktibidad ng lipunan, at hindi ang oras na kinukonsumo ng bawat indibidwal na prodyuser.*