Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-11-14
WAGE-LABOR AND CAPITAL

EN Karl MNEN.


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II we were +" a>N U' L'""''IS' no"
m"''' Wages Il" 5v,' I'l; one ""'''" re-
pIN' u get " coup" ~ 3'lIIllhSN daN
from my employers an"''''F' get nan
CROWN ana 50 on According
to thr dnl"l'h' traces /" Whlrh
they belong they would nam" different
sums 81 money Nil''h lh'S r''tN' from
ih"r particular employers rNh'r Tor
W"rhIh@ Tor ''FtaIa hhTth "I tII'|'' or
Tor performing ''IHIlI piece "I WORK,
Tor rAa'l'll'' ellii'I Tor weaving an 'II "l
rl'lti, or Tor setting Up certain alunHht
OF type. hu' in SP'l+" TINS oiIl'r'ht'
III tl'lf statements ilth' Is one POM III
Whlch lle} W"oi" 'I agree 'li'lt wages
are IN" amount OF money Wllrh ih'Hr
employer pays Ih'lll "'h'f i"r W"INI'E "A
certain length OF time, or Tor certain
amount OF work u"li',
mus thelr employer buys Ih"tr WORK
Tor money f"r monty 'h'S "H lhr'r
Worn lo nun. W llh ne 9"lln sum Tor
Whch the employer las bought th"Ir
WORK as Tor lllStaic''WItn coupe OF
ShllIIngS, h" might nave bought l"nr
pounds ol sugar " Pf'pr'I"hat' amount
OF any other wares. re two ShIIln9S
sugar, are the price Ut Tour pounds "i
sugar The two NhIIllnG' WItl winch h"
buys labor tor twelve nouIH, are III"
prIce OF twelve hours work. WORE Is
therefore as mI''i roIhnoh'lY AS'ngar'
neither more nor less, ohy they meas
IRE the former 10y the dock, the latter
by tn" scales.
The labor"rS exchange TIER own com
modify with Their employers WORK Tor
money; and TINS exchange takes place
according to liked proportion, SO
much money Tor 5" lhuch work. for
twelve hours WeaNmg' Two slhIlinES
ANA do not these two SlllIIItgS represent
two HhIlllnES worth ol AL "l'ef r"n'ln"d-
ties Thus the lahorrr mas, ia Fact "N-
rhHnHed ms own rolnI''"o''y-N oiN' WIN
all KINDS OF olhtf commodities ana lIla(
III liked proportion, ms employer III
giving hlIh TWO SliIllllgS' mas gwen NINA
So much meat, SO m''rhri"'h'lSH 80 hl'irh
fuel, light, and So on, III eA'hang" Tor
his day work. Inc tW" ShliI'IgS, there
tore, express the proportion III Nhlrh ms
work IS exchanged with other 'ommodI-
ties tn" eNchange'yalHe OF MS work.
and the exchange value ni amy rhhnudi-
ty expressed IN money IS called Is pflc'.
Wage Is, therefore, only ahoth" name
for the pnre OF Work~Ior the oric" OF
tins peculiar piece OF property Wll"h can
have no local hahltatIoh at all except III
human flesh and blood,
Take the case OF any Work'h''l'' Il W'aN~
or for instance. lile employer a'pplleS
hIm with thread ana loom n" weaver
sets to work, ana the thread ~ turned
INTO cloth. Inc employer lakes p@S"S-
sion Of the cloth and sells 1t, say tor
twenty ShIllinSs. Does the weaver re-.
celvc aS wages a MHn B" tn" cIotI-m
the twenty shIlngs IN the product OF
his labor? by no means. The weaver
receives his wages long before the pro
duct X sold The employer does Tot,
therefore, pay his wages with the money
he will get for the cloth. but with money
previously provided Loom and thread
are not the WeaverS product, since they
are supplied by the employer, and o
more are the commodities which he r.
ceives III exchange for his own commod-
ty, or in other words FOR his work. 1t is
possible that tho employer finds no pur
chaser for his cloth, 1t may be that by
its sale he does not recover even the
wages he has paid, 1t may he that in
comparison with the W"aVerS wages he