 | Henry George - 1882 - 104 sider
...contend that in such a case wages are drawn from capital. There is no capital in the case. An absolutely naked man, thrown on an island where no human being...drawn from capital — either my capital or any one else.s capital — but are brought into existence by the labour of which they become the wages ; and... | |
 | James Platt - 1884 - 236 sider
...labourers, whilst they produce the various commodities we require. Let us take his next illustration : " Or if I take a piece of leather and work it up into a pair of shoes, the shoes are my wages—the reward of my exertions. Surely they are not drawn from capital—either my capital or any... | |
 | Robert Scott Moffat - 1885 - 310 sider
...class of things contained under his definition by asserting something as to another class of them. " If I take a piece of leather and work it up into a...are not drawn from capital, either my capital, or anyone else's capital.'' This with numerous other illustrations would lead one to suppose that Mr.... | |
 | Reuben C. Rutherford - 1887 - 386 sider
...box-maker's wages drawn from capital? If not; from what — besides the shop-window? " An absolutely naked man, thrown on an island where no human being...before trod, may gather birds' eggs or pick berries." (P. 44.) Yes, and eat them, too; "and there is no capital in the case," or wages either. But if he... | |
 | 1890 - 1148 sider
...that there is really a great deal of ' capital in the case.' Our author proceeds : — An absolutely naked man, thrown on an island where no human being...before trod, may gather birds' eggs or pick berries (p. 34). No doubt. But those who have followed my argument thus far will be aware that a man's vital... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1894 - 380 sider
...that there is really a great deal of " capital in the case." Our author proceeds : — An absolutely naked man, thrown on an island where no human being...before trod, may gather birds' eggs or pick berries (p. 34). No doubt. But those who have followed my argument thus far will be aware that a man's vital... | |
 | John Fremont Wilber - 1918 - 118 sider
...capital will shift its share of the burden so that labor and land will bear it all. Henry George says: "If I take a piece of leather and work it up into a pair of shoes, the shoes are my wages—the reward of my exertion. Surely they are not drawn from capital— either my capital or any... | |
 | 1890 - 1188 sider
...will probably fail, as completely as I do, to discover the relevancy of the statement. Again : — Or, if I take a piece of leather and work it up into a pah- of shoes, the shoes are my wages — the reward of my exertion. Surely they are not drawn from... | |
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Or if I take a piece of leather and work it up into a pair of shoes, the shoes are my wages — the reward of my exertion. Surely they are not drawn from capital — either my capital or any one... 