 Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.  The American Federationist - Page 10701903Full view - About this book
 | 1886 - 414 pages
...observer. Abraham Lincoln once said: ''Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is but the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed." But under present conditions, capital seems to feel an entire independence of labor, and to demand... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1887 - 252 pages
...excluding females." In 1854, he said: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the support of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." In April of the same year, he... | |
 | Symmes M. Jelley - 1887 - 390 pages
...Lincoln said in his second message: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior and deserves much higher consideration." Webster said in his speech in 1837: "The interest... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 438 pages
...inferonces frwm them are ground leas. Labor is prior to and independent of cipital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserve- much the higher >• t>eideration. Cunitrtl hat its right»,... | |
 | Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes - 1910 - 328 pages
...them groundless. They hold that labor is prior to, and independent of, capital; that, in fact, capital is the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed — that labor can exist without capital, but that capital could never have existed without labor.... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 476 pages
...inferences frem them are groundless. Labor is prior to and independent of ciuital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not not existed. Labor ia the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 pages
...in the condition of a hired laborer. Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. (First Annual Message.) The prudent,... | |
 | 1903 - 696 pages
...inferences from them are groundless. Labor is prior to, and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." It is this emphasis upon the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 500 pages
...inferences from them are groundless. Labor is prior to and independent of capital — capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which... | |
 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1906 - 746 pages
...efficiency without as a nation paying the penalty. For, after all, in the words of Lincoln, "capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed." I am sure it is known to all of you that many people in Great Britain believe that the factory system... | |
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