Marx in his exposition of the theory of class war says that the ne accruing to the capitalists is all taken from the toil the workers, and gives the entire credit of production to the labourers, [forgetting the share contributed by other members of society.
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China are the spinning and weaving mills in Shanghai, Nantungchow, outsin, and Hankow. During th European war these mills mad {great profits, the surplus value each year of each mill ranging from tens hundreds of thousands of dollars, Let me ask you whose labour produced all the money; was it entirely due to the workers in the mills?
Speaking of this industry let think of thd original material, cotton, and in so doing of the cotton grower and of cotton seed. Wher the seed is sown all sorts of implements are necessary for ploughing and tilling the soil, and manures! are also needed, We think of the makers of these implements and manores. When the cotton is gathered it has to be taken to the mill ind when made into cloth has to be del red to the markets, therefore we must naturally consider the steamers and railways, and in doing 80 give credit to the originators of these means transport.
Then there are the miners and smiths who produced the metal and wood for these machines, Ther again, after the cloth is made, apart from the workers, society has to employ the weavers of these materials, If they did not use them there would be no market, the capitalists would not be able to mak money and there would be no surplus value,
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