...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. Hence...

...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. Hence...

...Free States made such an assertion revolutionary. He proceeded to state emphatically that " Labour is prior to, and independent of, Capital. Capital is only the fruit of Labour, and could never have existed if Labour had not first existed. Labour is the superior of Capital,...

...and he voiced this sentiment in that part of this message which Mr. Bryan omitted to quote. He said: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital...has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as other rights." Lincoln was essentially a man of the people, and his great human heart had room in it...

...evidently were not in accord with the declaration of Lincoln which labor submitted for adoption that, "labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital...Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much more consideration." Indeed, the convention disregarded the martyred Lincoln's warning that "you can...

...GOMPERS, OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. tion of Lincoln, which labor submitted for adoption, that " labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital...Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much more consideration." Indeed, the convention disregarded the martyred Lincoln's warning that " you can...

...The Republican party is in accord with the great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, when he declared that "labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital...Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much more consideration." Through his wise and humane policy the shackles were stricken from the limbs of...

...nobody labors unless somebody else owning capital, somehow by the use of it, induces him to labor. Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could not have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves higher...

...No way, that is, under the rigged rules of corporate domination. PUTTING ECONOMICS IN HUMAN RIGHTS Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. President Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress, December 3, 1861. The time has come for us to civilize...

...wants are mainly supplied." Labor was thus "prior to, and independent of, capital"; indeed "capital is the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed." But capital, though derivative, performed a valuable service in a free society, because those who had...