When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.

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The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as...

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as...

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire...

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire...

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises...

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises...

From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to...

From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to...

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me...

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me...

Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association.

Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association.

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at...

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at...

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and...

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and...

The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer...

The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer...

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in...

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in...

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring...

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring...

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from...

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from...

The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest,...

The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest,...

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty...

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty...

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the...

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the...

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.