ABSTRACT
The fondamental principle of the Association is, that the produce of labour ought to be the property of the producer; that the brotherhood of labour should be the basis of society; and that the workingmen of all countries should throw aside their petty jealousies and national antipathies, and make common cause with each other in their struggle with capital. Foreign competition has always furnished a plea for the reduction of wages. The Continental workmen work longer hours, for less money, than the British do. The distance in the race between the British and the Continental manufacturer for the prices in the markets of the world, is rapidly diminishing; the British is ahead, but only just ahead. The power of disposing of a thing according to one’s own will includes surely that of placing it at the disposal of another.
