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The Iron Heel

CHAPTER II
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Now to begin again.

The workingmen on the street railway furnish the labor.

The stockholders furnish the capital.

By the joint effort of the workingmen and the capital, money is earned.* They divide between them this money that is earned.

Capital's share is called 'dividends.' Labor's share is called 'wages.'" * In those days, groups of predatory individuals controlled all the means of transportation, and for the use of same levied toll upon the public.
"Very good," the Bishop interposed.


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