"(Say: Political Economy.) That means that all which the workingman gains is NET PRODUCT; but that only that part of the manufacturer's gains is NET PRODUCT, which remains after deducting his wages.

But why is the right of profit confined to the manufacturer?
Why is this right, which is at bottom the right of property itself, denied to the workingman?
In the terms of economical science, the workingman is capital.

Now, all capital, beyond the cost of its maintenance and repair, must bear interest.

This the proprietor takes care to get, both for his capital and for himself.

Why is the workingman prohibited from charging a like interest for his capital, which is himself?
Property, then, is inequality of rights; for, if it were not inequality of rights, it would be equality of goods,--in other words, it would not exist.