Then, he must produce beyond his strength; for, by the withdrawal of laborers who become proprietors, the one always follows from the other.

But to produce beyond his strength and needs, he must invade the production of another, and consequently diminish the number of producers.

Thus the proprietor--after having lessened production by stepping outside--lessens it still further by encouraging the monopoly of labor.

Let us calculate it.
The laborer's deficit, after paying his rent, being, as we have seen, one-tenth, he tries to increase his production by this amount.

He sees no way of accomplishing this save by increasing his labor: this also he does.