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This is why the masters at the present day are able to dispense with the exercise of obvious violence which in bygone times they used towards their slaves. THIS IS WHY THE MASTERS AT THE PRESENT DAY ARE ABLE TO DISPENSE WITH THE EXERCISE OF OBVIOUS VIOLENCE WHICH IN BYGONE TIMES THEY USE TOWARDS THEIR SLAVES
s and less; thirdly, the improvement in them forces the workers to work harder while they are at work, as notably in the cotton-spinning industry. Also in most trades women and children are employed, to whom it is not even pretended that a subsistence wage is given. Owing to all these causes, the reserve army of labour necessary to our present system of manufactures for the gambling market, the introduction of labour-saving machines (labour saved for the master, mind you, not the man), and the intensifying of the labour while it lasts, the employment of the auxiliary labour of women and children: owing to all this there are in ordinary years even, not merely in specially bad years like the current one, {184} more workers than there is work for them to do. The workers therefore undersell one another in disposing of their one commodity, labour-power, and are forced to do so, or they would not be allowed to work, and therefore would have to starve or go to the prison called the workhouse.  THAT SKILLED WORK IS WANTED LESS AND LESS THIRDLY THE IMPROVEMENT IN THEM FORCES THE WORKERS TO WORK HARDER WHILE THEY ARE AT WORK AS NOTABLY IN THE COTTON SPINNING INDUSTRY ALSO IN MOST TRADES WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE EMPLOYED TO WHOM IT IS NOT EVEN PRETENDED THAT A SUBSISTENCE WEIGHT IS GIVEN OWING TO ALL THESE CAUSES THE RESERVE ARMY OF LABOR NECESSARY TO OUR PRESENT SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURES FOR THE GAMBLING MARKET THE INTRODUCTION OF LABOUR SAVING MACHINES LABOR SAVED FOR THE MASTER MIGHTIER NOT THE MAN AND THE INTENSIFYING OF THE LABOR WHILE IT LASTS THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE AUXILIARY LABOR OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN OWING TO ALL THIS THERE ARE IN ORDINARY YEARS EVEN NOT MERELY UNSPECIALLY BAD YEARS LIKE THE CURRENT ONE MORE WORKERS THAN THERE IS WORK FOR THEM TO DO THE WORKERS THEREFORE UNDERSELL ONE ANOTHER IN DISPOSING OF THEIR ONE COMMODITY LABOUR POWER AND ARE FORCED TO DO SO OR THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK AND THEREFORE WOULD HAVE TO STARVE OR GO TO THE PRISON CALLED THE WORKHOUSE
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