General increase of wages falls upon consumers of products, and in no way encroaches upon rent or profits of Capitalists.

It is necessary to review the arguments of Mr. Ogilvy, in so far as they are supposed to touch upon my former paper on Strikes and their Influence upon Wages.
We are substantially in agreement in the view stated by me in my former paper, that a strike may be the means of successfully raising the status of some branches of labour that are comparatively under-paid or over-worked; it may raise the real wages of a particular country or locality which formerly laboured under the average remuneration of other countries; it may be the means of forcing the capitalist or employer to give a fairer or larger share of the profits of capital and labour—i.e., machinery, plant, skill, and labour. Of late years, through the improved condition of labour, some of the labourers had been able to make savings which accumulated so that they could do for a certain time without actual labour.
This was the secret of the source and success of all strikes.
The main question at issue was whether it was possible by the present appliances to produce a great deal more of the articles necessary for life and comfort than was produced previously; if so, by labourers having the means of getting a larger share in the products their condition would undoubtedly be improved.