Mill, J.S. to John Chapman, Blackheath, 4 August 1861

Component identifier:

Item 2

Content Summary:

Pencil note (on MS when purchased in 1953) reads: "Published in Letters of J.S. Mill ed. By Hugh Elliot. London Longmans, 1910 v. 1 p. 247.

Disagrees with "Mr Harrison's letter in the Daily News" but agrees with "Mr Fawcett's article" on the grounds that "the power of striking tends to bring about something approximating to what I consider the only right organisation of labour, the association of the work people with the employers by a participation of profits". Favours payment by the hour as against day labour but there should be a recognised length of a day beyond which the payment per hour would be higher.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased by the Library from the Museum Book Store, London in 1953.

Names:

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873

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