IftheProfessorthenfound，thatinaccordancewiththecalculationofthemanufacturers，theworkmanreproducedorreplacedhiswagesin2half—hours，inthatcase，heshouldhavecontinuedhisanalysisthus:
Accordingtoyourfigures，theworkmaninthelasthourbutoneproduceshiswages，andinthelasthouryoursurplus—valueornetprofit。Now，sinceinequalperiodsheproducesequalvalues，theproduceofthelasthourbutone，musthavethesamevalueasthatofthelasthour。Further，itisonlywhilehelaboursthatheproducesanyvalueatall，andtheamountofhislabourismeasuredbyhislabour—time。Thisyousay，amountsto111/2hoursaday。Heemploysoneportionofthese111/2hours，inproducingorreplacinghiswages，andtheremainingportioninproducingyournetprofit。Beyondthishedoesabsolutelynothing。Butsince，onyourassumption，hiswages，andthesurplus—valueheyields，areofequalvalue，itisclearthatheproduceshiswagesin53/4hours，andyournetprofitintheother53/4hours。Again，sincethevalueoftheyarnproducedin2hours，isequaltothesumofthevaluesofhiswagesandofyournetprofit，themeasureofthevalueofthisyarnmustbe111/2
working—hours，ofwhich53/4hoursmeasurethevalueoftheyarnproducedinthelasthourbutone，and53/4，thevalueoftheyarnproducedinthelasthour。Wenowcometoaticklishpoint;therefore，attention！Thelastworking—hourbutoneis，likethefirst，anordinaryworking—hour，neithermorenorless。Howthencanthespinnerproduceinonehour，intheshapeofyarn，avaluethatembodies53/4hours’labour？Thetruthisthatheperformsnosuchmiracle。Theuse—valueproducedbyhiminonehour，isadefinitequantityofyarn。Thevalueofthisyarnismeasuredby53/4working—hours，ofwhich43/4were，withoutanyassistancefromhim，previouslyembodiedinthemeansofproduction，inthecotton，themachinery，andsoon;theremainingonehouraloneisaddedbyhim。
Thereforesincehiswagesareproducedin53/4hours，andtheyarnproducedinonehouralsocontains53/4hours’work，thereisnowitchcraftintheresult，thatthevaluecreatedbyhis53/4hours’spinning，isequaltothevalueoftheproductspuninonehour。Youarealtogetheronthewrongtrack，ifyouthinkthathelosesasinglemomentofhisworking—day，inreproducingorreplacingthevaluesofthecotton，themachinery，andsoon。Onthecontrary，itisbecausehislabourconvertsthecottonandspindlesintoyarn，becausehespins，thatthevaluesofthecottonandspindlesgoovertotheyarnoftheirownaccord。Thisresultisowingtothequalityofhislabour，nottoitsquantity。Itistrue，hewillinonehourtransfertotheyarnmorevalue，intheshapeofcotton，thanhewillinhalfanhour;butthatisonlybecauseinonehourhespinsupmorecottonthaninhalfanhour。Youseethen，yourassertion，thattheworkmanproduces，inthelasthourbutone，thevalueofhiswages，andinthelasthouryournetprofit，amountstonomorethanthis，thatintheyarnproducedbyhimin2working—hours，whethertheyarethe2
firstorthe2lasthoursoftheworking—day，inthatyarn，thereareincorporated111/2working—hours，orjustawholeday’swork，i。e。，twohoursofhisownworkand91/2hoursofotherpeople’s。Andmyassertionthat，inthefirst53/4hours，heproduceshiswages，andinthelast53/4