The general practice is—and this is the true test, for whatever is of general application must be governed by some underlying principle of right—when capital requires any given thing done which it is obliged to apply to labor to accomplish, it must give one-half interest in the venture to enlist its co-operation.
Woodhull proposes that for cooperation between labor and capital, a fair agreement must be established, reflecting a principle of equity.
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