The right of labor to negotiate, to deal with and solve its particular problems in an organized way, through its chosen agents, is just as essential as is the right of capital to organize, to maintain corporations, to limit the liabilities of stockholders.
This statement highlights the essential nature of labor's right to negotiate, paralleling it with capital's rights.
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