The Scandinavian farmer is neither poor nor rich; he raises from his own soil nearly all the necessities of life, even including the family clothing,-exchanging a small portion of his surplus for such articles as he requires, but which are not of home product.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
A holiday was declared for the morrow, to dispose of the surplus.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
surplus value is the difference between the value of the labourer's necessary maintenance and the value of the labourer's production, and it is in the present system entirely appropriated by the dealer who advances him his wages.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae