The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-06
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TRR A. nm C OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.
DEPOSITION on SOCIAL gcInncR-KsaKNTIALs 70
rEx PRODUCTION or wRALfE

By Social Science Il meant that science or
collection Of demonstrAtive truths by the
knowledge and practics OF which In society
human well-being or human happiness may
Be best secured. f
The first and great essentials 10 human
happiness in this world, and without which
no people can possibly DO happy, are sum.
cient supply Of food, clothing, fuel, and shell
tar. together with number Of other requi-
sites designated by the names Of necessaries,
comforts. and luxuFies-the characters OF the
three last much depending on mans state Of
civilization.
The general name gwen to these essentials
10 humR- well-being ID wealth, which may
! said 10 comprise all those objects seou-
mulated BY mems past labors that are essen.
tial to their well-being in the present, anu
which they may readily exchange one FOR the
other, or for purchasing any article Of util-
ity or pleasure the possessOr may desire, as
we'll as to aid him in producing new wealth.
Seeing, then, that wealth IL ~ essential Ia
human happiness, il becomes a question of
the highest interest 10 every individual. AZ
well as to society at large, how can wealth
| be produced in the greatest abundance, AMI
4 be made 10 contribute to the happiness Il
all our people.
/ The first requisites to ce possessed by hi
man beings for the production Or wealth ire
evidently knowledge, industry, skill aud
economy, together with sobriety, honesty,
truthfulness, punctuality, and other social
virtues.
Without knowledge 70 properly no ierstand
| the readiest and best means Of lAh ,ring-a
knowledge Of the seasons, soils and clin.ss,.
and variety Of Knowledge pertaining 10
each individual employment, much time will
be wasted or altogether lost. Without plod-
ding and continuous industry during the
hours Of labor, the work requisite viii no.
be done without skill 10 perform the labor
well the materials may be wasted and tile
work produced rendered less valuable or al
together useless and without economy no
| increase Of capital can take place to meet
the wants Of an increasing population.
The other virtues described, as We shall
hereafter perceive, are equally essential to
the production Of wealth; for wherever they
are not found associated with labor, there
shall we invariably find loss sustained, labor
wasted, and individuals and society injured.
In addition 10 the great essentials referred
to. the next requisites LaeE need for Produc-
ing wealth are the materials on which 20 la-
Dor. consisting Of land or the productions OF
land. such As the animal and Vegetable SUD
stances found on its surface, and the miner.
ais and metals beneath it.
The next requisites for producing wsslth
are suitable tools, instruments, rI4 mach
merry for working with, together With food
and other necessaries for tue pre- GERS 10
subsist on while they are laboriug. The
general name given TO all these Ia capital,
consisting Of materials, tools, machinery,
and subsistence, hereafter to DO described.
/. Wealth can also be produced in greater
abundance by what 10 called the division Of
labor or BY some producers working at one
branch or division Of industry, and some NJ
another.
Wealth can also be considerably increased
by mans inventions and improvements, by
bis improved tools and machinery, and by
combining with his machinery the powers Of
nature-as air, water, fire, steam, electri-
city, &c.
P.S.-Next week the production Of wealth