The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-11-21
SchWab'S Greed.

There aTe resources in Citizen Schwab
which have not vet been fully developed.
! 1t Is not fair TO regard him merely as a
( Vender Of beer. Beer, il is true, provides
/ tie sinews with which lie carries on the
battle OF life; but Citizen Schwab's mind
+ is a good many pegs above beer, and hs
/ should have credit for his wisdom. Some
/ body asked him what he believed in, and
I his ready reply was: Il believe in being
/ happy, and making the most money | can
( with the smallest amount OF labor posi-
Lle, says the y. !. Express This is a
! good creed 10 stand by, and if il is
[ the creed Of Communism, there is no
earthly reason why Communism should
not become vastly popular institution.
Alhe men out OF ten will fully agree with
! Citizen Schwab that there are few things
better than being happy and making
money with the smallest amount of man
uai labor. Perhaps the tenth man NAV
VISA 10 work hard and care very little for
happiness, so long as he has wealth, but
the great majority will find in the doc
uEne Oh communism, as thus defined bv
lis exponent, the theory Of life which APP
proaches nearest to their idea.
Ii men could be satisfied with this CON
dltieR Of things all would be well and
good, and society would be freed from
the disgraces which occasionally come
upon 1t. The trouble is that harpics
want TO make the most money possible
without any manual labor at all, The
steady, plodding industry and modest
wants Of the ancestors of the republic are
forgotten in the dim past, and men strive
are not always particular as to the man
hef III which they get them. With too
many nen the tme has gone bv when
they VIII labor earnestly and steadily for
comfortable competence. The war
with all Its swindlin9 contractors and ras-
eally suffers, did a great deal to demoral-
lie the country and lead people from the
PAIN OF problty IN which, in their COM
meIcial relations they had heretofore
walked. 1t left behind it q fctitious
arstccraey, whose god was money and
whose scorn was intelligence. The ey-
ample OF these parvenues became conta-
Sious, and from the seed planted by them
spIanS the accursed ring which did so
much to blight the morals and society of
New York
The clerk, the book-keeper. and the
salesman saw these fellows, with really
less natural ability than himself. wearin%
hne clothes and diamonds and drinkio9
champagne, while homespun and hum
bic clearinghouse Were all he could af-
lord. The temptation was top ,q+T7--5 ror
ha s~--4e4IaC these men had the most
money possible with the smallest amopnt
OF manual labor, and envy, enawinp at
his heart, goaded him TO emulation
here IS no question that, within the last
few years, certain reaction has SET in
The parvenues of the war are cominn
down to their own levoI, tho rims; has 1ecIii
shattered, and, with decencv
surely recovering from the blows which
have been given to it. With this salts
factory c0nd ton Of affairs men are find
ing that, with reduced prices for the nee
essaries Of life they can get along with
simmer purses, and are about as happy
as in the old days Of high prices and ring
extravaganza. They may have to work
harder, but then every man is not a Citi-
zen Schwab, and does not understand the
methods Of making money with the
smallest amount of manual labor possible.
If there were more such men, Commun-
ism as source Of profit to the leaders
would, like civilization in the gof mines,
be failure, and, Ike Ii-gatzz:sf ues'
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