The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-08-08
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VIII #A IN 1910

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n w sisNst #wv~ta~us t4~lA VI y hA~i
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sasstls Asmw.sss~isa " ~ tsNsase ~
s~Aa~meHs a sass ,l@sss stss sfnras
lsrstsasA tssssa NJ antsas .srss vs.
sersl ~ans n sssts A~nssn i@saa svN
u Nj. M.tma' ~ s~,aHe evsuaIassvn thas
rsssilsa Tenn N ss@srssAl sn~~r~n IN she~n
NJ Hnltsh siasssssss. ~hseh aesnunsssuss
thai. ~tsh ihv Mssl*sAn~~ "A mH@ttnsts
ths as*vswr tes~inetssA ~ tsrss hfasasa
VI t~vMst Asv Amrs ~ Kts.s ~ rsstslA ~
sslsws~A hs ansii~l ma@is. Later
Massachusetts Statistics llsr~ thr Nv
vt~ws smes~~sea rss~lMsi,r r"~,i maeh
hseh~sa
lhr british rv,nfn. mss isn,hhll,
" ~uAsssaTa - saying that The present
man produces Whist II wrnid have m.
quirrl t~sntsnt ~ his savage sners
sesx Ia accomplish IN the sasnr iimr
THAI ". .loes i iasmrs tsas's wnih ~
s~vis~ aass. sud M uld fashioned Iss's
wcsk In hall M hour. This ~ fnll,
shows thr rseinsisn " production that
II NAY n stated automatically that all
and any suffering irrm Iesrrsv nnmis.
takahly in,iteasss eisher individual ~
suctety crime
In fact, NJ fnli, has this almoat sIpn.
tancons production prevailed, that
Iaews end Influential arhool vi political
economists t~F~istentiy claim that thu
rrr~ent all.pervasiinK lscnufy and b~nk'
fnptcs Vi the result II over. production.
Corr lAtisely stated, this n \ claim that
hunosR h The result III too much food,
and ihr myriads who nrc nightly lodged
~ onr tmlicc authorities Are driven 10
those wrcsched shelters by tpo ample
supply III houac&. When the ancient
ppei wished 10 picture The fearful pun.
ishmrnt which awaited the wicked In
tho future liie, he portrayed them m
hungry, with food IN abundance plainly
visible. HIT the vivid pcrtraitnrc IL
The NEUROLOGICAL hell fell far short Of
the scAliiy al present daily occurrence.
for The producer ri this period not only
experiences the agonie~ III the ancient
TamtAlus, hut has Tho bitter reflection
that III the inaccessible abundance Ii
the creation of The class VI which ha In n
part.
An analysis 81 the foundation mn.
tcrial of society of the basic princi.
ples of political economy. shows y
clearly defined. q sharp division ri the
same into three distinct elements or
forces. viz.
I. Production.
=. Distrihution.
.. Consumption.
PRODUCTION
I. yet far from attaining iis
possibilities, hut no intelligent per
son will dispute that IL IL capable of
simplifying all thc necessities and many
81 the Imxuries 10 every civilized hn.
man lning II cost of labor not incon-
sistent with tho highest physical condi-
ti0n, leaving ample leisure and energy
TOR social and intellectual cultivation.
II thu statistics quoted arc true anil
they never have bccn disputed the
productive powers III the average per-
son aSe by the yitalixing force Or mn
chinery multiplied by twenty. live, com.
mon sense would iudica," that, other
things bcing equal, the average con.
sumption must bc multiplied by twenty.
i've 10 preserve the equilibrium of con.
sumption with production,
True, production can be- reduced te
thu old standard ny reduction u thu
average time 81 labor 10 thirty minutes
PER day, which, statisticnlly speaking
would provide ~ comfortable average
maintenance nm WAN enjoyed by our MI
ccstora u century ago, but such Idle
meas and such elementary existence nrs
not In accord with the spirit 81 our rae.
snd age.
The all.pervAding aspiration 10 IN
creased production aud accumulation Il
fully psrslleled by ~ equally stroni
pressure 10
CONSUMPTION.
This latter tendency IL branded b,
penny visa and p0mnd-foolish people,
who, In their horror of the liberal u
pen1iture u this century, forgot that
still larger production II sccrning \
extravaganza. but ANY statesman, worth
Of tho name, knows that Hnch liberal ~
psnditnrc and consumption il only III
complement 81 tho present posSibilitie
u seduction, and, unle.~ the nvcrag
ps61(iacog consumes several times multi
piled Whist bis ancestors III eentur
ngO ~, furnaces must bc blown ON
npindlee rust from inacti0n, lHaAsenRe
and lret9ht cars employed n Int fra
liOn a their capacitirs, and finally. cal
ilAl which has heen created with NJ
eAambled Sapidity not only finds itse
In q coalition ri enforced inactivit.
and consequently nnrcmunerstive. b,
rapidly ohSiuktng from c0llaiwe~ NJ 4,
cAytng furnaces. dilapidatod mills mn
t,enkFmpt railroads.
Tho Exile Of Erin" who, In 9TH
times Tslinqnishsd hin had and his
,,ss doy, and spsnt part oi his hard b.
chccf1ally .ceSned savings 10 visit q
land Of hls nativity, not only gvatified
natural and therefore honorable aspir
Inn. bnt IN his small way became 1
international ambAsssdor and contTil
u1ed % the n,ccess 81 inscrcontinent
nevien1ton. There waA no cxtSavagan'
no waste; bat that same man, nov Vi
ttnG day after day and month Mt.
nonlh on tho City Hall steps ready 4
vesk, but finding no one 70 hire him,
evtdsnoe u : burning aud : crying >
Giol I'm, Shane and extraya9Anco.
u appsass that The power of prodn
lion and capacity 81 consumption Are,
q "a ttnss, not only relatively and /
elpsocally adapted 70 each other. b
nG6thes en- separately exist. But, Will
- desires and capacities Tor consnm