The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN EVERY
THING GETS CHEAP?
we take the following from the 81
Louis Mirror.

we take the following from the 81
Louis Mirror:
'rhe new French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, NJ. Berthelot, is an elderly P'o,
fessor OF siNty-cighl, Win NlitusS,us -
experience i'm the conduct OF pupilt u
ice. But in his special DOMAIN OF Ci ~,
zeal knowledge he ranks among the HrS'
of his CONTEMPORARIES. Chemical Syhlnc-
sis-the science OF artitcially putuhs .,
ganized bodies together-inay De saiu 20
owe It's existence TO him. me pracuvai
results expected TO flow from ms tApeil
ments and discoveries are enormous.
Thus sugar has recently ben lnast III
the laboratory from glycerine, Whlch lio-
lessor Berthelot first made direct from
synthetic alcO>ol. Commerce mas now
taken up the question ana an niNeh-
ton has recently been patented py WIFI
sugar is To he made upon coihllc'XSil,a
, scale from two gases at something IKE
I one cent per pound. But these sclehthlc
wonders do not step here. IobacCoi Yea
and coffee are to be mace artlneia'is,,
Theobrominc, the essential principle OF
cocoa has been produced in the laDora-
tory Thus synthetic chemistry II Settlhs
ready to furnish the three great non
bacco will he obtained in a similar fash-
ion Professor Berthelot has obtalncd
pure nicotine, whose chemical consulu-
ton Is perfectly UNDERSTOOD, ny treating
salomine, natural glucosldc' with hNuIo-
gen.
of readers of The Times 10 the progress
being made in organic chemistry. That
it will ultimately result in enabling us TO
manufacture out of their elements pretty
much everything that we use. we firm
~ believe. The statement above, that
commerce is already preparing 10 uulize
sugar thus produced. and 10 sell II al
cent pound. is "a most startling one. OF
course, as the science progresses all
things will become far more abundant
and far cheaper. Now Bland, Stewart, the
two Joneses. and even Senator Daniel,
have been telling ms ever since the discus
sion of silver commenced. that the de-
,nonetization OF silver was the cause oil
the great decline that has taken place
in the prices Of everything within the
past twenty years. and. consequently, by
inference that the fan IN prices was
great misfortune 10 mankind. We never
have taken the smallest stock in this
argument, but have always believed, on
the contrary. that az prices Of ali things
fell the comfort and happiness of man.
kind was increased. 1t is our deliberate
belief that human misery follows in the
track of high prices OF commodities, and
that 1T man happiness follows In the
track OF low prices produced, not by
those financial ranics that empires
cause when they NEEDLE with our money
system, but by the evolutions of science
and commerce We would like TO hear
from some apostle of the sontrary doc
trne. what he thinks will happen when
we get to creating everything out of It's
organic elements. and reduce prices OF
everything many times below what they
now are? The effort is constantly made
by the hat-money people TO make the la
boring classes believe that low prices ne
cessarily means low and umremunerativ
wages This ia a complete delusion II II
is stated sincerely. The question Is
not how much so-called money man
can get for days work. but how much
OF the necessaries. comforts. and even
luxuries of life he can get for days
work. No weli-informed and sincere man
can deny that under tho reign OF lew