Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-08
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, THURSDAY NOON, AUG. e.L895


pound; glue, 10 ounces; CALCIUM, Z
ounces; phosphate magpesia, 6ounces;
table sails, l ounce.
The abozs ingredients can be OBJ
tanned any day frcm meat-shOp, a
drugstore, and a hydrant. The cost,
all told, would probably not exceed
$500. What have you got? Why,
you have the physical constituents of
man weighing l54 pounds. But have
you man? Yes-and no. You have
the material for man, but we have
nothing thatis, or in any way resem-
bles a man, because it cannot perform
any of the functions of man. But,
our intrinsic value goldlte, friends,
would insist that we have. They
would, no doubt, insist, and to be rea-
sonable, they must admit that this
bucket Of sOap-grease ought, by all
rules of logic, be able to practice law
with the Same efficiency as though it
was real living lawyer. No one need
be surprised at hearing some Of our
Grover Cleveland republicans and
John Sherman democrats cOnsOling
their maiden sisters with the assur-
ance that they may become the happy
wives of good husbands at cost of
two dollars by having the above re-
ceipt filed. If they do not so advise
them, they will most certainly follow
ont the rules of their own logic to the
extent of saying that if these ingre.
dents do not make full-Aedged man
then there is something radically
wrong in the system, and that
woman who would live with man who
would not be worth as much as soap.
grease as he is for husband, is very,
very dishonest. That there are very
few men in the country today who
would be worth more as soap grease
than they are as men is a question
that we will not raise at this time, as
it is irrelevant to the subject under
discussion.
Now, word about intrinsic value,
Intrinsic value depends upon utility.
If it has no utility, it can have no in.
trinsic value. But let us learn If we
can the difference between intrinsic
and commercial value. Intrinsic
ralue depends upon utility, while COM
merciai i1a..ge depends upon supply
and demand.
Let us ravCsilt again to the Iildstra
ton Of the mule. The Intrinsic value
of the mule depends upon the size of
the load he can pull. The market
value of the mule depends upon the
supply and demand for mules.
Now, let us suppose that the people,
either wise or unwisely or otherwise,
should decide that no mule but small
yellow mule could draw the load. The
price of yellow mules would 90 up at
once, and the price of white mules
would go down; not because the white
mules could not draw the load just as
well as the yellow ones, but because
that sort Of mules had gone out Of use.
The intrinsic value Of the white mule
would be just thu same that 1t always
had been, but its function had been
destroyed by decree OF the people
law If you please.
Now, let the people discover and de-
eide that large white mules are as good
to draw loads with as little yellow
ones, and see how quickly the price of
white mules would 90 up, and the
price of yellow mules 90 down. Now,
there has been 40 change in either
class of mules. Yet the price las
changed. Why has 1t changedf Sim
ply because the people have changed
their mind as to the use of the two
animals.
Now, our intrinsic value" "hOnest
money" friends would say that such a
change could not be made wit bout an
international agreement; that all the
white mules 10 the world would be
dumped" into America at once, and
that the yellow mules would all be-
come frightened and leave the country.
We say, let them go. If white mules
are as good to haul loads with as vel.
low ones, then yellow ones are no bet
ter than white ones, and we would
just as soon see the yellow ones go as
to see the white ones go. But neither
of them would 20 unless we were get
ting something for 1t that We consider
ed worth more to US than the mule, In
which event no harm would be done,
so far as We can gee.
But again, they say we must not
change to white mules until the price
come up, until white mules are worth
as much in the market as yellow ones.
Would the price ever come upi we
did not decide to use them? Would it
be possible to keep the price down
after we had decided TO use them on
an equality with the yellow mules?
We hope our readers will study our