The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-27

TIE creation az commodities With tire s1n-
gle purpsss OF making rront Every
voTkEnxrnza who consents % Work even
70. one week for another. Gees y sas1resy
on ths strength e MS consfsnes tnst a.
ne era az TIE week The employer VIII os
able 70 pay him
sup,ox. n thousand workfng-ssn IN
.ozvr ursr. tnvfte1 BY contractor 20 give
sa.s- i.s,or 70 hin. oErt before rhsT co1sd
be paid there was fear that TIE con-
tractor wosis sseurs the passage of = law
conusstnx them % take their pay n an
inferior money. wcaid they not refuse TO
WORK On sarh te-xns7 TIE employer Snigat
en- tsern the money world be ss good as
thar which shsy had been In the habit OK
receiving. asis - rhsy were in . position %
60 without work for a month or so. Toas1
thar not rather wait 70 sc what ~cEA %
.as outcome? And II they I'D this could u
ss considered ''eon.pi-acy 20 force ths
.rnployers 70 pay taer1 IN rncDsy Of whose
yslss they were certain. rather than In
money 20 be created tn the future whose
value was soubtfnif
some porktnxrnea might De concsssec
b. their necessities 20 take chances. some
manufacturers are eoupsllse BY n>css-
atty. having very ilttis money, 10 take bat
srds. BAT hey can har6iy be blansd fer
,-~snx 10 eorfo. that risk within the mar
rowss. limits.
Red says, TOO, that the immediate
cause OF prosperity Is me confidence OF
al the people In each othsr. and IN the
situation Ar the future. when the people
an work together. when they al have
faifh In each other. then prosperity reisns'
when ca2itsl 10 sure o, a profit II seeks
Investment: when manufacturers feel
sure OF a profit they sorrow the capitsi
and employ labor: when labor Is sure OF
ia wages, Il contracts bsIls AZ the seorssi
" han the storekseDer Ia sure OF his pay
he extenss credit to the waxe-earner.
There 10 a mutual confidence and re-
ciprocsl benefit
When ths laborer II doubtful about get
ting his wages, he loses heart In his work;
when the storekseper fears that his GUS
toner cannot pay his bin at the end OF
tina month he refuses credit: when the
manufactures is doubtful about being able
to sell his goo1S to advantage ne restricts
the output: when the capitalist is fearful
that he will not get his money back ne re-
fuses to invest n.
The nrst condition means prosperity; ne
second means hard times. Although the
United States coined ttooooo.ooo In silver
In twelve years, not one dollar OF II 10
easier 20 get today. -Four, five and SIX
years ago. although thers was less money
coined by several million dollars. It was
plentiful People IN Seattle In lsss, 1888
nd 1880 did not lie awake nights denouno-
inx the "crime OF rs" they were all too
busy making money. The English factory
hands who have been working night and
day, making all the overtime they cared
to, In 1892. 1898 and 1894. giving to Great
Britain the greatest prosperity known In
ali her history. have not been worrying
because silver was demonetized in 1915.
The United States has been suffering
from dull tines; return 10 the common
sense policy which gave this country the
most rapid development In ten years 1t
had ever known. will bring back good
times. Free sivsr-even the fear OF tt
win rstard them.