The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-10-31
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AassasS HUI vet adjusted itself to- limiting
to s5ss consump ion which
lsH tsslat IAN universal use, hi her
q another Million traml>s, pressing
I'll gz,ys emp lpylnent and forcing down wages,
issFss stI saeon o.pic IDEA OF the Republican
ssS Snsrfy. For tlree-anarters Of q century
t9ss ysas JicaI economy was tanned with the
; Ill I,sssnK psssim ism Of Matthias, who insist
4 ed that popul alton had tendency to in
sS crease faster than its means Of s,lhsist-
yeeS grRe could be made. to do; that unless
kind placed a prudential check on J,
~ srocreaiiye passion, millions Wo.Nd
aesbogy OF. Malthusta nism TO that Of
sinleyism? The former would wreck
n~snn1e far-off time; the latter de-
4es damnation even now at our door.
III first would con<sign u.s. TO Famsne's
s.xttitekes; the last would make us butt
sS0Mfslsss OWE brains out on bursting smoke
and bloated wheat bins. :.
Ia this 5s5 the kind of unauthorized
. iaHanOnsense sanctioned by the Mckin-
SUITES as a part of the curriculum IN
strSwonderful campaign OF educa-
t!,, 9
here never was, and there can never
nEtt1is world such a thing as overpro-
ttun.s a mans gray matter must be
$50
{ one moment s1,ch a sfazys economic
sa.8Undar normal a4sssJst ions--Where
ehsreceiVes that ortion OF the
rl1,s wealth which he actually earns
the productive power of labor In
ACES, the standard of living advances.
sdasleIsthege- is enough Of necessaries the
sssnlplus enpgy of the nation turIs to
the production of luxuries. which in turn
1aBeeUne MISUNDERSTANDING rising
y &s4sr higher. above the habits and condi-
ton Of the brute X my banker friends
hialk there is 600 much world, let him
II attend the next opening to. settlement Of
IA Ii Indian reservation, II he thinks there
sas overproduction; let him consider how
, many OF us would decline to live on the
elegant plan OF the Astors were We able
tsssas The trouble is not oyerproductton, but
SS;senfbrce EDS I under-c consumption. The
n ssWealth annually produced congests at Il
\ $Epnlparativel few points instead Of flow
/. nei into tile Golfers of it's creators. II ev-
Sssfe Vi workman were regularly employed
\ and the productive power OF each en-
}shaHc ed an hundred fold it were impossi-
s%ssb1eag!0 create more wealth than the world
rs. If distributed III accord with the
ss canning power of each the result would
rot be glutted markets and falling prices,
sbut better food, clothing, houses, more
.SSnf the comforts and cplveIiences OF life
ssfOr the toiling millions. The dignity of
Aabor," anent which the politicians
Hprattle--about election time--would be-
sasope something more thar an iridescent
ssdream. The Working1nan would have
3snrore leisure in which to do battle with
the demon Of Ignorance and the foul
.ssgsTgon Of Superstitution. Soup-holses
land penitentiaries would practically dis
s8S appear. and where now stands the
lsrro oh d hnvo1 World rico the cultured
/ sashDrne Where Famine grimly stalks
81 Plenty would show her smiling face, De-
SNspair Yield place to Hope, and upon the
#sfrcng shoulders of sweet Content the
aHrepublie sit secure. if'.5
ne This is no fancy sketch. Despite the
Hgfaet; chat we are but on the Threshold
n II. ofstle age Of invention-the mighty era
Il OF intellect: that We. have obtained as
>&y'et but slight mastery over the power OF
helements; that vast armies stand idle
-'pcing nothing despite the fact that
that wonder-worker, is cribbed
and confined by unnatural con-
I'VE create enough wealth every
comfortably .clothe feed and
cry humanabeing who stands
he shadow of our flag. Take off
edrsed interdict, give place in. the
sial ranks to every, man able to
the hammer or swing the Steel
CITIZEN his heart and nerve. his arm
ysthe knowledge that whatsoever of
18th. is created by his work that he
fall surely. have, aud the most extrava-
j a gaIt dream Of the cptin1ist were to the
,ss reality but IA. ~
4 las moonlight unto sunlight, and as
3fs II + .$@ss vat ter Unto wine.'' 80
q Products remain unsold in the market
u place and the tendency of prices is
downward because those who produce
are not permitted to consume-hecause
ME producers OF wealth are not its pos
SCISSORS: II the usufruct Of my farm
he taken to pay my taxes, interest and
Insurance, what have to exchange for
lie product of labor in other lines?
md ,if these, too, be similarly con-
seated, what have my brother
n. Hers to exchange for the fruits OF my
q f5fn Nothing. Exchange between us
II cannot be effected simply because neither
las ailght to five and some wild-eyed yap
posing as an economic "expert"-lifts up
4 his voice and protests that our troubles
s3are due to- overpruduct:on! II the farmer
" ana artisan have nothing left to exchange
enc hsye produce much, how will their
I purchasing power be enhanced ii they. pro-
III duee little?
Id iii There are not enough consumers" (and
Il 81 thsk, no lie) cries the gentleman who is
ssay pfsftUllns5 eADefIDplnOlf5 Nall tae dpprOV-
d 81 5tf the Mckinley campaign committee
Ri But how does he propose, to increase the
4 rnmber? By limiting production and ra:s-
" Ing prices, by,sdeneasing the number of
"A: people employed, by depriving another mil
.s I'll l1.tln or sosof all purchasing power! DR..
ss .sa.grado has long been laughed at for. at
81 tempting ito cure a man Of The. govt by
4 4! drawing off all his blood and filling his
y e,s11sach wifi warm water; yet here lis a
scheme to relieve an acute case OF indus
II trial prostration By hitting the patient in
he head y It'll d Ratchet. 1t lnustsbs patent
"a sto every man whose brain has not become
sossii,ea by allowing a steady stream Of
s s 1hanDa Literature to trickle through it,
tt 50 log as arvast number Of people de-
s8 sinlt for their existence upon their imnae-
Ss Hate earnings we, cannot reduce produc-
ii on Wit holls reducing consunpt ton; that
SSSSSsS ION gSas we have a. great army Of desti-
Ii people unemployed it is Impossible
Sss p increase production without increasing
s 1nptt;; on y.5 ss s,2:s .7
a trif1e strange that the apostles of
u Repub! icanism should, In one breath, de-
s,flss, pro&sction5 as ii 1aeansbf developing
dustha and In til next COM
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