Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-29
THE SINGLE TAX VS.. FINANCE.
Lecture of E. C. Clark Before the Chautauqua
Assembly at Winfield.

The social compact in whir of economic unrest very small
minority with the disturbed hope that nothing be done
with present conditions which, monopos and their
saaed commissioned aids prosper the dscomfetre of the
The industrial classes concerned about employ
ment mpoten procuring OF the latter
increasing this and the other countries
M % nraven AMONG the masses is that capital EMPLOYS labor and
that money necessarily capital they think that there
money labor would be better employed and that deness would be
~ matter "a choice These are anornp for an imitation of the cur.
ency the of money metal find the of this class
the money question aud the specous for hone
] The onev If dnr foeb advanced by the owners of the
metal Of which made finds ready acceptance and accredited
being Importance than the ground from which the metal
This political economist easily accounted for How
WHY the ground the land capitalized made the subject
he @ Of access as the air. then though the money material must come
from the land it readily free land primal and para
importance that Of money But what money! medium
exchange the frequent but that too auce Another
saws it mistake Money expresses
value your clock states the time of day. but more
value of commodity which represents than does the
of Money creature Of the law used
adjust trade and qudate debts Value determined in
given the Of human energy required produce given
commodity compared with that required produce another article of
derabity Hence in human energy will produce Of
silver will produce bue of wheat and both the silver and
utility then, unpreudiced MARKET
the wheat will have the 30 also
of all other things The great mistake system the choice
which rather which to
IT, ~ proves moo",' o T tbu ss oId and silver creates
use demand metal which for unnecessary
the few who the output of these metals by enabling
get for them than they otherwise would while the producers
of other things sell their product without the aid of congress their
This is unfair and unenc We as nation have demonstrat
ed that paper money % good sooDomo, o 9.ti1s
but one fourth per the dollar issue it. Hence both gold
should be demonezed and paper money issued its stead
lawful money that which its awmakng adopts
only arbter what material shall be en-
poyed composition It's ones money that need bad
y Legislators in the interests of all the people,
favorng little money but little
abng the total of human happiness With much
things Of all kinds will be relatively higher but bush
of wheat dollar will satisfy hunger than fifty
every buy cheap would that low prices more
be desired than high Suppose carpenter dollars
per wages under normal conditions and that the of hu
energy turned from the carpenter shop the blacksmith shop will
dollar diem wage and that each does days work
for the oh it readily that required to settle the
This proves that in the last analysis labor that pays
money Nor either of these mechanics peuded it, of
being circulation their labor by dollar
instead change the volume after had performed while
the other had the would be pudced favored the
increased diminished Hence is the of
all that important the kind quality of
makeup No hardship would have the
people called decentralization of silver had paper money
The possession of money Barring gift theft find
ing A certificate having performed services So have
ey got the proper by service shows that labor am
production, concerned while the
implies there other thing element be considered in
production wealth What isitpows pens books?
without these What hennd? There plenty
of WELL what's it? Oh yes; "andlord We 90
landlord and get his permission the land WELL better take
your Off You cant any business with landlord with your hat
But the landlord worked; Eng
Ireland Scotland and the land idle they probably for
park fox chase game preserve He talks about
the needy the applicant looks the cen he
all But why he be consulted the the
land? WHY he says he has legal aud
equitable title to it. How did he get it? He his