Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-08-05
THE ovRPRoDUCIIoS IDEA.

Orerprcduction "a s iavori:e theme
With the advocates OF the single
standard. To II they charge the
greater part OF tie want and misery
nov sflictiuS our people. II. T.
Thurston, 2 p7oTiEen: writer on
economic subjects. shows up the alb
surdity Of this theory III the follow
ing:
Oar friends in the gold camp have
tuned their tiddles to play almost any
tune. They Lave played the tune Of
Matthias til il l. ,hreadbare. all to
prov. that the poverty o; the great
masses Is dse 10 the so called Malthu-
sian Ia" that the ratio % population
tends 20 outstrip the ratio 81 proiUc-
top. They have done this 10 make
the voters believe tLat :he conditions
OF which We complain DO Q come
from any deiec; n orIr financial and
economic systems. Nov they have
come tO the point Ehere j; Is mecca
sary Tor them 20 explain tie stagna-
ton OF trade. and tie tune Is changed
for the moment. Here is xhat a
writer In Iiarper's Magazine says:
The powers Ot production u the
civilized world have oni=;ripped its
poEers Of consumption. and conges-
ton Is only aTeEted b. tie continuous
opening up Of ues markets and lev
fields Of enterprise in those portions
Of ale earth where the resources 81
rature and the energies Ot mzn still
lie dormant IEdustry. in the wides.
q the term. l. today the breath
OF the social o!gaoisn Throughout
the CIVILIZED world, and the cry for
more irate. more markets, ) a. i'm
p=ratIIe "a the cry d. she human or
sangm ior more ar 7Ekeu threatened
with suf0aiioD.- For Z straight liz.
erary bull this Il pretty god. &c.
coTdtng 70 j; the overpro5actiOp IN
one par: Of the EoTlJ = 10 be cured
b.. hr1ioS SECTIONS q the rartL uhere
the energies o. nature and the mzuu. I
featuring p1xers y; man still lie dor.
maot and stimulating them. Verify.
sinIlia siniiibus curanium. The ao.
suTdiiy Of the proposition il obvious.
The idea u fading an outlet for our
great manufactures among the peo-
pie that can afford only to lire on
nee- and that 100 =ithout any Kind o,
seasoning nof than salt. among a
people that can afford only one pi-c.
OF cloth a year Tor n garment. and
whose wages are 90 lOE that the own
ers oi the river steamboats, find il
more profitable 10 hire a droTe OF Ia.
borers 70 tread the wheels than to US.
steam. The truth il that these peo.
pie viii never add anything TO the
comfort 81 the world until they have
teeD liberated from their hard con.
diii0ns and raised to a point where
they can each consume 100 times
more per capita than at this time.
lhere IL no verproi uc.iUu. 50 far
MS needs are concerned. Trade con.
ditions have been created that have
made 1t impossible Tor hundreds O,
millions OF people to satisfy their
wants, and that il all :her e Is 10 the
situation. The average person could
easily double the amount Of produc.
ton now consumed. This even in
this country. In some foreign lands
each person could easily consume 100
times as mach as at the present tim.
and still not be ovcrsupplied. Trade
and exchange need 10 be made no
FREQ as possible md ou- directions
should all he in the way Of making
exchange easy. In this way only can
the people he made TO increase their
consumption. a doubling Of the
amount Of all goois consumed, in.
GLIDING lu1uries. would give employ.
ment mt good wages to every person
ON earth, aud would insure against O
glnt IN tho markets Of the century "a
come. y financial system that ID Tor,
ever contracting values will make i,
impossible for ttulc ln mDyn frc,Iy