The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-04

XIV Lies IN tue EOIu4AbAOA Va -
all Industrial Glasses
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
A brother old IL the reform move
ment writes me he is opposed to any
thing and everything that interteres
with the God given demand and SUP
DIV rule" and therefore is opposed to
corporations and trusts who combine
to put up prices. God has said in holy
writ, 81 am more abundantly able to
give than you are to receive" God
created man with wants which must
be supplied, and He has created a sup
ply for every wan and has endowed
man with the faculties TO supply these
wants. Human economy has its wants
and God hes furnished a supply for all
the wants.
Anythiug that interferes with mans
supplying his wants from the incx-
haustible fountain should be speedily
removed. We cannot distribute one
half our factories and produce, though
there is O natural demand for all that
can be produ3ed. What interteres
with this demand and supply rule3
Hundreds oil millions OF the children
of men suffer for the -necessaries OF life
amidst abundance and the facilities to
double production.
Why this suffering amidst G-ds
ever-increasing RbundaucsR Why are
the Children Of men deprived If the
blessings of God at their very doors9
We demand an intelligent answer. 1t
will not pass muster to assert that 1t Is
the trusts, corporations, banks, ETC.,
etc. The people demand the proof. If
the trusts are responsible, then it can
be clearly shown that they are respon-
sible. If you cannot demonstrate to
the average mind that they are respon
sible, then you have a divine commits
sion to keep your mouth shut"
Again the brother says, II have g
prejudice against corporations and
trusts, as they smack Of sel6shness,
No mar should have prejudice on any
subjscs. The prfjudiced mind Of the
ablest are clouded when writing on g
subject. I will not write on any ques
ton ur til I have d sbused my mind
Of all prejudice. Oar object should bt
to get the truth and not to bolster up
our prejudice or ~preconceived opin
ions. Under the most favorable con
ditions cur Iaborers working nine hours
a day in our factories can produce as
much in six months as we can cor
sumo in twelve. There ia natural &c
mand for al that we have the facilities
to produce.
Why is it that We cannot distribute
the surplus and run every industry N
full times We want no assertions. We
will take nothing for granted. We
will state facts as they exist
throughout the civilized world. Each
nation throws their surplus staple ex
portable products onto the worlds
market in competition with each other
and the price received there determines
the price IN each country. Our cotton
and wheat reisers sail these staple
produces at home a. the same price g.
their competitors and receive the same
number of dollars for a given amount
as their competitors. Their compet:-
tors habits ere so primitive thas they
will live on less than one fifth required
to supply the wants OF our higher civ
ilization. If our competitors hac 8
Just system Of distribution and fixed
prices that would supply their wanCs.
we would have one 6t5a as many dol
lars as would supply our wants. AZ
1 have said, three thin g enter into pre-.
ductiOn and di~sGri9uCioC, VIZ: The
raw material, Labor and money. La0o5
converts the raw material into the
finished products and money dis
tributes it.
The supply Of the raH material is in
exhaustible, labor Is in abundance and
there is plenty Of money in existence
Why can't the people get the dollars
to distribute this abund4nce7 Compe
tition of capital employing labor il
the Gotten and wheat fields who work
for less than one tenth the sum that
would take to distribute all that we
can produce.
Open competition of our farms on
the worlds market forces them to take
the worlds price which is the minimum
or the lowest, aud this will not furnish
US with one half enough dollars to di,-
tribute all that We can produce. We
will receive enough dollars this year
to distribute twelve billion dollars
worth OF products. We have the
facilities to produce twenty four bill
lion dollars, worth. The worlds mar