The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-08-26
Z II 7 r had been discussing the prom
RA|\/ inent evils which exist in tie
H z industrial world when WE q sk ed

4 The Doctors reply was unexpected
$ GAS everything that is is the result Of
circumstances over which we have no
control, hardly anything Mr.. Williams,
car be called evil. AS the circumstances
have been forever at work, in the produce
ton OF that which is, and that which is
was inevitable it is hardly fair to term t''e
conditions which result from inevitable cir
cumstances, evil r's; -
! Sand yet the lower conditions as com
pared with the higher and better anrt bad.
we term them evil. Remember we use
the terms good and evil only in a compar-
ativ~ sense. The materials of building
scattered about the ground on which an
edifice is to be erected, is a wrong COM
pared with the finished building and ye:l
Ut is evident that the parts Tcf
an edifce must exist separate
before they can be placed To-
gether Therefore, while the undeveloped,
as compared with the finished is wrong
yet, as the undeveoped must first exisr.
tits of itself right s;;as.
Yes Doctor, we will admit the position
you take, that whatever is right. Is right.
+ Ibat rs a. certain sense there is no wrong
Hhat in certain sense there is no wrong
{ Geveloped; condition. For the sake OF
avoiding argument we will admit that
But, as the undeveloped may be termed
evil in contrast with the more highly de-
veloped which we term right, what n
your opinion is the: greatest eyi, effecfine
the happiness of mankind?,' ..y5 555s.4s
well, Mr.. Williams, on the understa nd
ing 'n s " ina we call the umdeveloped evil 1
i Wo1ld 1. term Yer the greatest of them in the in
dustrial world, lack of even circ11la tion of
money! s5e-s -
What do you mean, Doctor? Surely
We have money enough in circulation 10.
Gay. thanks full of 1noney-everybolv
can can get work certainly there is no raa
son for complaint about money today.
as not money, Mr., williams, that
an speaking about, but the even circu,s-
tion of money! i5 fs .z75 -.
what do you mean by 4even?,' 55
l mean mean the regular, steady flow If
money, year after year; five years after
! 1lVe zyears,sten 1a years after ten years,
Nv hen en- has it not been ;evenssas,,
III lt does not take a long memory to req
|ect olect back to the time within the nae
Z SIX years Mr.. Williams, when it was III
most mo 5simpos ssible to obtain anv rnnnev
3 Today We get 1t more ca asiN.,, 81
Welll ~ today we can get IT 33ea s;,v
why compIafnSof the past n - -,
sf'ecause 7ecaluse the conditions that made #
scarce formerly yet exist to maze It scarce
again" 925s = - - >s'..es 'ee
But suppose we are short Of :, : ~,
Sonce once in a while. Is not that "a, necessa ~
lesson calculated to teach us ia he moro
prudent ?'' .''.. sl5s q 81 {, 80, i - =
n&the idea that an occa siona i ra,,.,. =,
maybe beneficial, scarcity Of money o,,os
II a while, may be necessary. 5aart f,i,S
ure once or twice in a lifetime AZ 3we -.
cover, may be necessary to teach .,1s ri.ht
4 living Buff the heart becomes 50 u,ea1s
as 70 frequently fail to circulate blond n
e'hicient ,'s. quantity, we may he sure tna..
& & death is not far away E z
How Is heart failure, Doctor, to ,,e
.paFeu n with scarcity of money?''
lt is the same in effect Money Is: the
. oicod coo OF commerce. Its mission is to- ~
son through all the arteries OF trade an,1i
erect exchange. When its work is dona !,
suiops ss. into p the avenues leading back to ma
money money center where it replaced Nv
s1's1.E as'iasit. fresh money to go forth on the
= olA OF exchange again. It should coma
! lA sei.o go with the. same regularity th,t
.t ou IN IN the physical system goes out from
i51Ll tle heart, through the arteries. to effect
Il Hlen e'Achange, returning to the heart to lis
+ Is lreshened and to go out with regularity
again. " q. e e 's. >la. y ~
But, Doctor, while the comma nson =
good, money and blood in their circnl, 4
ZION. are a little different. If h,oo.7 IL,
not come back pretty quick to the he,.t
The body would surely die, whereas .
money does not return Immediately to the,
money centers the people still continne ~
exist" i5g II : =:
$, Yes, MIR. Williams, but notice further
no" Very close is the comparison. II
Dlood c1rculates feebly it indicates .hrt
tle nody Is sick. If money circulates
slowly and in sma! amount it indicates
that the people of the nation are SUFFERING
stop the circulation Of the blood entirely
and the body dies. Stop the circulation of
mercy completely and the nation dies,
revolution comes on, and a new nation
+, ard a new order come forward
q, what evidence have We of that?,
The history of all revolutions Before
the fall of a nation money ceases 70 cir
culate among the common people-it he
comes congested, gathers into the posse, g
lol of the few. The masses become i'm
poverished AT last oppressed by terrible
burden of poverty, the people rise in their
Tiisht, they throw off the yoke, through
carnage and terrific slaughter PERHAPS
and at last stand forth a free people with
property conditions equalized and they are
i'll {. new nation.''
What evidence have we, Doctor, of an
impending great changer"
Every few years money cea ses to activa-
ily circulate. AT that period times are hard
business shuts down, men are thrown on.
OF employment. They are unable to earn
money. 1t does not circulate to them
consequently they do not circulate it to
anybody else. AS they do not get money
through employment they are compellel
to sell something in order TO
obtain it. Thousands upon hu,-
dreds of thousands of poor peopse
unable to get money any other way, are
compelled to offer their little properties
for sale. The immense amount of prop
erty thrown upon the market, by people
who are compelled to sell, in order. to OBJ