The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-08-26
GREATEST. OF ALL.
The Money Trust the Most Prominent Evil
That Exists in the Industrial World
BY PAULWlLLIAMs,

* r had been discussing the prom
HNVsN/ inent evils which exist in TIE
"a industrial world when we asked
1.-The Doctor to name the most prominent
of the apparent evils.
The Doctors reply was unexpected.
AS everything thatRis is the result of
circumstances over which we have no
control, hardly anything. Mr.. Williams.
3 can be called evil AS the cIrcumsta noes
have been forever atEWork, in the produce
ton of that which is, and that which is
was inevitable, it is hardly fair to term the
i ditions which result from inevitable CTR
II Gums ta1lces, evil ;lsss3Ss
4 And vet the lower conditions as com.
pared with the higher and better :anr, bad.
we term them evil. Remember We use
the terms good and evil only in a compar-
alive sense. The materials of al building
scattered about the ground on which an
&edifice is to he erected, is wrong COM
pared with the finished building, and We:
is evident that the parts 8cf
an edifice must 1t exist separate
before they can be placed. .o-
getEer: Theref ore, white ltle zunIlaveloped
ssas compared with the finished, IS wrong
yet, as the lndeVeloped must first exisr.
itais,of itself ri ht [. II
Yes.@ Doctor, we will admit the position
yol1st ke that whatever is right, is ri eht
{ That rs AZ certain sense there Isl no wrong.
& That ina certain! sense there Is no wrong.
eyeloped con litiio1l Or the sake q
s avoiding argq1rnent we will admit tha /.
3 But as the unde veloped may be 5terme:7
evil inc ntrast with the more highly de-
.ye1oped which we term light, what IN
your {opini is the greatest evil effecting
the ppiness of mankind q .ss#s3
Vell,7 Mr.. Hams, son the understa MI
& 11nfs we call he lHndeveloped evil s..
Would term the greatest of them In the in
ttistrial world Ia lex even circulatf on of
money
'ha do you mean, Doctor? s,,ral,v, 8
Il We. have money enough in circulate e.
day Isaniss full of mo r,ey-eyerVd
can get work certainly there Is 81 10.
son TOT. eompla bout money today
q g 3 not srl1oney Mr.. lillian s.; hat Ii
a'n spsaking about, but tho even circula-l
ton of money 81
Mat dosyou mean even?
:sl mean the gular, steady fioW II
year stf ter year, Ave- years after
I'VE years ten years after ten years.
hen has It not even
ss.. ~ does not tax d long memory fn rec.
back to- the time. within tl,eS &, i
SIX years w lliams, when 1T Va al
most sirnf'os sibleS to obtain any money
ssisotiay Y get II more easily 80
can Get ~ si,,,
Rlly comp ain of the "a S.
zsss because the condit ions that ma 81 81
scarce formerly yet exist to MAKE 81 sca rca;
again !, {. 8 49, - =
5 tsllt SUPPOSE we are short. OF mo :,evs
Sllee' u u =. "a while. not a, necessary
lesson s calculated to teach us 81, ia moro
prudent r.? 49, -. 3
the idea that an occasional revar. =
may be benz ficial, scarcity ct money sonca
3 IS 8 aWhi may be necessary. Heart fail.
Sslre once or twice In a lifetime. gswe res
cover, may be necessary to teach 81 8rt,,,,f
& e heart becomes g p,eaE
reuuently FAN IL eli e "a ~ y
) suite Quantity, We may re s,,re j.
8 death Is not far away:
How i heart failure, Doctor, Is IS
impaired with scarcity of money
Is the same In efrecl. Money n 81 &
laslood of commerce. Its mission ~ ~ =
through all the arteries of ira a s.,
e1tect exchange. When ats work il dnn,..ss,,
Into the avenues leading back IL J, -
money center where 1t q reniaced m,
g. -, fresh money to so fort h. on the
81 ~ or ris Aexchange again 1t should come
eng lao go with same regularity 5ti,at
pteoos " thesp physical system goes out from
neart Through the arteries. ;to efrect
exchange rel turning the heart "a rs
again. IS we ''$ ~
But, Doctor, while the conn Il eon 9
y good, money and blood in their circ,l,.
s. are "a little, different. II blooI difl
! not come back pretty quick to the heart
ING ING aooay would surely die. whereas, Il
4 4 money does not return 1mmed iately to tIa
money centers the people still continue 70
exist. As1's5' =
Yes, Mr.. Walldanls, but notice further
4 how very close is the comparison. II
blood c1rculates eeebly 1t indicates Liz
d the body is sick IF money calculates
& slowly and in small amount 1T 81 Indicates
4 4 Rat the people of the nation are suffering.
I Stop the circulation OF the blood entirely
and the body dies. Stop the circulation. ar
money completely and the nation dies,
revolution comes on, and a new nation
y ana q new order come forward l.
Z. What evidence have we Of that?,,
The history of all revolutions. Before
The fall of a nation money ceases Is CIR
culate among the common peopie-it Be.
comes cOngested. . athers into the posse, g
ion of the few. The masses become Inn
poverished. At last, oppressed by terrible
burden OF poverty, the people rise in their
u''ight, they ,throw on the yoke, through
s carnage and terrific slaughter perhaps.
s and at last stand forth free people with
property conditions equalized end they are
in new nation.
What evidence have we, Doctor, OF an
impending great change %;
Z Every few years money cea ses to actfye-
ly circulate. AT that period times are hard,
business shuts down. men are thrown GU.
OF employment. They are unable to earn
money. It does not circulate to them.
consequently they do not circulate 1t to
anybody else. AS they do not get money
through employment they are compelled
to sell : something In order, "a