The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-11-29
nlsrINcTIVELY a CREAM OF
TARTAR BAKING POWDER


Socialist several months ago. and
the rebuke has been freely comment
ed upon as being righteous public
slap.
A few days ago Miss Morosino was
interviewed by representative Of
the press. She described her horse
show gowns in detail and sought to
justify her great expenditure for
them by saying that it put money in
circulation and asked What would
the poor people do If they did not
have the rich to work for?"
please God" replied Mrs. Stokes,
with spunk and indignation, they
would have more chance to work for
themselves"
Mrs. Stokes makes the point that
Miss Morosina is not practicing a
virtue by keeping money in circula-
ton because she has not earned the
money; that the ones who earned it
should have it to put into circula-
ton and spend as they see fit. That
| is Socialistic idea of more equal
distribution of wealth.
The statement that Miss Morosino
takes wealth from a community by
buying her costly gowns, however, is
debatable. She gives in return for
what she takes, that is if she pays
her dressmakers' bills. She is not
taking without compensation because
she pays money for what she takes
and this money, while not exactly
wealth itself represents wealth and
can be turned into wealth. 1t is
merely an exchange, transaction.
Money may be silver or gold, or it
may be wampum, sleeps hides.
meats or whatever may be used as
medium of exchange. So Miss
.Morosino may give for her dresses
real estate or anything that money
can buy. If there were no money
she would have to give something Of
value, so wealth. It is the propriety
of putting that wealth to the use she
does that Mrs. Stokes objects to.
Wealth is produced by labor. Mrs.
Stokes holds that the wealth Miss
Morosino has was not earned by her
self but by others. There is an idea
generally entertained that woman
,uil rot engage n the ordinary
pursuits of physical labor, there is
no reason that she should live life
of absolute idleness and Toll in the
luxury of wealth without giving
something in return for it. There is
some mental and physical exertion
she may give in return for the
wealth she uses.
Therefore, if Miss Morosino and
those who are responsible for her
support have just got the money
they have and are doing nothing but
simply living in absolute idleness,
Mrs. Stokes is right in saying that
they should get busy and do some
thing.
Does the possession of wealth
mean mere idleness? Does it not
generally require mental exertion If
not also physical exertion to keep
this wealth properly working? If
any one attains wealth he generally
has to exert himself mentally and
physically to get it. but there are in
Vulnerable instances where people
are given wealth without having to
earn it. In such cases is not the APP
plication of that wealth so as to pro-
duce more wealth considered earn
ing labor II in the application 1t
helps Others besides the possessor?
Most Of the great American for
tunes are made possible by Inherit
ance. If there could be system In
stituted whereby each mans wealth
should be taken and distributed to
others whenhe dies and each one re-
CURED to work for what he gets in
this world. accrued and accumulated
wealth, made possible by a man in
his younger days beyond his present
needs earning more than for his
present keep, could be used for his
keep when he becomes less useful
in his declining years.
At any rate. Miss Morosino's folks
must needs be doing vast amount
of labor to compensate for the lux
urious and extravagant dallying she
INDUCED In at the New York horse
show.