The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01
hight for Mr.. Watkins

While manufacturing values are dulicaaa v,,.
are not. The census, Vol z MAINLY s,aio. !.
the $l5,ooo, 100000 is not a.true Or net valuas
because from this must be subsracted tho v,h.
winch nave been duplicated as well as tba ms.
nal raw material
BY taking one industry this can be ilwtraa
SO clearly that even a child can understand
But frst, let me say thai out of the $l3OO0ON@
gross value manufactured wealth. all but Nsa
10000 has been paid out for materials vsgs
freight, ETC., etc. OF course no one will dsphs |
this. The question is, therefore. what mart i
any, of this 81 100000, 600 belongs to labor par
Mr.. Watkins not being a socialist will agm
that capital, which is STORED labor" is entitled
to its fair dividend If, however, capital receives
an unfair dividend then We have injustice Now
I'm not making the point that everything is per-
fect, or that we, the workers have absolute JUS
tlce why do | support the trades union more
ment with dues and labor? Because | recognize
that things can be changed for the better and
they are being changed but not by the calamity
howlers.
Now, let us ask Mr. Watkins and Others /
the silk workers in Paterson produced the raw
silk. Did the textile workers produce the WOOL
the cotton, the hemp etc? Do the shoe gOrnB
produce the cattle or the green hides, or the tE
ished leather? You see that the value Of shoes
is duplicated three times, not counting the cattle
which are the original raw material
The 1900 census shows q total gross value o.
shoes of 1851 100000. The cost of materials / e.
leather, Innings, thread, nails, etc, cost sl6stVi'
054; the miscellaneous expenses were $lV,ioofVl
The total wage fund paid to the workers, ncae
ing the foremen, clerks, etc, was Sb6s55,o5l ias
would leave $13,724,492. The question here At
issue would be, did the shoe workers produce any
of this last sum?
There was a capital of $1Ol,OO0OO0 How
much did this capital, which includes OF course,
all the plants, machinery, etc. etc, produce ana
how much did the 1000 population VINO lapueu
in their factories produce? If they produce
gether. this $13,724,492 then labor l. e. he sl ~
factory workers, were paid in full loo ceils III ~
creating 100 cents in value. But IT, as tne %sss
lists say, capital is robbery. and not enu'tu
anything, then the shoe workers received ou' ~
per cent of the real net wealth produced III u'
shoe factories.
My contention is that this whole suplecl
misrepresented by the radicals, that tley ms s
quote the census returns by quoting Only i r.,
of the truth and that in this way they a n w.,
the facts. 1t is true that there were INV p pt
farms in Massachusetts in 1890 than III leoV uh D
in order that Mr.. Watkins may learn 'he VII.
truth publish the following See VOL D paul
Massachusetts farms, etc: ear l9qV' nu lSSa.
of farms, 37145 value, $1S2 le ,6a y,,
number of FARMS 34,374; value $l+lo''4g.-i'e We, az.
1885, number of farms, 3S406, value. sl01 s'lne
1885, Year 1870, number of farms, 2o'0VV ''sa
$137 482,291. ;. ,aa
Average value of Massachusetts Ia arm IL ia
was $4S42; in 1890, $4,296; in 1850 $4'z'S' w.
$5,226. ,,s s
The census explains that the lN0 E@ ~. Am.
inflated and must be reduced onelouftn ~, ~ Noth
parison Farms in Massachusetia ana 'H' Farms
Atlantic states have decreased IN Sl+v e.on 1S0
in the North Atlantic states decreased H'D
to 1890, but increased from 1890 to lsVV' aao pos
AS for paupers we have less per ,o lD' shors
than at any time. The census Oh law tnor
that we have 73,045 paupers. q 10 io'
there are any later statistics e,d there
In the Statesman's Year BOOK ! a l", norner
were in Great Britain in 1902 I00V'0u .,ro 13.
and in the same year in France mere S' satsds
251. In Germany there have been ~ cormany
published for twenty years. TN INV !" ,ocal gr
being so framed that the sta ''u ors Ger
ernments are forced to supper aI Pa .. annalf
many spends nearly 100 100000 Ndi q vhi
besides all this to pension poor Pl.etad sstes
F d A. Gordon
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