The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-13

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II the Weleetka papers continue
publishing the fulniinatlons Of local
doctor. the people OF the state VIII be
~ doubt whether 10 locate the prni.
tcntiary or the asylum in that pretty
Town
According to this new philosophy
propounded by the rather versatile
arguher in the field OF theory each
municipality should own It's own water
plnnG electric light plant. gas plant.
railroads. wagon shops, grocery store.
banks. blacksmith shop. laundry.
bakery dry goods store. clothing
store. meat market and each and
every other line wherein there has
"a be so much as one or more peo-
PIE employed t6 keep the wheel OF
commerce from crushing The down
trodden, save the millinery stores
and dispensary
Under the system he has drawn a
photograph of III his own brain. the
average man would receive the
equivalent OF one dOllar per hour,
and he could, Immediately after pro
ducing that valuation. take home the
proceeds to the toscm of his family
and so to work again the next day TO
produce another bunch OF family Joy
producer and 50 on. day after day
week after week month. year, cycle
aud century. unless shot into Eterni-
fy. where. no doubt. things run not
half so Well as the doctor has ar
ranged 70 run Weleetka. the city
With a wish for the Oklahoma state
Eenitentiary
The doctor has arranged the scale
SO that the present working capital
of Weleetka. under this system would
be the equivalent Of about 1000, 600.
whereas Il now makes the average
ciilzen sweat blood 80 Keep his over
check riding 10 the local banks.
The doctor has arranged 90 keep
the machinery iG good trim, and
takes out small whether 20 re.
place machinery or pay doctor bills
IS not elucidated in the treatise he
shot at an unsuspeciing public.
Here ia one paragraph of his ideas
about making things exactly right
and all mankind happy.
Every workman. everyone per.
forming any usenll service would
receive an average equivalent Of
Sl.00 per our Every family
would own 4 beautiful and ideal
home There would be no power
IS. no wretchedness or squalor
no destitution, no pauperism and
very little vice or crime"
The last clause about rvery little
~vice or crime" has false note &c
IA In list OF Joys and comfort FIRST
advanced 20 the scene OF publicity
and, perhaps. IL may be that the wick
ed editor who printed the article gol
10 thinking about the expected peni
tentlary and fearing the state would
fali 10. aud march IN loving conn
deuce behind the doctor and his theO
ry 10 the throne room OF happiness
concluded 10 edit the copy and the
egice aud crime department. was the
editorial correction
Il Is presumed the doctor has at
fairs 80 arranged no one who com
mences or takes up with this pro
gram win cheat his fellows. We pre-
sume no shylock will gel IN the RIM
ard 20 10 bidding down pay 10 where
the rich ice plant viii bid its labo
in az six bits per hour, and break tn
cider uAuuih'tultfs Mlih'NN Ah' -
bafed Labor arrangement Verify, W.
are n0t skeptical, naye, but Their
miist be some sort Of confidence II
each other, lest the new wrinkle get
10 be- a real canon on the surface O
De new Industrial face
one more precantian or parliameI
fary Inquiry, Docs a workman Sc
paid los sleeping, or does he get hi
iOy.buBdle for the actual work oriy
And Il Ona Is restless and can no
sleep have conghs cold on asthma
and wants 10 80 20 work does he Sc
Just the straight dollar per hour o
10 you pay oyertimeY
We should not be skeptical w
should have failh. and who know
but Utopia Is with Us, and iourne
a ne New Jerusalem be mnecessar
~ eef an We deserve2