The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-22

been left In the pockets of tic consum- CTS?
 And if tho principle here Illustrated be truo does it not apply to other things besides sugar and loom up as a serious cause of friction retardlng the wheels in their progress?
 When a railroad company pays high tariff prices for steel rails do not the people pay extra for freight and pas senger service?
 Does not this tend to retard railroad construction and the development of our country?
 Crcditng tho capitalists however with being many of them sincere In their ideas, let us continue our reason- ing a little further Suppose the laws required a more equal distribution of the rewards for labor whereby the many instead of the few received tho profits? Would We have so much about over production? Is 1t really possible as a general condition for over pro- duction to exist? Have there not al- ways been, are there not today, and will there not always be numberless men and women who want things that they would buy if they had the where with to purchase? Can it be said at any time that the needs of the world are supplied and there Is nothing for the laboring man to do? True 1t may be that there is production at times along certain lines by virtue of abnormal conditions. But should the laboring man feel that he will be out of a job because the ''captalns of an overgrown industry may become re- strained in their mad rush for gain and compelled to produce according to the demands and needs of the public?
 Which would prove the better policy Tor them in the long run, to produce for the consumption of q steady mar ket according to its demands created by normal business conditions, or to make up more than there would be ready market for, then shut down, live on their profits and wait tn the consumers necessity drives him to buy that which he should have been able under a more equitable division of profits to have bought as needed 7 Which way would be the better for the factory empoyo?
 Is not the term, lover production" real msnomer2 Would not "under demand" represent the truth better? And would it not serve, if more Of the profits derived from labor were placed in the hands of the workers tu increase demands which coupled with the natural increase in popua- ton would very shortly work ont to tho advantage of the large producing industries of the conntrNp Would not tho very things which the captains fear produce results which would jus tify the change from the standpoint of their business?
 So is 1t not good logic to say that more money in the hands of the many placed there by laws framed for and operating to create more equal dis trihution of the products of labor, would act like oil on the aXlos of our Industrial Coach, and that it would capee the wheels of industry to re- volye rapidly, steadily, and with less friction hy virtue of the increased demands of the masses with money in their pockets with which to buy?
 Is tt not self evident that millions of individuals have more desires mor- actual needs, and great ability to con sume than thousands of individuals l have? Would not millions travel where thousands do now if they had | the money. and would they moi pur- chase more employ more, and use more articles of manufacture and icommerce2
 If you accept this line of reasoning aa true one, it only remains for yon l to choose and givc rour support to that political party which believes as i you de. Tbeu you will be able to help work out the proposed reforms.
 Find out from him who tries to i influence you whether he believes in l making laws that are to lift society from the top, or those that will reach 1 down to the bottom and apply their l force to the hetterncnt of tho cond- ! l more fortunate ones at the top to keep thelr places which they arc fully capable of doing by reason of their position and superior qualifications
 Did you ever lift around the rear of top buggy? If you never have, just try it, Then decide winch way 1t lifts the easier and with less strain to its parts. When you lift by taking hold oi the axle of the running part, or when you take hold of the body above tho springs Apply your prn- ciplc to society as whole and it may help you to sec the supreme point of difference between the principle, of the leading political parties of the day, and enable you to decide which ono by its platform and tho personel of its candidates promises most to you.
 Yours in behalf of truth and good government.
 TYLER D. DAVIDSON
 Bethany Conn, oct. G. 1908.