Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-09
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MT. Editor: It seems the American people have reached the parting of the ways" viz, Shoes and meat"
 They may choose to not eat meat, but
 if they do, they will have to go bare
 foot or make moccasins. But why not is too high" Why is this? Is it al- together natural that meat should be so exorbitantly high? What is the cause for it? There must be a cause. IsThe farmer that produces the meat does not get as much more for it than he used to, while the consumer pays considerably. more. The gulf between the producer and the consumer is steadfastly widening.
 Government statistics inform us
 that the producer gets only about two fifths of what he produces, 1t is self evident that somebody, in some way, gets the other three-fifthe, and gives
 nothing to the producer for 1t. The consumer. which is producer in some other line, has to pay more or go with out.
 All producers are consumers, but all
 consumers are not producers. The
 non- producing consumers must live,
 and as they produce nothing evident ly they must live on what others pro- duce without giving an equivalent. Now, if the producer of meat could get what the consumer pays for it, and the producing consumer could get the other three-fifth which he does not get, the producer and the produc- ing consumer would be on a level.
 governed only by the ability of each
 to produce. Neither of them gets only
 about two-ifths of what each pro-
 duces, be it much or little. The ques- tion is, Who gets the three fifths, and how2 This taking away three-fifths of the wealth from the producers of it. will have tendency to throw them
 out of employment, would it not? Ex- Secretary Straus is quoted as saving, "The question of the unemployed is the question of the age. It is the connterside to years of minimizing
 east Gndiferentism) in this country.
 The man who shall solve this problem of the unempioyed-which may be in- soluble, but if capable of being solved --that man shall earn everlasting grat- itude and fame from the whole world"
 There is but one solution of this prob lem viz. change the System of laws(?) that takes from the producer three fifths of all the wealth he produces Change the system that is creating debt three times as fast as the pro- ducers can produce the wealth with
 which to pay it. Following this debt
 is expenses increased, which compels increased taxation. when taxes are
 increased the property owner squirms
 and unless he can shift it on to some one else he raises a howl. All these things originate from one cause. Yes, 'Self-interest makes towards of us
 all in many directions" The question
 of the unemployed is not the only
 question to be solved. The question of taxation is looming up at a rapid pace. This question of taxation (di- rect) looks like a see-sa game. There arc three things or factors in the game. First there is a certain amount of expense to be paid by the federal state. county and municipali-
 ty, as an admitted fact. This means taxation. The greater the expense the greater the tax. To raise this tax there are two ways of doing it. One is to assess the property at it's full value which would lower the rate of taxation to the lowest practical point. The other is to assess the property at one-half it's value, which would double the rate of taxation. What difference would it make whether the property is assessed at it's full value, with a tax sufficient to meet the ex- penses, or whether the property is as-