The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-03
Pu or THE LiBORER.
The AnII-socIaIIstic View of the Relation
OF NarhInrs to NorhrrS.

I" TN EpHuE "r IHF SuN >v ""
opponent Mr. pa-~ac. Ia answer 20 Il"
question What - the tru" criterion "r
labor NalIe aud hoN does maohnery sui
jugate labor" replies hv admitting that n TO
ratio oi supply 10 demand determines labo
value aud N" lApoTrT - -uhiugstrd" when
be- does not receive fuil value for his -
yi,-- ~ supply and demand determine
the worker value o. - obvious that ~ D"
receives the market pT''- Of his labor he
not -ubiugateI or exploited
it, testeItabls tina tho socialist cannot
or vsil not speak 70 the question. and NJ
pas-Iz. proor.Is 10 the d :, I--ion Of q ma
ter which though o. mas hEyr a hearing on
the forces OF other commodities tusn labCr
has ~ lar "a. can 49," No bearing on lAhor
t-elf that 49, restrt,'ion ~ production
bv the big capitalists for the purpose ~
enhancing pronf- HIS assertion on ~.
point not onl, ,-entlreiv unsupported by evl.
dem" bat - inherently unsound N that .
fails to take into consideration the obVio
feet that such art,r'Ial 'uTt1iluen' Of pro
dut'ion would naturally and inevitably in
duCe other producers 20 enter the field -
cheaper prices aud supply the wants that
the former ignored Frea access t.
ui~m for robbery that - the Tree Use ~
III. products OF osher men brains IN tr'
operation Of the Law of supply and dem al
which MIR. Pas-as" proph"-is- under 81, .ll.
Ism, through NhiCh a surplus OF iAhofef a
In one line might transfer it, services fr
another, clearly assumes that knowleis"
and technical skill. instead OF being a. ~
present the result Of a long and more or 10.
painful apprenticeship. viii through reH''.
luton Of nature become matters OF lntu.
ton, so that the lawyer with no eases to ~ p
would hang NJ his -hingle ~ 3 physician
and the r. ilroad en- sineeT out of lob would
n the fancy led him turn river pilot ~
This would he one OF the effects of socialism
Mr.. Passage Il quite within the limits %.
accuracy when he says heir mere -tster'e''
will be n surprise 10 tho-.' Who hA'"
been Systematically mIsnfoTmed on The
sub eCt
The Answer to The question What has
become OF the four men di-pla, ed bN the
operator Of the typesetiing machine D.
They we're deprived Of employment. At lsa-I
for The time being THIS. however. const
tstes no indictment AGAINST rnashiner,
IL NAV he harsh and unpslatahle truth.
but IN d. n truth neN err hel"~-. that the p'Ir-
pos. Of " ork - not the ~IupIoN n.nI of lahof
the Introduction oI mas hinsTy Ia order -
Keen men AT work ould he in eject To Tob
the ,On sumner h., compelling him to puTCha-s,
dear hand made goods when otherNis- ""
might buy the cheaper machine made arti'L.
and would b- vsrv FAR from restoring IT,
laws Of competition and Of supply aud d.
mand to the fullest and fTer-' operation
The ultimate enect Of machinery ~ 'our-'
~ to benefit not only the consumer hut Nh
laboreT b. in"rea-tng the demand for hi- 90
vices fOliowIng enlarged con sumption 90.
cheapened proJu' iion.
II - -ingulat that NT Passage haNin.'
given thTe~ reasons for the higher pay Of .
tyTe~etitng WAChtn" operator over that H
The hand man should ,onSliid bN ask
shat effect the displacement of four ham
non 10y the machine has had on the one u h.
remained to operate the Machine
NFW lUEA. august ~ fTO.