The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-02
VONAES HIGH PRICES
COLLECTIVISTS DINE AND THEN
HEtR PROFOUND TALK.


Nutu8s W NV EXPERIMENTATION 81 Ma0lu
Nr. slSssoa o. Changing osnan
Nrs. Block Talks AboaI Socialism
Nearly one hundred CollectivistA a.
--uulai al kAlils restaurant last night
line aud to discover Just who or what
81 fn bhm" for the increased cost Of living
Inc orators, among whom were Byron
"a Hi' Prof Edwin Sloaaon and Mrs
Anita Block. we're asked 10 speak 20 the
a.,s-'lrn lis Woman Guilty7- Not one
hem confined himself ~ the main
..-Ir. probably because. Mrs Block
,Nplaiucd. no socialist was ever willing
% iety~ anything anywhere. The audi
-n,-. however. appeared ~ lie deeply
Interested IN all digres-iOns
Nr Holt who took the Hoor frat
aimiti''d that he really wasn't qualified
o. debate on the subject. because he had
lever had time 20 apply his economic
uuud In women. He then proceeded to
demonstrate that IL he hadn't studied the
u-giigihle half Of the population hs was
ignorant on no other lines. In an address
- several thousand words he discussed
sVhaustively extravaganza. automobiles.
education. taxation, pure food laws. cold
storage, lazinsss and indifference IT
farmers, greedine~s 81 middlemsn. over
capitalization. high freight rates. labor
unions. tarih. monopolies and trusts
rising land values and several other
alleged causes Of high prices. and ad-
political economy textbooks 90 show that
each and every one was almost II not
quite innocent Of mischief.
The only factor IN the case worth men
nonine. he said. and the one on whose
Shoulders all the responsibility really lay
vas gold depreciation.
Gold depreciation in addition to rails.
ing the prices OF commodities increased
rates OF interest, ne said. and u wasn't
really nocosaary for him TO explain why
was familiar with Prof. Irving Fisher =
mastery exposition OF the phenomenon
Then he explained how the farmers
and mine owners and real estate spec
ulators who were benefited by the I'M
earned increment from rising prices
were gStting rich. while poor professors
and clerks and school teachers and
railroad ofictals were getting poorer
mistically Of the rapid decrease in bond
values. but gave big boost 90 Steel
common. which he said was benefited
tremendously by gold depreciation h.
cause OF the coal lands owned by the
corporation.
The final outcome Of the whole thing
could be nothing hut a demand on the
part Of the present population for legis-
ation 20 readtuss property rights. he said
IN conclusion. and the Collectivists ap-
plauded rapturously.
A for Mr.. Slosson. he insisted that
women were rushing IN and grabbing
ell the rights and privileges Formerly
conceded 10 be the exclusive prerogatives
~ the dominant male. and were there
fore the only cause 81 most OF the OK
sting economic disturbances Women
we're rsaiGninR all their old Jobs Of cook
ING and spinning. and weaving. and soap
boiling. ne said. and were becoming mere
parasites.
Why. = man now looks upon a wife
- an expensive luxury whereas m the
~ days he used To regard her as an
adorable necessity he declared
The Collectivists smiled but obviously
they did not consider Mr. Slo-son nearly
50 scientific as the speaker who had pre-
coded him.
Woman 10 also usurping the masculine
privilege Of personal adornmsnt.- he
continued. Imagine an Indian -quaw
With chanticler hat or even a merry
widow one. f0rsooth some per-onH hav..
jailed Roetand nature f.ksr because. he
h=s'ow@d brilliant plumag" up"u the
len pheasant IA hi- much discussed
Trans. Alas - q not R"-taud bu' M.
aides themselNe 70 whom must
sitribul- nature fat .ng rdoubtacilv
the philosophical Frenchmsn understood
we'll what he was doing ne was merely
painting a moral when he adorned the tate
Mr. Sloesom threw crumh to the
woman sufragisJ- present Nv asserting
that in mis- opinion the hallot Vas e-ssn-
t,slly feminine weapon
~ ~ secret he said. and modest
and unohtrns'vs. while ~ - ~ times
effective. = - much better that women
should daily with IL than that they should
releRRte tn themselves. a. they seem to
- doing. a monopoly 81 The e.thstic
side IT life pcture-. books, MUSIC aud
even religion
Mrs Book thought that Mr. Sn--on
sdn't reached the root 81 the matter ~
I'll. and she also foutSd the idea ~ thor.
icing too much gold IN the country Anv
ne could see with half an eve arourding
o. Mrs Block that IL Wa all 40 :, 'hs
capitalist class Capitalist men put u.
rr!c@- ny trying to graft all the profit
and salaries and interest and 'ncrsmsni-
10th earned and inca rn~d IN Nprd
everything worth mentioning ~ the ~ x
= the classic economists and ~ women
aided and ahetted the monumsn's ~
lIst'ce 10 the people nv hong nothing
hut parasite females The only solution .
aid Mrs Block Wac the politica triumph
4 socialism. and heaven give y = speedy
Tfc7Ty over line fnr'-- ~ greed ana
monopoly!
Amen = murmur~d the diners cell
.sCtively
The gathering bruke up after toast
gwen 10y Alexander Bacon IN the form ~
= parody on The Vampire Man
Va 2 ana q Drone and Tank 81 Ar
At least am gallant said Mr Ra~ou
Lovely woman II perfectly innocent
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