Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-04-20

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should pay this and a profit to the fel
lew who furnishes the raw material, q
profit to the manufacturer. a profit tc
the wholesaler, profit to the trans
porter, profit to the retailer, profit
to the publisher for advertising, and
the Lord only knows how many more
profits, except the laborer who produc-
es. He gets no profit. While this is a
cold stubborn fact, labor takes every
thing from natures great store house
and delivers it to the consumer. What
then should be paid for any article.
The above puts your system where
you can't call on God of love to JUS
tify it, while the Socialist answer
means that the price of an article
should be whatever the worker re-
ceives for the same quantity of abor
that is in anyway necessary to pro-
duce the article and place it within
his reach. This will reveal to you
the fact that there is no value except
labor value considered in the cost of
any article. Then Socialists contend
the unit of value to be labor, measur-
ed by the hour or day, instead of your
capitalisGic dollar of 23.S grains of
gold and we know that we have per-
tect right to pray God in our endeavors
for we read in His Word, SIN the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" That is why the socialists
are the subjects of misrepresentation
and falsehood. You thought your gold
was and should be king but that ''dir-
ty-nosed' crowd you hate so much
make no impression on you, but we
work on all honest, conscientious peo-
pie and as fast as they learn the truth
they become Socialists.
Before we proceed let us see what
your system says is the labor cost, and
cost as measured by your gold. Let
us take sewing machine, as nearly
everyone knows about what they must
pay for one under capitalism. The
labor cost Of said machine is 90
hours. Measured by gold it is SO. 25.
It sells for $35. 90. 1t won't require a
man of great intellect to see which is
better for those who work. Under So
cialism the worker would produce this
machine in 90 hours, and it would be
his. Under capitalism he must pro-
duce the machine, then work 224 hours
and 49 minutes before the machine is
his. In other words he must pay all
the profits mentioned above. To make
it yet plainer he must be slave
twenty and half days to get
chance to work two and half days
for himself Who does this benefit
anyway? A correct answer to this
will show you are not in it.
Now, let us see as to shoes. Mems
fine grade calf, welt, lace, single soles,
soft box toes, one pair finished in 54
minutes and such pair of ladies'
shoes in AZ minutes, for which labor
receives "a cents. The shoes retail for
$5. 90, and the laborer must work 13
times as long to buy one pair for him
self In other words, he must produce
12 pairs for the man who owns the
machinery and consequently his job,
for the capitalistic privilege of max
ing the thirteenth pair for himself.
Again, 100 lbs. granulated beet sug-
ar is produced in II minutes, time
cost, for which labor receives the sum
of two cents, which retails for six to
seven dollars. It seems this would
open the eyes of brass monkey for
this sugar maker must produce five
thousand pounds before he will be
able to own one dollars worth. This
is not all, "Wild West, for your love-
ly system forces the workers to pay a
tariff on foreign sug-
ar, and a sugar bounty on ''our in
FAINT" sugar industries.
We now have the time value of a |
sewing machine to be 90 hours, that of
a $5. 90 pair of shoes to be "a minutes,
but we will say one hour. "Wild
West makes shoes and Jones ma
chimes. "Wild West exchanges. The
time value in shoes of machine is 23
pairs as one pair an hour is made and |
23 hours is the time on labor value Of |
/ machine. Under capitalism "Wild
West makes thirteen pairs for one, 30 |
f compelled to pay for a machine |
making shoes under capitalism, he
must make 81 pairs. This is four to |
,ne in favor of socialism, and it holds
rood through the entire list Of labor
PRODUCTS as the statistics Of ''our" sys-
EN- shows the average Of its wage
Ilaves to be less than $500 in wages |,
,er annum. It also shows the average
product to be more than SO, 500. Here
8 difference measured in gold Of
%, 600 per annum in favor of social
SIN, with 90 per cent. Of the wage
laves in enforced idleness. They had
Produced so much they must wait for
,our systems great captains to take
he pick of the young men of our
,oasted system, with gun in hand
ind shoot up market by numbering
laves of some other country.
/ must conclude, but here's my hand
o tWild West" and package of can
" when he and all of his gang wipes
ocialism off the map. Keep it up,
,oys. / have some rich things in
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