Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-23
FARMERS MUST ACT AS THE BALANCE WHEEL

cratization of industry" meaning thereby
 the leveling of wages down and up, as
 the case may be. Such illustrations show |
 for how pitifully small an increase in !
 wages paid to the rank and file the silly |
 mob woud be willing to run the risk Of
 economic anarchy and ruir l For it is true and always will remain true that mans ''wcrtfl' in wages is |
 solely measured by the character and quality of his ability for service. Even the labor unions admit this truth in their actions, if not in their platforms. i They pay the president of the American
 Federation of Labor $i0,000 a year, and
 one union of dockbuilders in New York city pay their leader s1S,0oO year. l Neither of these gentlemen works any longer with his hands. But their sub
 ordinates cheerfu1ly tax themselves these
 highly comfortable salaries because they | believe the managerial services of the
 saiG leaders are worth the money. h The story is told of the first Rothschild, | at that time credited with being the f richest man in the world, that he once sent for two wild-eyed socialists who had been demanding that his wealth be taken :, from him and distributed among the poor.
 When they were seated beside his desk, 1. he brought out table of figures and the latest census of Germany. From the fig
 ures he candidly told them what he was : worth at the moment in marks, the Ger , man currency. Then, before their eyes, , hn divided that total by the population , of Germany This showed that if his , wealth were equally divided each German I would have trife over two marks, or
 about fifty cents of it. Handing that sum
 Ito each of the two socialists. he remark } ed. There, gentlemen, that's your share I of my riches. Take it, and stop your yawp!''
 X I don't learn that they shut up in re- j. sporse to this demonstration and ex- s hortation. But the story has it's sugges- = ticns, nevertheless. What I'm after, this time, is merely to :. = ble for higher wages or bigger profits fol : : problem of what things are really II I-'worth, which may or may not be what
 1 they will fetch in the market Also, tc e set them thinking about the relations be IS tween service and wages, and the true l, principles which should govern the whole e wage system.
 d Men who are engaged in mad scram e ble fo rhigher wages or bigger profits fo 'e themselves with no thought of anything but their own selfish desires, are not il IS state of mind to consider underlyinl t. and usually abstract principles Greed | n not helpful ally of reason.
 But we farmers, who stand somewha .o outside the dust kicked up by the scram :. bling combattants, can still trust the de li cisions of our own common sense. w ., are more likely to see the truth that lie r tbetween the opposing claims, We are f
 condition to act upon wiser judgment l I., and clearer perceptions least, to ac y with less prejudice than those who's
 y!slon is blinded by the dust of conflic
 anG whose motives are biased by purel ie personal desires.
 ut It is not only our privilege but our dut e. as useful citizens and patriotic Amer IS cans to see clearly, think wisely, and ac h. righteously. So far is in us lies we mus $. do our share. as spokes in the big bal or ance wheel, to keep the machine runnin ts true and performing it's proper work. ve Which is a task worth our while, of ever one was.
 or THE FARMER.