The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-06
(By Charles A. Starks.)
Learning Economies.

Learning Economics.
1t will be noticed that the subject
given for discussion is learning eco
Monies. We chose that because we
do not wish to create the idea that
we ourselves are seasoned in the
study of something that we have only
attended recently, only since the
World War.
1t may also be fair to say that only
a few of u so-called scholars have
called our attention to such an i'm
portant thing as the science of eco
Monies. This being the case, then we
have been compelled to rely on our
own powers of discovery in seeking
a fundamental cause. What we have
to say, therefore, comes purely from
our individual deductive ability, how
ever poor that may be. We are not
so vain as to imagine that we have
discovered something new" but we
do believe that our presentation will
at least be interesting to our readers.
The Cause of Economics.
Accustomed as we are to investi-
eating what is Immediately before us,
it is strange that we have so abjectly
ignored the study of that which so
vitality affects our material welfare.
The very air we breathe, the water
that we drink, the food that we eat,
the clothes that w wear, or the shell.
ter that we must have, economics
touch us in all of these, and more.
In fact, SO positive is it's appeal, so
comprehensive its scope that none
living may escape its contact in some
way. Economics, then, is not only
fundamental, but more understanding
ly is present everywhere.
Now Economy is based upon the
fundamental fact that we have to eat
That we have to eat to live is a tritt
truth, but very undeniable. We also
have to drink (water). But water i!
got a fundamental cause of Economy
As food is because it is obtainabl,
without the productive enterprises o.
cultivation of man. That is to say
that that which may be secured prac
tically for nothing is not a cause
fundamentally, of economy. Food
then, is the first necessity that acts
upon individuals. If this is true, theI
there is no question about Economy
! being built upon this stern compul
sorry want, We must have food. i
is necessary to our existence. We
cannot do without it. Upon it hans
all the laws and profits" of existence
for us. &C.
The necessity of having to eat is
accompanied with the almost equally
demanding necessities of clothes anC
shelter. These three things embodN
the hue and cry of the world. You
can't get away from them. They will
not down. We have the idea that
economy simply means to ave hui
in a fundamental sense it mean tc
secure, to get. To need first, to get
next, to save last, are the three es
sential elements that perfect the idea
of economy. All else pertaining there
of are dependent clauses.
Recapitulation would show here that
the Economic is based upon a want
or more scientifically, necessity. II
would show that this primary neces.
sity is food. We also showed that
the secondary cause of was
to secure or get the food. Now tc
get food men have to work in some
way. This natural conclusion brings
US to
The Industrial.
Now since men have got to work
in order to eat, this secondary neces
sity produces the problems of indus
try, of which WI have a wonderful
experience!
On down the line mans stomach
has been the whip which industry
yields to make him a slave. 1t is
hard but 1t is true. We try to avoid
IT, especially the sterner phases, and
many succeed, but most of mankind
have to work on and on that they
may continue to eat. The alternative
of not working is misery, starvation
or death. So men work because they
have to work or starve.
Since everyone. more or less, have
to work, this creates the great world
of workers or industrial units, all
seeking the same sustenance of life
In doing this most natural thing these
units are bound to come in contact
one with the other. They are tray.
cling the same road-they are thus
bound to meet. In looking for the
same thing they are bound to become
interested in n another. They can't
get away from it. 1t matters not