The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-21
THURSDAY OCTOBER 81 1920.
SEEKING MlPAcLEs

An organization calling itself the
Farmers National Council is still try
ing to scheme sonfe way to@get the 4
government to loan money to farmers
to8help them carry their crops until \
tthey can place them on the market
IN other words to hold them until con- /
sumers are forced to pay high prices
to get food
Considered solely from the farmers /
point of view the scheme they pro
pose Is the same cd humbug that
has mislead Socialists, Communists
and other lists for many long years.
Ilt is the same unfortunate error that
the coal miners of Great Britain are
making in their strike at the present
time
] It is an impossible thing which the
British miners demand God, himself
cannot successfully grant it to them
" thout changing the laws of the
universe.
II is a, fixed fact that it is impos.
sib!c to take more out Of a businessi
than the business produces. Nations
have tried It and found their currency
deprecated to a point where It took az
hundred dclars to buy a LOAF Of bread Z,
CofpQrpt pns have tried il and seeni
the remains Of their business sold by'
the sheriff to satisfy the DEGREES 81 az
court Of bankruptcy Individuals have
tiol It and found themselves in jail.
with plenty OF time to think 1t over
There isn't strength enough in the
British Empire to grant and continue
to grand the demands of the coal min
crs with what it would entail frm
othe' similar groups
A business produces so much which
amount is the total il can distribute.
and OF that amount considerable
part must 90 for management and
capital reserve. otherwise known as
profit o. there will soon be no bust
NESS capable Of pw ducine anything.
This law is just as unalterable as the
natural law that winter follows sum
NOR o" that water will flow down HILL
The farWer who wants the govern
VI at 81 loan HIM money to give him
a spncnl ADVANTAGE the labor group
that wants its wages forced ny at the
expense of the rest Of the public. the
4 banker or capitalist. who urges the
poyerNment K guarantee them q Ger.
tain profit the Socialist who wants
The nation to compel m equal diyis-
ion OF earnings and profits are all
asking something that cannot be
dene '''
! The members otthe Farmers Ma.
! tcna Council should go out into their
. fields and consider hill Ct potatoes.
II they open IL witlr-care and make a
, strict search, they Wll Gnd just the
q mum Der of potatoes Which, grew there.
( The government Of the United states
+ IS fairly strong and Figorops brit 70
y cannot put more potatoes in the hills
Y than grow in those ms.
e There isn't a e0varnmeut on the
- faro 81 the earth powerful enough C.,
make a practice Of paving out in
wages or profits, or both combined.
more than that business produces In
p time OF stress and war it has been
: done for a very brief period but only
, to grow daily in menace and danger
4 government or natisn that under.
takes such "A business method as a
work ng principle is as surely doomed
, as is Che nv that goes 70 sleep on tie
rail In front OF the Empire State eX.
. press.
The farmers are entitled to an on
: fo~cem7nt OF business conditions that
viii prevent them from being ex
.plo ted by proGteer1 The British coal
miners have right TO demand just as
goc d wages as Companies can pay
= and stll leave a legit mate profit re-
4. serve Neither of them is justified in
$ exploiting the public for their particu
n Pc" benefit More than that, it cannot
.. be done as a regolar and permanent
system.