The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-01-02

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that work owe to his home? How
much to his position as a citizen
How much to his position as I've pre-
wider of a family? The man doe
the work in the shop, but his wifi
does the work OF the home, and thu
shop must pay them both: on wha
system OF figuring is the home goinl
to find its place on the cost sheet O
the days work? 1t finds its place there
already in a sort OF haphazard way
If a man cannot support himself, his
wife, his children, his habitatiOn, his
position in Society-why, he doesn'l
stay at the job, that's all. 1t insn't q
matter of cost and profit to him; il
is the matter of a living"
! Is mans own livelihood the cost
And is his ability to have a home and
a family the profit?
Is the profit on days work to be
computed on cash basis only, mea-
sured by the amount man has left
over after his own and familys wants
are all supplied?
Is the livelihood of five or six per-
sons beside those of the actual work
err to be charged up to profit?
Or, are all these relationships to be
considered strictly under head Of
cost, and the profit to be computed
entirely outside OF them? That is, after
having supported himself and family,
clothed them, housed them, educated
them, given them the privileges Incl
dent to their standard of living, ought
there to be provision made for still
something more in the way of saving
profit, and all property chargeable to
the days work? These are questions
which call for accurate observation
and computation.
Perhaps there is no one item con-
nected with our economic life that
would surprise us more than a know
ledge of just what excess burdens the
dcy WIN dStudlly SdtllCo.
1t carries all the workers obliga-
lions outside the shop; it carries all
that is necessary in the way Of SER
vice and management inside the shop.
The days productive work is the
most valuable mine of wealth that
has ever been opened.
Certainly it cannot be made to car
ry less than all the workers outside
obligations. And certainly it ought to
be made to take care of the workers
sunset days when labor is no longer
possible to him, and should be no
longer possible to him, and should
be no longer necessary. And if it is
made to do even these, industry will
have to be adjusted to a schedule of |
production, distribution and reward |
which will stop the leaks toward the
pockets of men who do not assist pro-
duction in any way, and turn all |
streams for the benefit of those who
10. In order to create a system which
shall be as independent of the good
will of benevolent employers as of |
he ill-will of selfish ones, we shall
nave to find a basis in the actual
acts of life itself.
1t costs just as much physical siren
9Th to turn out days work when
wheat is 81 a bushel, as when wheat
IS $3.50 a bushel Eggs may be IL
;ents dozen or 80 cents dozen
t makes no difference in the units of
If energy man uses in a productive
lays work
One would think that the real basis
# value would be the cost of trans
nuting human energy into articles of
# trade and commerce. But no; that
most honest of all human activities is
made subject to the speculative shrew-
ess of men who can produce false
hortages Of food and other commodi-
les, and thus excite anxitey of de-
hand In society.
1t is not in industry that the trou-
lie lies, but in those regions beyond,
here men lie in wait to size the fruits
industry and create false scarcities {
Or the sake of arousing an anxious
emand for thingss which, normally,
re and ought to be accessible to all |
no engage in daily productive pur-
Its.
We must begin with the land; we
lust continue with the days labor;
We must begin with the land; we
ust continue with the days labor;
I'd we must keep so close, so jeal-
lsly close to both these fundamen- L
Is that we shall be suspicious and
arful of all that robs the land of
en-, and robs labor of its primal inn G
'rtance in material life.
We shall think out, and try out, and
tablish more enduring economic sys-
ms as we go on about our work,
an we shall ever be able to do sit
lg idle with our heads in our hands
ring to think" a new world system
OF our brains.