The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-12
THE MAN AND THE PUBLIC.

THE MAN AND THE PUBLIC.
(The Country Gentleman.)
John Smith is carpenter miner, railroad man,
dtcher other laborer who works for He abor
eight hour plan about in making both
something than the bare necessities; wants
automobile or piano or perhaps better house. How
Now there two in which friend, Smith, can
proceed this attempt realize his ambitions better living
He work extra hour day and thereby add 1912
per cent to his or he may strike for s higher and
and the with the present. rather
in favor of getting the increase without labor.
plans Whether he the by extra labor or by
higher wage does make decided difference to the public
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make the automobile which he to drive he makes something
is making that by extra labor time the world we'll
John Smith, richer by of his ambition and to the
if John Smith had not wanted fuller Life badly enough to
put in extra hours to get it,
and o H ppess
upon the market because of his desires He simply
thereby raising the price because machine made for
the special Of Of mesns this demand
bile the public has gained nothing Not that but the
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desirable make one Comfortable every ''SF '"'"s
sn Srt Rrnep and we cannot get from
ne should find some way of increasing his wages his
producing else the poorer and not richer be-
Otherwise everybody Smith included will ultimately be in
ured by these audabe impulses general agnaon would
De the only preventive of revolution the attempt
get what one is not willing to work honsty for by rendering
1ul equivalent in actual production
me 1armer not caught at this point because he works
Tor goods not directly for That say
an automobile piano something hitherto afforded
is only by which get the money with which to buy
IT, sof mat way to produce animals which Of
user means harder work. 1t the who caught
by false philosophy because only for money and
ne does not seem to realize that back of the
indeed our desires to be really gratifed
me individual by violent methods may burden
upon oher but the public and the world
at large must pay all bills with labor actually performed
There almost limit to the of food quantity
OF clothing the kind of housing number of automobiles
the world might have everybody 20 to work with the
understanding that it could have much could
no more Then man would work at the job half indus
rousy as the boy will dig for while his fish pole lean,
oy the tree the world would literally be OVERLOOKING only
with mix and honey but also with every thing
desirable for and We have anything we
are willing to for cursed be he who shifts the re-
sponsibility to his neighbor.
When the who works wages not directly for
comnodtles as the farmer does learns that
oe met b extra labor and that the himself actually
produce the thing he wants for else it's full equivalent
learn this essonthen shall have strikes to attain
the Impossible and shall more men seriously trying
" their producing power by honest efficient labor
Continuation of the return to railroads for
Perod OF SIX months after the termination
mas upon by senate and house conferees rail-
roa eglsauon In fixing this date the accepted
sch bill provision The Cummns bill would have limited the
time to four months.
GOOD ldea considering the rail administration during fed
eral control, which lost millions upon millions of dollars
Stockholm that the deported from the
States probably will be landed at Hango Finland and
proceed under strong guard by rail boshevsm
that's real polite term to apply the alien