The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-05
LETTER FROM MIR. AMoROUS

| In these days of anxiety and uncertainty Of us
farmers being allowed to live and work on our farms
next year it may be helpful for elder statesman
to Read out title clear" to a space for each in
this world of ours.
Each man is entitled to a livng-IF He WILL
LABOR FOR 1T. His fundamental obligation is,
Self preservation and perpetuation of the race
| Food clothing, shelter the three essentials for
self preservation is obtained by labor Group tribe
or community contributes to a complete living of
each Money is not essential part of man s liv-
ing. People have lived and thrved without it and
any nation or community live and thrive with
out money or gold.
No Individual gets complete living without shar-
ing in some product of another. This requires ex-
change between individuals or groups To maintain
an equality OF living, nature demands that the
change must be equal If the volume of corn pro-
duced by one is lessened by weather conditions and
the quantity of wheat is increased of another by
weather conditions, must give more in exchange
of wheat for corn. BY the law of supply and de
mand this system of equality was carried out in
groups, community and tribal living in the early days
and promoted that happy living for all. Growth of
groups and Incidence of brought burdens to
the industrious producers and separated groups into
individuals leaving every man to look out for him
self. This is our economic living condition today.
The uncertainty of our individual need of tomor-
row impes us to get all we can today by "'hook or
crook and no compunctions to the methods we
use to gain more than our brothers.
The universal brotherhood of man was DESTROYED
and the requirement of greater share by one ind
vdual of the things essential for the living of man
was made possible by the universal adoption of gold
as the only real money of exchange" Gold the
product of one man, the miner has been preferred
in its exchange for the products of all other labor
hence our disorder in equal living condition of the
many We collectively put the value in gold on the
commodity we individually must labor to produce
Taxes for the support of the government would
not be burden if levied proportionately on each and
collected in kind of product To pay our taxes we
raise cotton. IT the government would take per
cenage of the pounds produced by each there would
be no sale of land to pay taxes but the government
requires the producer of cotton corn or wheat TO
pay IN GOLD, the product of the miner hence the
man who sells his cotton in October at zoe a pound
can pay his taxes for less of his products than the
man who sells his cotton in December for Zoe
Labor is the cost of everything and any man that
has to give two days labor for the product of one
day of another is relatively that much poorer This
huctuatng ups and downs is carried on for slightly
varying periods Of years until the toll of money all
ways growing greater in the hands of the few can
not be consumed by the few in exchange for the La
Dor OF the many and then have general business
depression Property and products relatively to
gold have Shrunk in value until the many can no
longer secure the instrument of Commerce to use
IN producing the commodities needed in the living of
man.
The value of the land of the farmer today won +
pay IN gold the cost of the labor used to produce
the crops from 1920 to 1928 The shrinkage is
alarming Bountiful crops should always assure
prosperous times and depression should only exist
when crop famine occurs but unless the farmer
realizes the full measure of his harvest by profta
bic price bountiful crops mean his bankruptcy and
depression IN all business reflected throughout the
nation. Martin Amorons