The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-02-28
Rich Mans Monthly
Publishes Startling
Economic Facts

1 fOlluu0 md6dHlllC, thdt uitl PuOii-
cation of the pecuniary elite, is out
with tenth anniversary number. And
boy is it honey For the first time
| it might be well worth the time of
we underdogs to scrape around and try
and get hold of copy. Not to help
out the industrial tycoons who put
out this super magazine; but to pre-
serve the, material for use in COM
batting those self same economic roy
alists. 1t looks as tho their ego had
led them into a cul-de-sac. Their in
tentions, of course are to pat them
selves on the back as lords of crea-
ton; but in doing so they have re-
leased reams upon reams of statistics,
which seen through the eye of the
|technologist and scientist comes
nearer to being a kick in the pants
for the gentlemen it is meant to
please. There is no doubt that the
statistical material referred to, will in
the future be principally remembered
for it's admissions of the rightness of
the scientific, factual approach to eco
Monies, which, when strictly adhered
to, spells the doom of our present
price system economy. A strange
anomaly, indeed coming from mag
azine of big business.
Fortune says: "The problems, of our
time, which appear insuperable, are
problems arising out of industrial
achievement and are mainly problems
of adjustment to the achievement
that is the worker does not get paid
enough for his vast work power, the
capitalist cannot seem to take advan-
tage of his almost infinite opportun-
titles, the consumer has to pay too
much for the products and extensions
he requires"
Fortune then endeavors to tell us
all how lucky we are to be the bene-
of high powered energy con-
version civilization, which has given
us 153 inanimate slaves each, to work
for us, while the world average is
only II. Of course the difference be-
tween those of the various economic
levels in the division of these slaves,
is not charted, just this nice average
of 1853 apiece. Let's hope that you
are all keeping yours in sight.
After discussing the tremendous
progress of our potential power to con-
sumo Fortune goes on to say: "Yet
this accelerating progress has re-
ceived, relatively, little attention. 1t
has not been observed, and the reason
why it has not been observed is that, |
in computing progress, we follow the
economist in reducing everything to
he dollar"
Shades of Andrew Carnegie and |
John D. what treason have we here. |
Are we to believe that business has |
discarded the bar-S-bar go -lensed |
straight? Well they had them off for
! minute or two as some real scien-
,ific chronological data comes into
rev as: "Thus in measuring our in
lustrial system and in proposing solu-
ions to it's problems, it is necessary
o use industrial measurements as
veil as dollar measurements. Indus
is achieved by Harvesting
natter and energy, and its basic yard
sticks are therefore tons and kilo-
says Fortune.
Howard Scott of Technocracy fame
las been trying to tell them that, 10,
hese many years; but they consigned
lin to a 'scoffin.' Well something
nus have happened. Can it be that
he squeeze of our potential ABUND-
ANCE is causing fount of the bust
less ulcer to ooze little truth? Or
re they just trying to soften the blow
When ABUNDANCE smashes value