The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
CAPITALISM NATURES LAW

The Reds Pinks maintain that Capitalism doomed
in fact that already is in the graveyard waiting to be
inferred alongside of it's predecessor, "Feudals They
contend that here America, before World War H.
Capitalism was on the kids because of it's failure
the unemployment problem and to end the depression.
But usual the Commies and Fellow Travellers are
wrong Capitalism is not doomed it will not vanish from
the face of the earth 1t under Capitalism that this
nation achieved prosperity ard to attain real
abiding prosperity it will be under Capitalism and Free
the creation and distribution of wealth. and under
Capitalism that in the past achieved and that in the fu
ure will achieve great degree of these two things
No nation has attained real prosperity except
through industry and trade and these only flourish
under form of Capitalism. All the teachings of his
tory prove that where private property is the most
and enterprise is the most free in that place always has
been the greatest degree of prosperity.
Call it selfish if you will mans greatest urge is the
profit motive 1t always has been-is now-and always will
be- 1t is biological and will change permanently Ad
mtted there are times when this to ahead of the
other fellow temporarily weakens and mankind gives
to the visionares dogooders crackpo theorists paterna
stc government planners and social experimenters,
Right now in America there many-all too many
who for the time being do not remember that this
on under Capitalism achieved higher standard of lv-
for all classes than has any other all history
They forget that Nature developed the Captasc System
that mankind could exercise his predominant urge
to better his position life They disregard know
that Capitalism the only system of economies yet devised
under which the individual who works harder and
can forge ahead of his fellow
The antiCapitalists do not agree that anyone should
progress ahead of his fellows They ignore the fact that
where mankind lives under political system where
initiative and thrift go unrewarded there always
found deporably low standard of living and culture
propose
is nothing new. We have tried many experiments with
communistic and socasc schemes The early Puritans
tried onehere the jamestown Planthe Shakers and
host of others They all failed and why? Simply
the honeybees the hive eventually to the rones
participating to equal degree with them. MAN DOES
NOT WANT TO BE ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH ALL
HIS FELLOWS. That's what the Commies fail or refuse
to recognize.
Only the weak who will pull their weight
IN the boat content with equal sharing of the wealth
Thus later but inevitably the real workers in
Communstc society rebel against being forced give
part of their Welearned gains to those who shk their
like hollow egg-shell
Natural law simply asserts itself Planned economies
cannot do job for mankind we'll economy that
functions along natural lines permitting the individual
produce and keep for himself the major part of what
produces Capitalism the only economy far discovered
which makes the master and not the of the
Staewe had better think long and we'll before discard
the Capalistic System George Peck