Made of' Nineteen Letters only. a shilling day he canna Judgi by the utterances Sena" maze. han that "sum, Zor writings of some of the leaders the world, it would seem that man with=an income of a billing 2 expected to spend three or four True, it is the only way by which the world's production can be consumed, for the one method by which our system permits a consumer ty obtain and consume goods desired, by a process, of cost, destruction Anown as purchase. 'This necessitates a total sum in consumers' poe Kets at least equivalent to the total ost attached "10 the unconsumed production of the worl, the produ ion including all plant, oad, ra ways-rin fact, everything produce By industry. 'The consumers of the world, however—which is the total opulation™are so far from having fuch 'a sun" at their disposal. th they cannot always' purchase con suma tie goods produced during any cycle "of production, although' they spend ull the money they have Uerived from the creation of both capital and consumable. goods, is this fact which Is. causing fo, much, widespread ditrsn) ove erty. amidst plenty and. the brains "the" world. agreeing even Inthe effort to "sustain the sistern at the expense of Every copper arriving in a con-vumer's pocket has arented a cost on the bicks. of industry Which not destroyed until the eopper_is purchasing some. produc-'In addition by credit manipula. costs form by far the of prevent day prices and no money reaches the consumer in respect of them. There is only one method of equating consumers income with prices created although can be arrived at in at least two lent volume to meet credit. costs, Until this ig done economic war will be waged. and lead to. active war. People will suffer continuous
war a God worshipped.
and entirely unnecessarily, Never Bind fanaticism og. this man-mad aystem of money distribution which dominates mankind and negatives administration (by mayor, manager, commission, or council) will show what must' be done before a eommunity can rest satisfied with the work of its public officials. Municipal officers. take it for" granted that municipal administration in all its branches is so technical a matter that we should entrust it to the experts and leave them alone. 'What does the ordinary citizen know about the street" paving, sewage disposal, or fire prevention? Let him, therefore, refrain. from asserting' his opinions, which founded on ignorance, But there are serious objections to this autocratic official attitude, must be strongly resisted, but by what means? It may be ask: Jed. The first item on the question-noire is;—"How to further the knowledge of residents in municipal a The answer is "By pub-Genuine civie publicity in-Volves two things—the compilation of facts, and the wetting of them into the "hands and "heads of citizens. 'The former presents no difficulty when city departments have been properly organised with modern systems of record-keeping and accounting, but the latter is ore "dificult. Education, in' this in other. subjects, most matter "of persistent' drilingy st take the ratepayer from' the simple acts to the more complex must progress patiently. One of the indictments against the Shang: hai, Municipal Count is ite fause fo interest. and instruct the people public affairs. "Newspapers are the! source from which most people data on which to' base' their pinions, vat the Press is not the only "source; and although it is most important organ fe cannot inion inthe that they-are Americans: therefore ithe Americans ought to know and seems presumptuous for an outsider to express an opinion, It ig sometimes said that these "Dutch" [were not Hollanders at all and this theory "appears to be strengthened! by such strange names as *Sehnite,' J"Htasenpfeffer;" "kept," appear it in the article in question. Real Holland "dishes are: hutapot ralpens: ypmert ports here "lise These ames? If so, then the ton Miss Wilson recognise any
nection " Pennsylvania—Holland established!
However that be, the accompany-ting scenes of Holland were. Pic. fruresque, even if not relevant, and for that, insertion, as well a for of this letter,'please accept the thanks of at least one,
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