Show Orthodox Economy We have been brought up to bow before the fetich of competition In our economic ritual wo are accustomed accus-tomed to such antiphonal responses AS competition is the life of trade business Is business let him get who can and keep who is able That expresses the economic faith of most of us or the service we render In lieu of faith There Is another economic shibboleth the AngloSaxon idea of liberty It has run riot with us It means tlio right seemingly to do as one pleases and most of us live by this faith We do not perhaps rob great corporations or break Into banks or steal from our neighbor but we fall to pay oar taxes or we beat the railways or the custom house What Is the use of paying the full rate when other people ar paying onehalf or onefifth There Is no justice in a mans laying on himself theso unnecessary unnec-essary burdens But If the law Is unjust un-just it should be modified To disobey the law Is to demand personal liberty against social welfare Until we can get our practical ethics attuned to fine moral discriminations we aro still orthodox economists |