Show Enlightenment From the Dark Ages By Herbert Kaufman N the middle ages the transactions of all merchants factors ail and d I IN vendors were severely regulated by statute Traffic in necessaries necessaries necessaries saries was conducted under under rigorous rigorous supervision Food drink and clothes could be marketed only at fixed profits No one person could sell more than a certain quantity of such products within a given period Competition of course was thereby handcuffed but everybody had a chance to do business only on a limited scale and cost of living was kept ept proportionate to community incomes Manipulators Manipulators Mani Mani- Manipulators had no chance to corner crops and create shortage in n need- need ables as any citizen of this free and enlightened republic may do dot doat doat at t twill will Generally speaking we dont don't hanker for the good old days das but when we glance over last months month's bills and compare them with the expenditures that father used to make it does seem seen as though the past can teach us a a. few things about government which the twentieth century has neglected to learn Copyright 1917 by Herbert Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights reserved |