| Show FROM COLLIERS i to iro this office come many erudite contributions which bear such titles aa s higher cost coat of 0 living and effect of the increased production of gold upon the price of commodities many of these are adorned with elaborate diagrams and they bulge with statistics they look impressive and we feel that they are learned and authoritative disquisitions we are torn between a conscientious conviction that a journal of contemporary civilization ought to print something s om ething on this subject and an instinctive certainty that sine since e these contributions are too heavy and dull tor for us to wade through no one else will read them and consequently they wont do much good to our rescue comes mr isaac russell kussell ot of salt lake lak e who covers the mathematics the economics the sociology and the plain human nature of this subject all in a paragraph whose brevity and liveliness command our admiration editor Co colliers lifers two years ago I 1 decided I 1 was as entitled ti titled to build a shanty to live in and when the plans were drawn the contractor said the price was 2000 I 1 decided to save some money instead of building at once and I 1 am now ahead ot of the game yesterday 1 I sought the contractor begging him to go ahead while he was exper cent and lumber as per cent and labor 25 per cent along came a fresh looking delegate to inform him that there had been another meeting of 0 the electric workers union and the price of electric wiring had been boosted just a little matter of per cent the contractor got thru figuring and showed me lie he could tachi e the house now for and what I 1 am trying to figure out is how bow much I 1 am loser by saving my money also whether you would advise me to plant the plot of my prospective house with a bean patch against the coming of the day when w we three dollar a day men who fill the railroad offices carry the mail write the newspapers and teach the schools will be called upon to give ace soup to the eight dollars a min ute hod carriers who are raising the price it the next meeting to nine dollars and to cut a minute to fifty two seconds by union watches or whether your advice would be to buy a bomb and join the socialistic anarchists additionally if I 1 buy the bomb would you advise me to throw it at Hari haniman linan or debs first or have you any other preference also and finally if you pay for string advice like this kindly send the check at once as I 1 would like to spend it tor for beans or a bomb as per advice I 1 have enough stored by to get the red flag if the price been boosted in the past few days very tery truly isaac russell A great many people who lack sir mr russells gift of expression share his problem and may even admit a sneaking sympathy with his sentiments capital sees care carefully fully to getting its share of prosperity and the labor unions are prompt and efficient in keeping up the end of what used to be known as the dollar a day man between the two these are evil days for the educated poor who live on salaries and fixed incomes |
