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Show when money in pin 10 wuik, it ! ik. water i'jwi:r; It turns ihn wlii-ela of inliiHlry, Increased i.-m ploy w nut and ::iim-H ttio Keneral I f: v-l of comfort. Vlj':n every producer can cn-aie a itu;iIiiH and tliut HiirpluH can he tfatti-i-ri-d In'o a common fund and put to work for I ho coinmoi. good we Khali have reached an Ideal condition. I'rmn '"riii: Greatest Family la to. Win "CAPITALISTS" AND I DON'T KNOW IT, A good many people who rail against capital are beating their own backs. Some are xavlriKH bank depoiilt-! ors; some have shares In building and loan associations; Homo have bought a lllierly bond; Homo havo orderi'd a Htock of poods for their atore. All of tliein, without knowing It, havo per-j formed a great miracle, for they have turned the work of their bands or J their brains Into a new product which,! wlillo It helps them, Is helping thou-J sands of others. Every one of them j j Is a capitalist as motit of ns are unless un-less wo are tramps or paupers or j ne'er-do-wells and we may well be proud of the name. For capitalism, I UiHtcad of being the devilish Invention Inven-tion of a few Hellish Interests, in the great material force that lias lifted mllllorta from poverty, degradation and slavery. Like other human Institutions, capital capi-tal can be abused. So, too, can eyesight eye-sight and health and education and love. Part of America's great Job Is to remedy tnd prevent such abuses. Sana people, however, do not cut off their feet to get rid of their corns. Capital Is today's surplus. It Ig what gives us a better start tomorrow than we had today. If wa don't save it, we don't have It, and when we have It, It l: useless until It Is put to work. If thrift Is right,- then It Is right that people should acquire funds as the result of the! Industry and self-denial. self-denial. But money that Is merely boarded Is like water that becomes stagnant; It la harmful, not helnful. |