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Show DISTRIBUTING THE NATIONAL INCOME. During the last few years we have often heard it said that the main trouble with our economic system is that thegreat bulk of our national income g&s to "capitalists" and that the worker gets only the leavings. Now Henry I. Harriman, president of the United States chamber of commerce, com-merce, comes forward with the facts. In 1929, our income touched the high of $85,000,000,000. Wages and salaries salar-ies accounted for $52,000,000,000, the farmer got $12,000,000,000, and $10,-000,000.000 $10,-000,000.000 went to professional people. peo-ple. Only about $11,000,000,000 was! paid as return on capital. Does that look as if capital takes all the cream, while the worker gets, only the skimmed milk? And what is capital but stored labor entitled to earnings ? |