Show r w J F I LABORS LABOR'S SHARE 1 OF WEALTH WH 1 I I To 10 u a c certain C extent tin till I raised lI by the c Is n fair air one r. r and deserves cs fair fate In Investigation n and nd an at honest answer JI Is tile the rapid of or i. i n wealth a u threat t the welfare of the as us a 0 whole If It w wo we concede Io for tor the sake of argument that pAi pay payments pay pay- i ments ments' tor tar the lI use C of capital are A 1 a burden burdena bur bur- 1 den den den-a a charge upon charge upon production 7 It is reasonable to Inquire how great greal 1 has this bur burden en become The Un United States census bureau burea u hiss has t J. J recently Is Issued ucil a 8 volume containing c Information which It seems to u us may mayE E be bo fairly made use of at to teat the claims t of or socialism The Tho volume ohme Is Is' entitled Wealth Debt l and Taxation It gives give what Is doubtless the tha most accurate r 40 and anti careful estimate ever r made of ot thet the t h total wealth of the United states Stales The 1 estimate Is la made for the your your J 1900 and nd S the year rear 1004 1904 In the former year the l total value alue of ot all nil property In the United 1 Suite States is tel set at In the Ue hitter batter year the total WAS WAil 10 a These urea figures b by themselves mean R u. u T nothing ThO They n. n are too for tr or cum corn lon But nul if it itel were el i a O sible t t t. draw frow from them an appi approximate olma e estimate estimate esti esti- l mate of at the which capital J of of- accumulated wealth receives und and if r we wo could then compare comport this tills income wit Witt the tho total earnings of label label- tI trie comparison com cuin- parison might contain some souto a tU ful len les h sons I 1 Let ua us take first tint the tusk of r. r enthral- enthral t- t r Ini luJ ng the total income which ro- ro c f Tho The census census- report hO before 11 me nc 1 i i i classes tho the total cath th Af r. r tic tte t Ji ai States S us ILO follo vs r. f.- f. Real neal property unil uni Im- Im Im Improvements 9 t G 2 11 its Livestock i I j a Farm harm implements amt an t machinery v I I tools and implement 3 and silver alive coin coln aril ami anti r v bullion I und and their e t I t. t OO r i j Street rail tt Ip i r n water oter w Jk ke el lo c lI h t and power ii- ii ys iiI I l tents loma ms telegraph and tel tel- J- J t systems and on- on ga- ga pals nals u 15 All 11 other oilier property property 1 il- il Il acts of or agriculture r- r manufactures and mines t clothing I furniture re carriage ell and aid t miscellaneous personal c property i. i In our task ot of a ascertaining the tift haty In Income ha- ha ty come on tide thc Invested wealth of the Ole thet t United Suites Slates we must lURt recognize first t that not lot nil all the wealth In the above f table tallie yields Iel s an any Income Of course all i the the personal belongings included e Inthe in inthe the Ja last l Item Item furniture cloth clothing InS InS' pro pro- pro v etc are ale are not not invested and yield Feld no income to their owners These e. e things are the product of combined la labor In- In boar bor and capital all the time being poured l forth an and as us rapidly being used up t i It Il I Is dou doubtful whether roes n-al estate which Is Is seen a above ove to constitute the ther r j bulk of sif r th the property of the United a States 8 would show V an anything like as large nn fat average a return as us the railways railways rail rail- ways nys but u Uti us we are arc aiming to tu find the maximum possible le drain that capital 1 r may bo be malting making on tin tile the country we wc l. l 8 O lo IW capital ren- ren r af lf h lQ r ori c ki c Income pro produced uce by nil all wealth wealth On Of tit this Ik halls basis of Invested capita at U 1 l per Ier cent cont would yield an Annual return of or And now let us turn and study the Z side II f labor libur l ur The he po population of or lh the United Ite Sta States tos on ot 1 1 I 04 I is placed t Jy y tin till census at S1 0 GOC It Jt was wn 70 0 JI In fn round U it In ht 1900 1300 The of lIf wage e earners or persons clI aJ d in gainful occupations was given I en by the census of as 1 At tt the present t therefore r this um number cl must bu he swelled to to 80 some soine ne 11 AVo We a believe however lJ th that l t this Is 11 tt In n excess of ot tho the number of wage worl workers as it includes t those hose who aro are aro incapacitated for oilier othur I reasons A inure Juon accurate m Toothed method thul w We believe Is Isto Isto Isto to one worker to each three Z aid md one one- one half persons wIlch wIC h would r ri aj total of r wage earner In hi at round numbers I 1 I Win It i al' al ir u I hi u u ut r i rII annual 1 i-arn- i ill tf Ings Ili 1 t o t Kc r ri st a j I i lf i this i v. rn 1110 ugal 11 th it t 1 forte lII tl H and find there that ir J 1905 there wro r le m melt n on i the he railways of lr th th II n lio ho i t aK ages IK td l Nulu noun to b S 'S S o 0 et tin an 1 rsc r- r age sc of par por c Again k flu the cD t c report r port on mun manufacture facture lust Just Issued Is- Is Is sued how s 19 there thu wore were in j round nu nil numbers persons engaged enga ed in ht Industries wio wilo r wages and ln salaries uT oln I to tu or 01 an on average n of or 1531 31 each Similar statistics are ale not available available avail all I able for Cur other occupations occupation but It will willI I probably be generally agreed that the persons en l In profession professional rot al occupations receive a n higher average average aver uvel age uge th than l this while th lI the j persons persons per per- sons engaged in III agriculture and nd th the in domestic and personal service MCI receive considerably Ie loss less All things considered 1450 50 per pcr annum seems as low a H. figure as 01 can cai 1 reasonably bly bo bt es- es as till the earnings of ot the average u Work worker 0 I Iu or I Multiplying 1 now the total number numb r of or wage c earners found round b by these these Ues average c earnings w we have hae the total Joral COr laid to labor In a U year ell at If these figures figure be accepted teli then 4 l. l 1 J r It about appears that thai capita I la now nosy oh oil dollar where when here labor Is re receiving re- re ce calving tire i or 01 10 to pit pt It wax s If th this the annual product of th the country I I.- I. divided 1 into four foul o equal heap capita avI a is 18 getting cue of th these s heaps und and labor labo tu tu- other three But Dut In making this comparison b H n the earnings or of capital nn and the oT oY labor we vve must must- be car carn n not Dot to ma make l' l the common mi t k o 0 identifying c capital wealth and labor la labor labor la- la bor with poverty PO A largo large part of ti UI of wealth in the tho Uniti Stat States Stairs Is actually the property properly nf Ir the th wage workers themselves The huge accumulations of wealth by the ft few tt multi millionaires bulk bull lur large in tin the popular mind but thc they are arp realty really lH small mall cOIn compared with the aCI accumulated teJ savings saving of r the millions of or people of of means The deposits In the savings s bunks banks of f the United States lab lar Q OO t l Lb tuU Is ie It i fh J JI TO pia pl fi p q T u ma IJ hj cn H Is well known to every tery one one and anil antIs antI's Is practically proved by the fact that th the n average size iy of each dE' dE deposit t is only onh The assets of life lite Insurance In UIt I totaling over are me likewise chiefly up of or the 1 Ings of or of or small smaIl means Tho The I farms farina of or the United d States ate tut h t I and anti families fumi- fumi lies live upon them giving an nn nn average I. I holding per pr family o Oi only 2920 Wealth that is so widely ly distributed d I certainly con contains no th threat reat against the public welfare and gives s no foun toun- foundation foundation dation for Cor the al' al arguments ts of the SoI So So- I He Ile must confine his agitation ag against property to the lute lh holdings of the I wealthy If he would command communel a a. hear hear- I ing The rhe preceding discussion shows shows' that thal the total ma mast t be only be-only only a part ants I probably a small part arl of or the tho existing I of Ino producing Income 1 t all Engineering h. News TSI-AN TSI HER PALACE AND PREMIER I f i d 1 Y KYt w i I qt i w N Y tL J. J J i U UA I A Y r 4 1 1 W t AL r 6 Y t- t i HOro rY I 14 r I This tun pic-tun- is 1 reproduced from rum the tuly genuine m photograph graph ever ver tuk taken yr f t f I Empress T An I-An I of China On th ft it Is shown the thc summer el summer palace near ekL her hw I residence It u- u l I. I vre tre that she consulted with Yuan Yuan- hi her chief general picture l shown lOwn below and decided to institute ap r raP la radical teal lIc-al c changes change h angel in the customs and aid traditions of ot ht her count country I |