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Show I- PRODUCTION 11 R Pf STARVATION 1 gl The public, the coniimiiilly, tlio gjjg novel iiini'ti't lias no mora light to re- HB julio production by hours of Inbot RW ' from uny mnn nccuidlng to tlio conn- K9 Iry'n needs limn It has to tciulro B such work rf nil men, It hits the right to require such work of nil Nk' iiun in tlmo or tiiitlomil peril. Ip1 To iniso the diilry pioducts of the Hw country rniulit-H unpaid fnmlly labor Hv Men, vromcn mid children nil at BB viotk In haying time, 'most of them B ' nlilu lo milk ill nu emergency or to B ,,' Jiolp In cheoso making or egg hunt E;,,- Ing nnil chicken rnlslng. The family BBBBBr-q i '' '.- -works for Kb austoiinnco nnd for a K surplus ir It Iiiih ambition. HEr Hut n commission to find out tlio Bfl limits work requited In a farm house- fli)- liold would be Just us useless as a Bk.' commission to find out tho number Iras' ' ,f '"""'s w"r' needed for minors to HuH? produce coal or caipeuters to product) H " lioust-w K.:' 1'roductlon ennnot bo according to BBm' ouch rindiiiK bccniiBo the labor can- raKL not be commandeered. Tho whole fljr, problem is settled by economic laws C.,,. , when once thcio Is human freedom. Ki There Is no freedom in coal mln- K,,- Injr. Thero is no freedom in house Bl. building, for cither structuial sled Hsr ' SB,-- 'workers or carpenters And now r t. hcro Is no -freedom In tho -field of HIT Bv. . railroad workers. It Is not wholly n -i lindes union piolilcm. If there were B& ' lack of employment In this country, BBBE a WM' '" people would qiilckqly build Hf.' house?, cntpenUTH union or no car-Pa car-Pa pentciH union. They would quickly lJ' mini! coal without legmd to any mln-M mln-M vi r union lestrictlons. H v. The tioublo begins in tho organlz-WJ." organlz-WJ." ed restriction of human freedom the ,"7 endeavor by unlled Inaction, boycotts ;,' tilkes nnd tlueats, by political nc-Htwft nc-Htwft r'm. t,on nn" sovi'irmenial control In one HvA foim or nnolhci i got advantages M4'" from the public for individuals wh,o WA' 4 iinvc banded together. $,"' - llefore the war vrc had a gocin- HK'i ll.V mem routing IX, 000, 000, 000 a year InBI - " Wm Now the people lu control want four fflB, lillllons a year to spend besides a KM ' , billion Interest. Before the war tho HhL-t , country did not save six billions a Bwi jenr in surplus earnings. WM, ? Not so many years ago and with Jjiv ' more than half our present populn- Hk4'' ttmii the government had 101,000 clv- K& " ''frvaiits. It wns considered an Spls' (in ly Hint wns a voting menace to HSf"" the country. Today there aio 800,- B O'tO civil Bcivants on th government HJ payrolls to say nothing of armies of BJ A pe.ialonuiB und armies ot dotcusu on Q, land nnd sea. BBBF Bj r jkj These nro vast armies of non pro- B-' ' rtucurs, working but a few hours a B4t r ,,,ny Indeed on tho shortest working 9 V tlmo per diem of any workors in tho y lletwecn all theso armies tho cap- P , ' '"nl or the country nnd tho savings HL -of tlio country mo being eaten up, mL(i consumed nnd wasted away. Tho Wfrf -countiy Is selling Its people for Bn, ' , . naught and Its wealth Is not Increased Increas-ed by their prlco. I The real pioblem Is not the houn 'per day ot labor, but the hours per Iday of Idleness. Ilcvcrso tho i:illot problom and nrk first: Is labor good for men? Second, Sec-ond, haw many hours of Idleness are good for man? I livery successful man works more than eight lo ten hours in tho day. The dlHenso Is idleness, Thcio Is no dignity or human service in Idleness. ITIiere must be tlmo to sleep;, thoio must bo tlmo to cat and thero mus' bo tlmo to renew both mind and body, Tho balance should bo given 'to labor, both mental nnd physical. 'Twelve hours lire requited In tho day lor sleeping, eating nnd rcci cation. Thoso who lcqulio less of theso arc found working moio than twolvo hours In tho day. tA present the world is suffering fiom lack of fuel nnd food and tho cud of tho suffering is not in sight. Tho winter wheat crop In tho United Un-ited States faces disaster nnd there Is ntt winter plowing this year In the south. Farmers nre without help nnd high priced labor continues to bid , up food and luxurious living. After oveiy war thero is extravagance, feasting aid dancing before the world settles down to labor, frugality savings and the accumulation or capital. cap-ital. The toll o t war takes the strongest flist. ' What is wanted now is sound education edu-cation on sound lines of economics with promotion ot human freedom. We are striking down values and stopping tho Increment of capital b government-taxation .and government extravagance. Unless the people soon iccover their government they aro In danger of a lesson In economics econom-ics never yet pointed out in the text books. |