Show CATECHISM 1 ON FINANCE Fl I Q What is the general definition of subsistence to man main A A. Means of support the necessaries of life hie Q What does dues generally regulate the amount in iii value of the necessaries of ul life A. A The conditions habits advance advance- mess mens intelligence and surroundings s ol vi man Inan Q What would be the de tic demillion bunion million of the necessaries ul ut life A A. A It is regulated b by the all ami ung great reat command Thou shall love l G. G i d uv over r all ail things S and th thy neighbor t a. a Q Vho Who owns the common wealth A A. The people hold it in III trust oust Q What does its material value Cull cuu- in in A. A The results result of labor and anti toil b bj the blessing of oC God Q How is the equitable enjoyment of vf the he 1 results of the peoples people's labor and aud toll toil secured to them A Through h wise legislation in the affairs of the people Q Does the people in their legi legislative legislative legisla legisla- ld- ld tive bodies represent all the people and andl andus us its l powers in me tile common wealth A. A It should and acid if it dues does not nut the neglected part pan must suffer Q Which or the apparent or ot outward out out- outward ward main powers in the commonwealth common commonwealth wealth A. A Intelligence nce and money Q How are these two powers represented rented in the legislative bodies of f the people A. A By y the people sending their thear representatives representatives into those legislative bodies buche Q Does loes oes the millionaire re also represent in beh behalf lf ul of the second power power money money himself or in behalf behall of oC the people A. A Experience teaches leaches that in the past the millionaire has m. represented represented his own interest financially and neglected the peoples Q Intelligent representatives of the people are they supposed to the th I facto actors is in the state stat ro which make up the of State Slate interest or the general well being of or orthe the common wealth A. A No Experience teaches s us as ns that legislators being frail mortals commit cOnium many blunders of late in permitting money power to take more or less honest advantage in accumulating ex exist existing DI values ul W u labor bor stored up in m the tine common wealth in iii the past creating millionaires hostile to tu their fellow citizens Q Since such mistakes have been beets committed how bow is the remedy to be applied A. A By labor and capital being represented represented equitably in legislation Q Q Does capital belou belong to the common cammon commonwealth commonwealth wealth V alth or to the individual who has it itin itin itin in possession I A. A As far as capital exerts power in iu inthe inthe I the common wealth outside the ordinary ordinary ordinary nary means of subsistence to the possessor pus pos sessor be he holds bolds it in commission ion or stewards ft Irom from the giver elver lver and so 50 far it is surplus lus properly property to the holder and must he be ruled over by the common common- wealth Q Hut But how is this to be effected t A. A You can not for any proper use put a new patch on an an old garment nor put new wine in bottles boules therefore the old structure i is crumbing crumb crumb- ing n and it must fall But Rut let Iet us watch our own Housel House C. C A. A M. M |