Show cheapness wo we do not want it it costs too much every cheap coat represents a certain amount of misery and suffering the merchant who buys cheap clothes for himself or family decreases the purchasing powe of hia his own customers the manufacturer who buys only cheap raw material and necessaries of life would wo uld lessen the market for his own goods 1 nor or is there any inconsistency in decrying cheapness and at tho the same time favoring low prices there is a reasonable limit that is desirable but to go beyond which is suicidal tho the laborer and capitalist should each have a reasonable return for his labor and risk each is dependent on the me other the wonderful progress and prosper ity of tho the united states is due toils to ftp splendid home market the ing power of which depends on high wages the making aling in al ing of ll cheap chap things means starvation wages and no purchasing power nothing is cheap when we have nothing with which to buy producers of one article are consumers of another and to cripple one it ik to equally affect the other we must have good fair prices if we would keep up our standard of wages the free traders cry for cheapness is a delusion the cheap loaf loar becomes stale for want of a buyer we have no use for cheapness in this country of high wages good living colfo comfortable homes happy fi resides and general prosperity in china they have more simon pure cheapness than anywhere eke else in the world it might be a good thing to send a few shiploads ship loads of our american apostles of cheapness over there it would bo a sure cure curo for their mania american economist |