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Show Money, Trade, Prosperity Money is an ingenius device of mankind to facilitate the exchange of commodities between people. Its use has replaced the ancient custom cf barter, in which commodities commo-dities were swapped to such an extent ex-tent that people have misunderstood misunder-stood its function. Although the United States has $14,000,000 000 worth of gold, or considerable more than its share in comparison with the rest of the world, it is not enough to prevent the break down of prosperity. What is needed to restore "good times" is the increased barter of commodities. commodi-ties. The wheat farmer for example, finds a huge surplus depressing prices pri-ces iwhile millions in other lands starve. Yet, everyone knows that other people have many commodities commodi-ties which the world can use and obviously a swap of commodities would be to the interest of both nations. The illustration, repeated thousands thous-ands of times, explains how the prosperity and progress of peoples are interwoven and entwined in the trading cf their commodities. It also demonstrates that prosperity depends upon the trade that is ad-van:ageous ad-van:ageous to both peoples or individuals. |