CAPITAL 101 



that city. These victims of the machine age had noth- 

 ing in the way of income other than part time or odd 

 jobs, and what they were making for their own needs 

 through their Production Units. They had no capital 

 at all with which to start, except the things they had 

 managed to hang on to in the way of furniture, uten- 

 sils, and personal belongings. Plans had, therefore, to 

 be made, first to establish them on homesteads at the 

 minimum of possible investment, and then to fur- 

 nish them some sort of cash income to meet the ex- 

 penses for things which they would not be able to 

 produce for themselves. Part-time work for others 

 in business or industry or professional life, and the 

 sale of surplus produce, was expected to furnish an 

 income equivalent to one or two days' work per week 

 for at least one member of the family. With an in- 

 come of between five and ten dollars per week, I esti- 

 mated the homesteaders would be able to repay the 

 advances made to them for investment in the home- 

 stead and its equipment, meet all ordinary expendi- 

 tures for taxation, light, fuel, transportation, and 

 purchase essential commodities and articles which 

 they could not make themselves. Eventually, as their 

 homesteads were developed they would attain a higher 

 standard of living than that which they had previ- 

 ously enjoyed. 



Now in determining how much was needed for the 

 initial investment, the food to be produced which 

 determined the land area was the deciding factor. 

 A typical dietary for a middle-class family of five per- 



