2 THE sex. 



courses through his veins and arteries, is coutrolled by a J«^li^ate 

 of Shvloeks. literally establishing all prices. And tlus three-fo d 

 nower bv its monopoly of the land, the mines, the forests, the fish- 

 eries niachiuery in production and all means of employment, is 

 able to bind the hands and garrison the stomach. Then, after hay- 

 incr all as if there wa. more, the insatiable greed of proht, wmdd 

 even rise up over the very bones of its itnmolated victim and bellow 

 forth its dissatisfied rage, in 'the public be d-d,^-as the case ^vlll 



hear. . , i i .. 



On the other hand, look at the unorganized producers and consu- 

 mers who pay tribute to this organized presumj.tion. Go among 

 the cumbrous and revolving machinery, and vhev are a part. The 

 machine however gets oiled when it needs it for it is owned, but 

 only the services of the operator are owned. Harnessed to steam, all 

 his functions are automatic, mechanical and monotonous. Has he 

 a place to stav ? By paving rent. Has he a corporation store ? 1 o 

 prevent his ever having the money with which to run away. He 

 even has not an assurance of work any longer than it will declare 



a dividend. . 



Are the farmers better off than the operative ? Not it they had 

 to buv everything in dollars and cents. What can they not aftord 

 providino- it can only be paid for in work, work is the cheapesji 

 ( ommodftv the farmer knows, money tlic dearest. Is it not noted 

 that agricultural laborers, both as to the number of hours they work 

 and tlfe compensation they receive, are nearer to Feuchil serfdom 



than any other class ? 



But sui)pose we finally come to the general con.sumer. are the 

 prices of the articles he buys at all governed by that wonderful 

 law of the economists called supply and demand ? ^ot one, every . 

 leading article has had the price set beforehand by a combination. 



* President Gowen. of the Heading railroad, defended, before the Pennsylvania 

 Legilturc, hiK part in the coal con,..inationK. on the ground that he had to recip- 

 rocate with the re.-l of the tra dc, for, said he :- . . , u, 

 ..Every pound of rope that we buy. for our ve.Bels. or f-;";'; "'>"-•- ^"^^fj 

 ata oriee fixed by a coninnttee of .he rope manufacturers ol the I nUtd btate». 

 EverrUeg of "Hil". every paper of tack., all our .crewe and wrenches "'hI »""p«. 

 fhe oiler nue" for our locomotive., are never bought except at the pr.ce fixed by 

 t le ^"vJJn^wL of the null, .ha, manufacture them Iron beam, for your ho««- 

 e o your br dge . can b. had only at .he price, agreed, upon by a con^b.nauon of 

 tSoTe wS. p od^.ce them. Fire brick, ga. pipe, terra cot.a pipe for drainage, every 

 kcglf powder we buy to blant coal, are purchased under the .au.e arraugen en.. 

 Every pane of win.K.w gla.. in .hi. hou.e wa. bought at a .cale of P"«- - "''- 

 H^^ed 'exactly in the .ame manner. White lead galvanised ^''cet -n Jio.e J.elt^ 

 l,.g and file, are bought at and .old a. a rate detenn.ned n «»^e ^a.nt way 

 Lord, of Induxtry, by H. 1). Lloyd, in .he North American Kevlew, June, 1884. 



There are 30()0 memberH of the New York Produce Exchange, whereas W, prop- 

 erly organSd in the inlcreHts of the producern. could easily handle all the business. 



