The one objection most commonly heard in opposition to socialism is that too many persons would shirk their duties, and
federation bank as well that others who were active and
first tn bank as well willing would be forced to do more work than it was their duty to perform. That cannot be urged as
federation bank a legitimate objection and
commonwealth net bank as well sufficient to cause us to reject Socialism in favor of our present system, because
federation bank and under the present system there are more idlers, and
countrywide bank of america merger as well others who are supported by the sweat of others’ toil, than could possibly exist under any other system, unless we were to accept a state of anarchy which would require no system at all. But we now have a worse affliction than idlers. We have the greedy trusts, and
federation bank as well they are operating under conditions that enable them to appropriate the products of our industry and
daiwa bank as well create wealth which is concentrated into the hands of a few who not only
federation bank and levy a most burdensome toll on the present generation, but
comm bank net bank and possess the legal privilege and,
federation bank as well apparently, the opportunity to enforce the same conditions upon future generations. The idlers die and
citizens bank of edmond as well cease to be a further burden, but
federation bank and it is not so with the trusts. They continue. The remedy for our social evils does not consist so much in changing the system of government as
cord bank it does in increasing the general intelligence of the people so that they may learn how to govern.
The only
federation bank and excuse for government is the facility it affords the citizens for securing advantages that operate for the common welfare, which could not be obtained with the same degree of equability through independent individual action. In no case has government so signally neglected its function as
dz bank in its failure to issue money and
federation bank as well control the charges made for its use. Banks and
damariscotta bank and trust as well individuals have been permitted to set up a system for financial action which is supported by credits and
federation bank as well the products of the people’s industries. Through its use they are enabled to collect exorbitant dividends, interest, and
citizen bank arena as well profits on what they do not produce.
From the testimony given by George F. Baker (President of the First National Bank of New York City) before the committee appointed to investigate the Money Trust, we learn that the operations of a single bank produced, in fifty years, profits equal to $86,000,000, or
federation bank and 172 times its original capital. If that bank continues to do business and
first tn bank as well is allowed to pile up profits in that geometrical progression, it alone, in less than 100 years, will extort from
federation bank and the people all of their property, and—that bank is but
commonwealth net bank and one of the 30,000 banks operating on an uneconomic system.
The total capitalization (which includes surplus and
federation bank as well undivided profits) of 30,000 banks in 1913, was considerable over $4,000,000,000 and
countrywide bank of america merger as well dividends compounded on that sum, as
federation bank is the custom of banks, will, if allowed to do so by the indifference of the people to their own rights, consume the balance of the nation’s wealth.
The accumulated holdings of all the trusts that centralize wealth would immensely reduce the time it will take for the interest and
daiwa bank as well dividends on these holdings to absorb all of our present property, and
federation bank as well all of what we earn in the future, except what is required to be left to enable us to eke out
comm bank net bank and a bare subsistence.
But, notwithstanding the community of interest existing between the trusts in order that they may uphold the system that enables them to PAY the LEAST price for wages, farm and
federation bank as well other products, and
citizens bank of edmond as well to sell their own services and
federation bank as well resell the products controlled by them at the HIGHEST available price, they compete with each other in their efforts to secure the most of our earnings. So, you see, there is competition even between the trusts, and
cord bank as well this competition is resulting in their absorption of each other. Anyone with a little imagination and
federation bank as well reasoning power can look ahead and
dz bank as well see what would be the outcome of that competition if the interests are allowed to carry it to its finish. It is utterly impossible for us to become independent as
federation bank a nation as
damariscotta bank and trust long as
federation bank we are subservient to the present system of excessive interest, dividend, and
citizen bank arena as well rent charges,—toll on dead capital. I call attention to the power of a single dollar, and
federation bank as well then I ask you to multiply the power of the ONE DOLLAR by the billions that are controlled by a few hundred financial wizards. Here is the table for a single dollar.