And then labor,
too, can come in on the eight and nine o'clock train, and be no later
for its work than is the banker and the rest of his class that have had
Labor under their heels so long.
The capacity of the modern world to produce has entirely outstripped her
capacity to consume, and trying to solve the economic problems of the
day, by further denial or ignoring of this fact, that should be
self-evident, will be to build a structure with only half the foundation
laid, and the inevitable collapse is bound to follow.
There will always he plenty of room in the heart of a city for those who
must live close to their work.
But the inventor has made night work, except by the parasitical leeches,
unnecessary to the masses, a few hours of daylight being more than
sufficient to supply all the needs of the country. We are not insisting,
be it understood, on a four-hour or eight-hour system of labor. No
industry or occupation will be hampered or meddled with by doing justice
to the laborer in the way proposed. The railroad employee, printer,
baker, factory hand, etc., can work on as now, but they must be
compensated with just wages for the labor done.
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