. The up-to-date primer : a first book of lessons for little political economists ; in words of one syllable with pictures. LESSON XXXVIII. Too Such Yet Much Bad Folks Goods Fix Starve This Man has a Great Store of Goods, hashe not? Yes, far More than he Likes to is one of the Trust Men, and he would liketo SelJ his Goods, but can not do so, for theLand is Full. Then why does he not Sendthem off in boats to Strange Lands and Sellthem? He would be Glad to do so, but hecan Not. They are too Deai*, as the Thingsthey are made of have to Pay a High Tax toPass in through the Wall. And then,
. The up-to-date primer : a first book of lessons for little political economists ; in words of one syllable with pictures. LESSON XXXVIII. Too Such Yet Much Bad Folks Goods Fix Starve This Man has a Great Store of Goods, hashe not? Yes, far More than he Likes to is one of the Trust Men, and he would liketo SelJ his Goods, but can not do so, for theLand is Full. Then why does he not Sendthem off in boats to Strange Lands and Sellthem? He would be Glad to do so, but hecan Not. They are too Deai*, as the Thingsthey are made of have to Pay a High Tax toPass in through the Wall. And then, if he Soldthem in a far Land, he would have to takeGoods of that Land for his Pay, and then whenhe brought those Goods home he would haveto pay a High Tax on them. So you see heis in a Bad Fix. And wliile he Weeps that hehas all these Goods piled up which he can notSell, the Poor cry out for such Goods but cannot Buy them, and are like-ly to Starve. 4». LESSON XXXIX. Soup But Right Is We To Good Want Work The Poor ye have With You all theTime, said the Lord, and Some seem to Thinkit would not be Right to fix our Laws sothat no Man need Beg who is fit to Workand Wills to do so. And so those who Thinkthis will lend no Hand to Mend the state ofThings which we now have, by which somegrow Rich who Toil not nor Spin, and someare like to Die though they would Fain getWork to do. But such folks have KindHearts, of course, and they do not Fail to giveAlms to the Poor, so that they may be Keptin Life. They will give of their Means thatthe Poor may have Soup, and they will sendthem Coal when it is cold. This is all Well,but it Falls Short. Let the Law be Just. Wedo not ask a Dole, say the Poor; we ask, as aRight, that we may Work, and to that end maygo on to the Land ^vhich God made for All Men. 43
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