It appears to all thoughtful students of political
economy that the object of those in control of the money markets is to
limit the supply of necessities of life, so that the demand for them
will force prices up, and, by decreasing production, will cause a
superfluous quantity of labor, which, in turn, will force wages down.
With cheap labor to produce, and a high selling price for the
production, the trust managers and other financiers have easily solved
the question of how to legally confiscate the wealth of the world."
"New York City: A great war is now being waged between the rich tenement
house owners and their poor tenants on the East Side, which promises to
end in lawlessness, riots, and much suffering in consequence. It appears
that the owners of these houses have increased the rents from time to
time until they are now beyond the reach of the tenants' ability to pay.
At least three thousand of these occupants have banded together to fight
the last raise, while the landlords have also combined to evict them
unless they comply with the terms. The tenants, who are mostly hard
working laborers, claim that it is utterly impossible for them to meet
the extortionate prices of foods, fuel, gas, oil, and rents, now being
forced upon them by the financiers with the small amount of wages that
they receive for their work from the industrialists, and if they are
evicted from their present homes it is a problem as to what they will do
or where they will go.
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