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Plainly speaking, at the cost of cheating the consumer and starving the real producer for the benefit of the gambler, who uses both consumer and producer as his milch cows. PLAINLY SPEAKING AT THE COST OF CHEATING THE CONSUMER AND STARVING THE REAL PRODUCER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GAMBLER WHO USES BOTH CONSUMER AND PRODUCER AS HIS MILCH COWS
 short, and see how competition “stimulates production” among them: indeed it does do that; but what kind of production? Well, production of something to sell at a profit, or say production of profits: and note how war commercial stimulates that: a certain market is demanding goods; there are, say, a hundred manufacturers who make that kind of goods, and every one of them would if he could keep that market to himself; and struggles desperately to get as much of it as he can, with the obvious result that presently the thing is overdone, and the market is glutted, and all that fury of manufacture has to sink into cold ashes. Doesn’t that seem something like war to you? Can’t you see the waste of it—waste of labour, skill, cunning, waste of life in short? Well, you may say, but it cheapens the goods. In a sense it does; and yet only apparently, as wages have a tendency to sink for the ordinary worker in proportion as prices sink; and at what a cost do we gain this appearance of cheapness! ETWEEN THE ORGANIZERS OF LABOUR GREAT FIRMS JOINT STOCK COMPANIES CAPITALISTS IN SHORT AND SEE HOW COMPETITION STIMULATES PRODUCTION AMONG THEM INDEED IT DOES DO THAT BUT WHAT KIND OF PRODUCTION WELL PRODUCTION OF SOMETHING TO SELL IT A PROFIT OR SAY PRODUCTION OF PROFITS AND NOTE HOW WAR COMMERCIAL STIMULATES THAT A CERTAIN MARKET IS DEMANDING GOODS THERE SAY A HUNDRED MANUFACTURERS WHO MAKE THAT KIND OF GOODS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WOULD IF HE COULD KEEP THAT MARKET TO HIMSELF AND STRUGGLES DESPERATELY TO GET AS MUCH OF IT AS HE CAN WITH THE OBVIOUS RESULT THAT PRESENTLY THE THING IS OVERDONE AND THE MARKET IS GLUTTED AND ALL THAT FURY OF MANUFACTURE HAS TO SINK INTO COLD ASHES CAN'T YOU SEE THE WASTE OF IT WASTE OF LABOR SKILL CUNNING WASTE OF LIFE IN SHORT WELL YOU MAY SAY BUT IT CHEAPENS THE GOODS IN A SENSE IT DOES AND YET ONLY APPARENTLY AS WAGES HAVE A TENDENCY TO SINK FOR THE ORDINARY WORKER IN PROPORTION AS PRICES SINK AND AT WHAT A COST DO WE GAIN THIS APPEARANCE OF CHEAPNESS
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