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Nay, the workers must even lend a hand to the great industrial invention of the age—adulteration, and by its help produce for their own use shams and mockeries of the luxury of the rich; for the wage earners must always live as the wage payers bid them, and their very habits of life are _forced_ on them by their masters. NAY THE WORKERS MUST EVEN LEND A HAND TO THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL INVENTION OF THE AGE ADULTERATION AND BY ITS HELP PRODUCE FOR THEIR OWN USE SHAMS AND MOCKERIES OF THE LUXURIES OF THE RICH FOR THE WAGE EARNERS MUST ALWAYS LIVE AS THE WAGE PAYERS BID THEM AND THEIR VERY HABITS OF LIFE ARE FORCED ON THEM BY THEIR MASTERS
not be bewildered, as I am, at the thought of the mass of things which no sane man could desire, but which our useless toil makes—and sells? Now, further, there is even a sadder industry yet, which is forced on many, very many, of our workers—the making of wares which are necessary to them and their brethren, _because they are an inferior class_. For if many men live without producing, nay, must live lives so empty and foolish that they _force_ a great part of the workers to produce wares which no one needs, not even the rich, it follows that most men must be poor; and, living as they do on wages from those whom they support, cannot get for their use the _goods_ which men naturally desire, but must put up with miserable makeshifts for them, with coarse food that does not nourish, with rotten raiment which does not shelter, with wretched houses which may well make a town-dweller in civilization look back with regret to the tent of the nomad tribe, or the cave of the pre-historic savage. WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD AND WILL YOU NOT BE BEWILDERED AS I AM AT THE THOUGHT OF THE MASS OF THINGS WHICH NO SANE MAN COULD DESIRE BUT WHICH OUR USELESS TOIL MAKES AND SELLS NOW FURTHER THERE IS EVEN A SADDER INDUSTRY YET WHICH IS FORCED ON MANY VERY MANY OF OUR WORKERS THE MAKING OF WARES WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO THEM AND THEIR BRETHREN BECAUSE THEY ARE AN INFERIOR CLASS FOR IF MANY MEN LIVE WITHOUT PRODUCING NAY MUST REVIVE SO EMPTY AND FOOLISH THAT THEY FORCE A GREAT PART OF THE WORK AS TO PRODUCE WARES WHICH NO ONE NEEDS NOT EVEN THE RICH IT FOLLOWS THAT MOST MEN MUST BE POOR AND LIVING AS THEY DO ON WAGES FROM THOSE WHOM THEY SUPPORT CANNOT GET FOR THEIR USE THE GOODS WHICH MEN NATURALLY DESIRE BUT MUST PUT UP WITH MISERABLE MAKESHIFTS FOR THEM WITH COARSE FOOD THAT DOES NOT NOURISH WITH ROTTEN RAIMENT WHICH DOES NOT SHELTER WITH WRETCHED HOUSES WHICH MAY WELL MAKE A TOWN DWELLER IN CIVILIZATION LOOK BACK WITH REGRET TO THE TENT OF THE NOMAD TRIBE OR THE CAVE OF THE PREHISTORIC SAVAGE
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