Political problems; essays on questions of the day

Lyman Allen

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• United States
• Social Problems (journal)

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• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
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"' 'ti9i^^ ^ ^ n.S .^Vl 'M 1 POLITICAL PROBLEMS of tbcon (Questions Da^jessaK^s BY H. D.LYMAN ALLEN, of "Fruit Growing in Southern California" in "A SouthernAuthor California Paradise" etc. SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIAN PUBLISHING CO. 1892 -'$ Copyright, 1893 LVMaN M. D.By aLLKN, FROM THE PRESS OF CO.THE SAN FRANCISCO PRINTING 411 MARKET S. F.ST., ^ OF/ THE PREFACE There obtains in the minds of a andlarge increasing number of a conviction that we fall far short of.people, full ofthe modern andliving by light knowledge experi- ence that the masses of the do not receive an; people share of the fruits of their and do notlabor,equitable an measure of benefit from the cumulatedadequateenjoy results of human research and inventionlabor, study, ; that in a land of abundant wealth and thereproduction should not be such such and such neces-want, privation for toil that somehow and somewhere ;sity unremitting inthere must be errors our of ingrave system society, life or in ourour commercial much wastegovernment, loss and to causeand the wide difference ininjustice, condition between the who toil life for amany through bare and the few who are with abundantliving, possessed wealth." />

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of tbcon (Questions Da^jessaK^s
BY
H. D.LYMAN ALLEN,
of "Fruit Growing in Southern California" in "A SouthernAuthor
California Paradise" etc.
SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIAN PUBLISHING CO.
1892-'$
Copyright, 1893
LVMaN M. D.By aLLKN,
FROM THE PRESS OF
CO.THE SAN FRANCISCO PRINTING
411 MARKET S. F.ST.,^
OF/ THE
PREFACE
There obtains in the minds of a andlarge increasing
number of a conviction that we fall far short of.people,
full ofthe modern andliving by light knowledge experi-
ence that the masses of the do not receive an; people
share of the fruits of their and do notlabor,equitable
an measure of benefit from the cumulatedadequateenjoy
results of human research and inventionlabor, study, ;
that in a land of abundant wealth and thereproduction
should not be such such and such neces-want, privation
for toil that somehow and somewhere
;sity unremitting
inthere must be errors our of ingrave system society,
life or in ourour commercial much wastegovernment,
loss and to causeand the wide difference ininjustice,
condition between the who toil life for amany through
bare and the few who are with abundantliving, possessed
wealth.
It is a common error with to attribute a
physicians
sickness to some one and to treat thepatient's cause,
case there are several causeswhen,accordingly, perhaps,
his andfor it is not unusual for some of thoseailment,
who seek to us financialthe causes of ourenlighten upon
(iii)IV PREFACE
ills to ascribe them all to some one and tocause, propose
some one as a cure for and forremedy complete poverty
all our material disorders.
isIt the of this work to consider the variouspurpose
causes for our financial ailments to show the
;principal
relative of each to out the defects in
; pointimportance
some of the remedies for these disorders andproposed ;
to advocate such remedies as in the ofappear, light
reason or to offer the measure ofexperience, largest
relief to the burdened industrial classes.
LYMAN ALLEN.
Pasadena, California,
1S92,December,