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OF AMERICA.


CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION[5]
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY;
A Financial Experiment[11]
THE SICK MAN;
A Fable For Grown-up Boys and Girls[42]
THE DISCONTENTED MACHINE;
An Economic Study[73]
GETTING AHEAD;
A Sketch From Life[101]
THE EARTH SLEPT;
A Vision[125]

INTRODUCTION.

It seems to me that the accompanying little sketches are timely. A deal of thinking must be done by all classes of people before any solution is attempted of the problems in economics that are pressing upon us, and any factor that will help turn the general mind to this unwonted exercise may be termed a useful one.