SYNOPSIS.
The informed reader might well have passed over the preceding pages, for they are purely rudimentary; but if he has been kind and patient enough to follow me thus far, so much the better, for he has refreshed his memory and will be more ready to grasp that which is to follow.
Before proceeding let me recite in synopsis these important truths which I have already illustrated:
| 1. Economy.—We desire to get the greatest good from mother earthwith the least possible labor. | |
| 2. Waste.—The destruction of every useful atom. | } |
| Every useless stroke of work. | } Is a loss to all the world |
| For 100 men to do what 10 men could do. | } |
| 3. Employment.—We should not aim simply to give men employment. Wemust aim to make them useful—not merely laborious. To dig holesand then fill them up is employment, but it is not useful. So isall that work useless and wasteful which fewer men could do betteror quicker under the Trust or Combination system. | |
FOOTNOTE:
[1] This chapter, in fact all of part I, was written in 1903, and published and copyrighted in 1906. Note what has taken place since then.
PART II.
A SUMMARY AND EXPOSITION OF THE PRECEDING PAGES.
Having familiarized ourselves with the elementary truths concerning the Trust principle, we have now arrived at that point where we may begin to shape an intelligent argument, but before so doing, let us summarize. Perhaps we may now be able briefly to set forth the more important features of the Trust or Combination.