The Great Money Trick
"Money is the real cause of poverty," said Owen. "Prove it," repeated Crass. "Money is the cause of poverty because it is the device by which those who are too lazy to work are enabled to rob the workers of the fruits of their labour." "Prove it," said Crass. Owen slowly folded up the piece of newspaper he had been reading and put it in his pocket. "All right," he replied. "I'll show you how the Great Money Trick is worked." Owen opened his dinner basket and took from it two slices of bread, but as these where not sufficient, he requested that anyone who had some bread left should give it to him. They gave him several pieces, which he placed in a heap on a clean piece of paper, and, having borrowed the pocket knives of Easton, Harlow and Philpot, he addressed the, as follows: "These pieces of bread represent the raw materials which exist naturally in and on the earth for the use of mankind; they were not made by any h...