It has been alleged that there are men who do
no work, but simply sit at certain points where
exchanges are made and denland that their bas-
kets be filled.^ To avoid this alleged injustice in

* Wilbur Aldrich, Farming Corporations, p. 169.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM

the distribution of wealth, it has been proposed^
that "Farming Corporations" be organized, and
that these corporations make it their business to
produce for themselves everything they want to
use. It is proposed that no attention shall be
paid to the commercial world nor to commercial
values, but simply to the wants of the farmers and
their families. Every kind of agricultural prod-
uct which may be desired for use by the members
of this corporation is to be produced by them.
Wool is to be produced and converted into cloth-
ing, beef is to be produced for home use, and the
hides of the animals converted into shoes for
home use. Thus to avoid unjust treatment it is
proposed to throw away the advantages of the
commercial system and revert to the old self-
sufficing system in agricultural production.
