Children have a claim upon
their parents for support until they are of age, when they also are
given a stewardship."
"Are the wages equal to all?"
"No; and for the very good reason that the needs of all are not alike.
According to the old order, the superintendent of these works, for
instance, would draw a salary of perhaps $5000.00 a year, while the men
who do the manual labor would get less than a tenth of that sum."
"True," remarked Remand, "supply and demand regulates these things.
Superintendents are scarce, but common workmen are plentiful."
"But, my dear friend, we have no common workmen. It is just as important
that a table should be put together properly, and that it be well
finished as that there should be a superintendent of the works. No man
in our industrial system can say to another, 'I have no need of thee.'
Each is important, each has his place, each supports the other. The
polisher or the sawyer, therefore, should have his needs supplied, and
so should the overseer--but no more.
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