for they, unlike the Innuit, suffer from a chronic
condition of starvation. There are 40,000,000 of
the English folk, and 939 out of every 1000 of them
die in poverty, while a constant army of 8,000,000
struggles on the ragged edge of starvation. Fur
ther, each babe that is born, is born in debt to the
sum of $110. This is because of an artifice called
the National Debt.

In a fair comparison of the average Innuit and
the average Englishman, it will be seen that life is
less rigorous for the Innuit; that while the Innuit
suffers only during bad times from starvation, the
Englishman suffers during good times as well; that
no Innuit lacks fuel, clothing, or housing, while the
Englishman is in perpetual lack of these three
essentials. In this connection it is well to instance
the judgment of a man such as Huxley. From the
knowledge gained as a medical officer in the East
End of London, and as a scientist pursuing investi
gations among the most elemental savages, he con
cludes, " Were the alternative presented to me I
would deliberately prefer the life of the savage to
that of those people of Christian London."

The creature comforts man enjoys are the prod
ucts of man s labor. Since Civilization has failed
to give the average Englishman food and shelter
equal to that enjoyed by the Innuit, the question
arises: Has Civilization increased the producing

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