Author Archives: chrisccs

“Old Bill” Suggests— The essence of the “capitalistic” system is one that is seldom mentioned by agitators but is nevertheless so simple that a 7-year-old child can grasp the idea. Under capitalism every enterprise must pay its way or be … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— Few people read the book of Haggai nowadays and some, because it is of only two chapters and the second shortest book in the Bible, are hardly familiar with the name. It contains one of the clearest … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— Because most things material may be bought with money, which as a measure of value is a sort of universal solvent, * there is a tendency to consider all dollars as equal. They are equal, of course, … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— Philip Guedella is always delightful reading, particularly because of the gentle restraint that lets his comments hit with the mild decisiveness of a raindrop. Last evening we were following him through the first half of the nineteenth … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— The Chicago stockyards, run by the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company, with the farmers of the middle west as customers at one end and the Chicago meat packing firms as customers at the other, is an … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— A law was passed on the Illinois statute books in 1921 making it a criminal offense for a newspaper to reflect on the solvency of a bank. The law is still on the books, and how much … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— Last evening we spent an hour in argument with a member of the Chicago bar who has retained, through the hurly-burly of practice, the same high idealism with which he left Harvard law school. He was representing … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— Nathan B. Swift, representative of the fourth generation of the Swift family in Chicago, is working in the meat-packing business and has been, quietly and without fanfare, for several years. We mention this somewhat reluctantly, as publicity … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— A Chicagoan who has been giving his spare time to altruistic employment work during the last few years says that the hardest man to place is the one who comes in with the pathetic and often repeated … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— It is hard on any man to deny him opportunity, but harder to give him responsibilities that may be beyond his capacity. Not long ago, a minister of the gospel, a high-minded and unselfish man, was placed … Continue reading →