Golden Mean

By WITTER BYNNER
Higher profits, higher wages
Have been sought by many sages:
Higher costs and higher prices
Are the consequent devices.
Have been sought by many sages:
Higher costs and higher prices
Are the consequent devices.
Why should not some clever dunce
Settle the whole thing for once
And resolve the money riddle
At some reason in the middle?
Settle the whole thing for once
And resolve the money riddle
At some reason in the middle?