The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-21
HERBERT SPENCER ON 1.-THE CON.
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And now when there has been
reached this desired ideal, which
"practical" politicians are helping
socialists to reach, and which is 30
tempting on that bright side which
socialists contemplate, what must be
the accompanying shady de which
they do not contemplate Il is
matter Of common remark, of'en
made when marriage is impend>
ing, that those possessed by strong
hopes habitually dwell on the
promissd pleasures and thirk no,h-
ing of the accompanying psine. A
further explanation Of this truth is
supplied by these political enthusi>
ats end sandtical revolutionists. I'M
pressed with the miseries ex
listing under our present so
cia arrangements, and not
regarding these mise les as caused
by the i'll " orsing of a human Ma
ture but psrtiaily adapted to the
social state, they imagine them 20
be for hwi b durable by this or that
Encouragement. Yet, even did the r
plans succeed, 1t could only be by
substituting one kind of evil for
another. A Ii deliberate Thought
would show that under their pro
posed arrangements their liberties
must be surrendered in proportion
as their m aterlal weifares were cared
far
For no form of cooperation, small
CT grea', can e carried on without
regulation and an implied submits
sion to the regulating agencies.
Even one of their own organ cations
for efecting social changes yields
them proof. 1t is compelled to have
its councils, 1ts local and general
officers, its authoritative lesd
ers, who must be obeyed under
penalty of confusion and failure
And the experience OF those
who are loudest in their advocacy of
q new social order under the pater
nal control of government shows
that, even in private voluntarily.
formed societies, the power of the
regulative organization becomes
great if not irresistible; often, in
deed. causing grumbling and rest
iveness among those controlled.
Trades unio which carry on a
kind of industrial war in defense of
WORKERS interests versus employ
ers' interests fad that gu bOrdinatiOn
almost military in its strici ness IL
needful to secure efficient action:
for divided councils prove fatal to
success. And even in bodies of CO.
operators, formed for carrying on
manufacturing or distributing hui.
ness, and not needing that obed;-
ence to leaders which lie required
where the ainas are offensive or de.
fensive, 1t is still found that the ad-
ministrative agelcy acquires -Ogres
a power that there arise complaints
about "the tyranny OF organiza
ton" j udge, then, what must hap-
pen when, instead of combinations,
small. local, and voluntary, to which
men may belong or not, Is they
please, We have national com bin
alton in which each citizen finds
himself incorporated, and from
which he cannot separate himself
without leaving the country Judge
what must under such conditions
become the power of a graduated
and centralized officialism, holding |
in its hands the resources Of a com
munity, and having behind it what
ever amount Of force it finds requis- !
tie to carry out its DEGREES and main.
tain what 1t calls order. Well may |
a Prince Bismark display leanings
toward state socialism. = Popular I
Science Monthly.