Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-13
Hn Open letter
To President J. w. Sanborn, Utah Experimental
station on The Future Farm"
my c. A. MADsENl

merit, anu finally reveals itself by m.
hefeut victory; while untrue merit
fails 70 the ground when H. ulse pii.
lars tumble. True merit grows In
acknowledgment aud strength, when
the raging pillows Of opposition beat
against its solid domination. TIE
secret IL; tbs father viii be- able 10
guide and rule when tyranny ana Op.
preston can rule no more.
Not long o 10 was advanced as q
political axiom, "lhat governments
wbicn are NOT able 10 protect their
citizens IN their constitutional rightr,
are failures.n 10 would be o. Interest
TO know how 20 deiilo when such
uugHtlou had cot In, because all govern
muuia lail, more or lees, 90 protect their
citizens Ia their rights. Aud the very
impCrioCtiOns o. all human dOings
almost necessltate failutcs. and our
law codes arc therefore calculated 10
meet tho necessities consequent upon
the general shOTtc lmiugs % humanity.
But there lufked beneath a design ~
put up standard, In prospect, where
there should bo no failures. The
unIetcurrcnt In the iaultnnuing propo-
silion, was 1t not 10 vet the people be-.
meath the power Of LwnfiHn2 lteveD
proposed TO put the nation under dic.
taturship.
IL ever II colid be- Imagined that the
devil was heard laughing, II might us
when listening TO tue vicious reason.
ings OF th0te giitud liars, converting
lies into popular tfuths, and succeeding
Ia making an outwitted humanity put
the crown Of merit upon the heads VI
uecuiyefs, then tue laughter ascending
from the pic IL faid u have been
fittingly represented by paRauini
when lac conjur d demons by his VIC.
lin. And then II II could bo success
fully demonstrated IN our days that
something was lacslng to keep up our
political machinery, aud that some.
thing was an aristoorhcy, the demons
might laugh.
We eau 10 some extent sympathi1e
with those Statesmen because they can
zee that authority, or "a sufficiently
controlling power IN wanting, anu
iorushadows anarchy In all lie dreaJ-
cd, horr BILE features; but they do no.
know that an overriding Providence
holds this rover In reserve, ready Mt
any time when willingness 10 accept
II is made manifest
Note C-Has Il not fora long time
become state necessity for the gov.
ernmental power to regulate anu es.
tablish commercial tquity Ia the ex.
changes # Ourlnduetrigl prOductlons2
Tue faiut efforts already maize Ia that
direction against icw Of the trusts
are Indications Of the awakened up.
pIrAolsiOn OF such state necessity.
But the manifest weakness, IN thu
execution thereof most likely orig.-
mates In the opposition n meets by the
OF monopoly.
Equitable commercial proportions Of
values, or prices on productions will,
Of course, bu opposed under tho pre-
tense that thu sl.called 'law OF supply
aud demand" regulates those values.
And most likely many Of the trusts,
avowedly arranged to command the
prices, will be the main hdherenls to
such logic.
When Ia 1873, by decentralization Of
silver, the purchasing power VI money
was raised between 40 anu 80 por ceni,
was that caused Though the law OF
supply aud dcmAnu? Nj II was done
by fraud.
When the purchasing power OF the |
iarmer's labor was lowered ut least 80 |
per cent, was that caused by the law |
VI supply aud demand? mol II was |
done 10 satisfy the greedy molochs OF |
Wall street, 10 enslAvo labor, and to /
put down democracy,
And WHOM the value OF the farmers |
production was constantly lowered, |
since 1873, at least 40 per cent, was /
that caused by "the law Of supply anu |
iomand2" mol II was caused by lie. |
Ut silver, raising the value 4
u money ~ per cent.
Eight millions ui farmers, and NJ
many Of the rest Of industrial workers /
II our republic, now demand govern. /
mental interference IN order h. estab.
lsh commercial equity, Ia the ex.
,hange Of our industrial productions.
Note D--Capital without labor be-
,omes vuluelese. Therefore, the
modern way Tor capital TO make labor
IL dependent, In through the mortgage
'nd tenant systems, This II the two
main factors through which capital
nyades the domains Of industry aud
abOr.
In the flrst instance, under the mort. |
rage system, the farmer regulates his /
lwn work, Tor the purpose OF next 10 |
iis own uuSleuance, 10 supply "his |
master" the mortgagee, with subsirt. /
nee, In the second instance "the |
master himself" supefvisos tue /
abor Of the tenant; anu Ia generally |
ound engaged by corporations ana |
yndicgtts In both Instances Of mort |
.aRer aud tenant, capital nranges tor
rom 20 To 90 per ceut benefits, which |
apilal dictHIvs,and goes rs near 10 tue |
ioodmRiks Of danger as II can 30 ~
iot to chose their eerls.
What n the outcome ~ such dopeu-
.eucy2 viii it not have the same
e irncy now az IN former timrsg /.
Nan It not gradually iucapaCitBtr men