Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-08
GREAT BUT SHORT-OIGH7ED
Such is Chicago, the Splendid Inter
lOf Metropolis


CHrcAuo, nov. S, ls93.--Public |
sentiment IA Chicago on the silver
question, as rtfleclod In the daily pa
pers and the current talk Of Businessmen
il decidedly adverse to bimctnlism ~
understood In the west. They look
upon the free coinage propaganda IN
the west as a merely selfish eilJft on
the pari Of the silver kings TO get an
increased price for "plg silvcr" not
delgning to dignity the white metal ~
calling 1t bullion. They scn no rensOu
Whatever for putting silver ON basis
different rom that Of irou, copper or
aluminium. They refuse utterly TO
regard demonstration as the cause u
the present depression Of silver ~
compared with gold. They sot,ls the
question OF price on tho score OF do
maud ani supply, not recognizing tue
fact that moneliEation Ia tho absolute
condition VI demand for either motd
a. money, aud that with 5ut the m1aoy
use VI either metal i,s price would
riuk TO the level Of batnr me,als. They
refuse TO rccognizs the fact that the
elimination OF silver reduces by ono
half the value OF real money anu
that debts nrO doubled anu
uficte reduced ia corresponding
ratio by Operation of economic law.
They hru indifferent 10 the fact that
decentralization increases the burden
OF lifo upon those who are least able o.
bear the load that alrehdy sinking
them beneath tho plane where the
sunlight Of the commenced anu chunl-
est blessings Of life can reach thom. IL
IN naught 90 them that a pvfuici0us
and surfopiti0us x ild mon0mctaliam
increases the economic disorder
whereby the wealth Of thu country u
being most iuequItaOly distributed, the
rich growing flcn anu the poor sink
ing into deeper ami more hopeless
poverty.
There is "a cause tor all this abnormal
aud distoueg public sentiment In Chi.
cagJ. There 10 probably no city IA the
world NO thoroughly absorbed Ia aud
possessed by I've own civic Ideals. To a
genuine Chioaguau his city IL the
Alpha aud Omega, the beginning aud
the end, the ideal and the real, the
macrucusm and the micrOcosin, His
ideas Of heaven and eternity could not
70 beytnd on gpOthulsikud Chicago.
In some respects ChicagOans scum
broad nnd maguauimous, bnt Ia most
essential chafiierlsiiCs they arc pro-
vinclal aud narrow. Big ns Chicago
IL, ~ only a tiny fragment OF the
whole, And ChicagOaus arc conscious
mainly VI the fragment, while
tue great world 90 them IA but
the tail 10 their own ChicalO
comet. At Washington public senti.
mcnt " light composed OF numbeflcss
rays, each flowing from some integral
section OF the great Republlc,and even
from all quaItots OF the globe. In such
an atmosphere the mind Ia constantly
enlarged In the knowledge Of aud
sympathy with the country and the
world. In Chicago all IL action rather
than reflection. Corporate gran dour
IL the grand ideal 10 those who arc cap.
ablu Of cOncoiving II, aud personal az
gtundikemoni, great wealth anu sky
towering buildings are the motive pow.
rand Inspiration 10 all personal am.
billion. Chicago has many railroads,
but these are utterly valueless except M
they serve 10 make the wealth OF the
county tributary 10 this great com.
metcial center. She has some great
men, bat these come Ia Tor recognition
only as thoy paint aud guild the civic
odldco. shu mas become Il {reat none.
tary power, the deIOiilory " Immense
wealth, but this wealth with all the
economic Interests 20 which 1t is
related 10 construed only IN its T0la.
ton tOlOChl We fare. The cOuutry ~
whole 20 not considered. The South
Anu West, the tue sources Of the clty's
property, are completely ignJrud g.
4 a
neni. 10 was stated Ia ono OF the
papers hero 90 coming from Lyman j.
Gage, the most prominent banker Of
the city that Chicago Is tho greAtebt
Absorhcr Of foreign capital Of any city
In the United States. This 10 largely n
city OF foreign born people, and IT,
greatness l. largely due 10 foreign in-
vgHtinpnts. It, monetary lie illws
through an imbilical cord which tios
itin sympathy anu policy to the money
marls and monetary intsfesle Of foreign
lands. In 90 far ny all this Is true Of
Chicago phe fails to hs an American
city, aud to represent American life
aud Interests In tho better ami tTuer
sense. II " well for her 10 scOut the
silver men OF tue West and South, Tor
her 8ymyathios are uD.Amerioan. She
SPEAKS the words aud inspirations Of an
hllth olNlllaAlluhs
In Chicago tho people who advo.
cate the money Of tho Constitution
and seek 10 undo the world wide
tIeaohery that pefpetrated great
wrong upon the debtor glasses ana pro
ducer8 OF tho country are called "siivef
lunsllCs" ana "crauks," and TO read
their papers one would associate such
parties win anarchy and socialism Ia
their most Offensive form. All this Ia
bat troasuuuB up wrath against the
day OF wrath. No man with Amari-
can instinct nni foresight eau feel
otherwise than that great evolution
IA social and economical unairB "a
going forward. Right here In Chicago
the tempest 10 gathering. Classea ART
constantly gg1wiug wider apart. The
streams OF wealth are flowing into the
golfers Of few by thousands aud inil.
lone while the great bulk Of the popu.
lation are sinking lower and lower into
tue depths where lie IA destitute VI all
comfort, 10y, decency, independence
anu teli'rnspecL The hundreds Of
cheap lodging houses give shelter and
miserable beds 10 thousands aud tnns
OF thousands for 10 10 20 cents per
night Tho cheap Restaurants furnish
miserable prDvender for TO 40 cents.
Young men by the thousand gather
into lhese dens slme OF them
very large buildinss, aud while
away the droary hours with inspire
games amidst fotld clouds OF tobacco
smoke. On apunn uf thr str...ts ,,,ttl A.,