The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-30
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
It's Glory Will b In the High
Standard Of Working
People.
A Long Vista OF Years In Which
TO Enjoy Favored Con-
ditions
The sunday Evening" sermon 1T the Con
greGationai Church By Rev.
W. q. sshopPe.

The evening sermon OF Rev. W. q.
hohoppe at the Congregational church yes
tsrdaT dealt with some ind cations OF the
social future OF America. lie said in pat:
Life Ia full Of contrasts sad are fortunes
inequalities. The uorking mans condi-
tion does not advance equally with hia
growing wants. IL is the age Of the com
mon people. Democracy dsvslopss man
hood. The high standard Of working REQ
pie will DO tbs future glory Of America.
Bryce says The most conspicuous ev.-
dsnoe of American prosperity has bsen the
high standard Of living To which the work
ing CLASSES OF the north have risen. In the
comfort Of their homes, the orderlinesa
OF their lives aud the fondness for reading
Of their women" Humanity 10 a molern
invshtion. Tho pessimist thinks behind
the fair face Of mOdern civilization there
beats the purpose Of a gigantic tyranny.
aud oonvuIsion IL al hand. Religion tells
Of the reign OF God. Science tells Of ''de-
vslopmeni by the historic Law of antAgon-
ism" Rough and thorny IL the
path Of progress. Transition periods are
always stormy. The hrst stage of a
nations progress is material. Charles
Lamb said THE whole Atlantic coast hR-
ufed itself to him a. one long ooun tsr filed
With wsrss." Bryce says: There are
more millionsires In America than anY
other country" shsarmsn says; "Finsn-
oial conditions remaining the same. ssVs al
billionaires may be expected within the
next sixty ysars." IL thcfs danger OF an
aTistocracy of wealth? Faith in equality IL
800 deep TO be uprooted. The leaders Of
earth to-day are the sons of q sturdy, do m o.
Al 10 - -
cratic pfetensions. American wealth does
not 90 10 found a family. IL IL given for
objects Of public utility more than in other
countries and al death 10 commonly dis.
tributed among the heirs and 10 scattered.
Belief in human eoualitv ia our safeguard
Corporations are considered a sou CO OF
danger. Bryce aays; why the power Of
these bodies should have grown so much
greater In this country than Ia Europe IL q
question too intricate 10 here discuss" and
their solution will not only demand
DOM" Corporations have their ben
eft. Cornelius Vanderbilt has great
constructive ability. Railroad oonsoli-
dalton that he began in 1861 has re
duoed the charge OF transportation to one
third. Comparing present charges with
those Of 1866 ths people gain $500, 600. 900
annually. An aDoloRist said. He Abol-
ishsd distance a. the cost of bis small Ro-
erection of wealth. His fortune IL bot a
uihing share OF what the east has saved by
the application OF the railway 70 the more
mechanical work of distributing the pro-
ducts of the great west" Wealth may be
the reward of ability in diminishing the
waste OF productive and distributiVs en-
erRy.
Industrial economy depends on brain,
ana cannot spare Tioh men. But she great
proportions OF corporations while human
nature Is Sc hsh, make possible untold op-
preston. They may defy competition and
dictate ts ms 10 the public. They touch
ths welfare OF the people and are a public
trust. Bismarck and others would make
them national property. IL would dwarf all
jobbsTy and party deals. Thsy should %
least be open 90 public inspection, and sx-
cess OF profits applied to reduction in
rates Of GnspoTtation. The organization
OF labor, II led BY the discreet is
necessary restraint upon the oppor-
i TSs .sm T greco Of 'n our 0''G o,1Sa:
will put boundary lines TO the dAnRlro
dtvelol meat of corporations. The protest
OF laborinR people 10 the RntaRon ism that
will produce n b llanced progress. Elements
In oar civilizations will coanteraot serious
DANCE Bryce says: Nowhere IN thu
world has there grown up zach a vast mul-
titude of intelligent. cultivated and curious
readers and the number will continue TO
grow, history, science and poetry will eXsri
a power auch 90 they have never yet eKsrtsd
over the masses OF any country. The
masses OF America seem likely to coHGi-
tute one half OF the civ ilizsd world. There
are those now living who may see $50 OO0-
900 Of eopls dwelling between the Atlantic |
aud Pacific, obsyinR the same COVE nmsnt
sp ,hkinR the same tongue. reading the /
same hoOks. A civilization like this 10 so !
much Vaster than any which history knows |
OF that We can scarcely nRure 10 ourselves
how the sense of it's immensely will tell /
uVon those who address H."
Inc far west has b en- to the Atlantic
states the land of freedom. advsn-
tuTe Rni mysteTs. IL has touched the /
Imagination and supplied she backgroun I I
of romance 20 mes p oSaio conditions. /
Whom all is known, one has asked, "What
new backG ound will be discovered /
When will bold spirits ind FIELD 20 relieve /
their energies when the western world il no /
moref 1hris will be somewhat 20 regret |
when all is known and the waite OF civil
izstion have covered the toys Of the highest
mountains"
Emerson said: I'VE cannot look on the |
freedom Of this country IN connection with /
ia youth without pTesentiment that here |
shall laws and Institutions exist on some |
scale Of proportion to the ma jesty OF ma |
ture. To men legislating for she area be- |
tween the oceans and betwixt the SHOWS |
and the tropics somewhat OF the CAVITY Of /
nature will infuse itself into the code" |
The vision OF . golden age has often Glim- |
me ed far OF before the mind of man when /
they have climbed Co some peculiar mount
of faith. The mountains which stand 80 |
beautiful in the blue OF distance touched |
here by flashes Of sunlight AID there by /
shadows OF cloud. will WheL trAversed be |
SCARED by storms and scanned by torrents.
Our ideal IL In the distant Yet America 1
has before her long vista OF years ia /
which she will enjoy conditions more su-
spicious than any other nation. Her glory /
will be. not In a favored few. but In she /
Well-buing intelligence and manhood Of /
the whole body Of her PEOPLE.