Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-20

lion ovory branch Of skilled ana
auxiliary iab1r,so ~ to preclude failure
10 = contest With the employer OF
canitalIsi. Bot after al there hIu
f,clls elements In the NOSES Which,
desiring Advancement sells upon cir
oumsianoes and make strikes futile -
the main. Persecution, abuse, hnf'
uamcs, and even violence have bee"
res1rted to ~ so.callod protective
measurcs. Then the strong arm Of ihe
law IL invoked for tho preservation OF
property ami that liberty Of the mnn
which Is Northumberland IN the
pursuit Of subsistence fjr himself OF
family, he shall dispose Of bis labor aud
ability Ia h q own way and on ms
own termsi" Organization claim
that individual right must yield 70 TIE
presumed good Of tho whole, much on
the Same basis that s5oIrty cxacts the
relinquIshmeut Of sjme things oi iu'
dividusi hight for the securing Of
othersi
Nautilus alone, among the phlloso'
rhefs, has suggested on a broad scale
ihersgulstion Of thIssupply Of common
labor among men, by legislation anu
education. But human nature as II ",
does not seem prepared Tor practical
iotceful application Of an improved
theory at tho best. Certain ., 10 that pow
erty appeafa more prolific than where
wealth prevails. ifsuspension % repro
duc,lon IL an evidence Oi natures In
tenilou, the well.to.do, the cultured,
the educated 20 10 speak, are limited To
increase, anu 20, In humanity ut Toast,
"thu survival oi the hl,,sl" appeat'
10 be rather u questionable conclusion
Whether sla,esmanship will ever
grapp'u with this problem, " whether
10 solve 10 humanity will Try to wash
70 out In anarchy and blood,
time eau only determine. But
when the unemployed are numbered
by HUNDREDS Of Thousands, and life de-
pends upon labor which cannot be-
reached, surely the t,m p,atlon TO ap.
propriste at toast the uecussatles which
are everywhere ia visible abundance
Is one which mly brcoms irresiatlble,
aud ia the taking or protection thereof
much destruction may take place Of
that which Il most valuable because
beyond reproduction.
However, he latent was no. 10 ca,
tend observation on those phases u.
intense competition, but 10 call alton
ton 10 n local condition, which ma.
terially Affects our inlrrests rs bust.
meas community. We need not re-.
capltulatu the fact Of financial strain
TO whioh the las. few months bear
witness, or 20 the conclusion, unwei.
come though u may be-, that rocupvra'
ton Is not aB rapid A. some would
desire. We note that pressure has been
ani is upon tho ontiro community.
Naturally hopeful, m1st have DO,
come more or less indebted ono 10
another, and every one has wanted Il
collect, and every one who had any.
thing-in view oil responsibility
wanted to cell. The merchant, ths
farmer, the stockman, aud the labofer
In making honorable effort, have be-
come competitors Ia their rospectiy,
lines. Advertisements In the ptpef.
Of our leading cities call attention e
enforced sacrifice Of goods aud com
moditles. Here and there one la
failed, nnd assignoes for realization
have paid little attention to cost ol
value. Legitimate business has be-
come more or less paralyEed, buyer
bewildeTed, ana every ono almos
somewhat restless, uncertain aud con
fused.
II bias been query In far more pre-
tgntlous cities and communities thar
ours as to whether distributors or store
koepvrs were not very much In excoiI
Of necessity, ana whether Ia mullipll
cation they do not domoralizB and de
stroy each other. 70 secure patfonag,
is there not an undue cutting o.
prices, and 20 Increase trade Is ther.
not disposition to give moro for PFC