The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-11
A NOTED LECTURER.
LAURENCE GRoNLUND CALLS HIM
SELF A COLLECTIvIsT.
He Has Written Extensively on the
Different Phases of Socialism,
Count TOIstOi Endorses His Books
VIII Lecture Tonight in the
Central Theatre.

OchtrAl lneatre.
The celebrated economist and au-
thor, Laurence Gronlund, is in Salt
Lake, and will remain for a week or
ten days, during which time he will
deliver a series of lectures. The first
lecture of the course was delivered in
Taggart's hall, the subject being the
Industrial Legion" BY some Mr..
by others a socialist, but he disclaims
both and styles himself collectivist,
although the latter seems closely al
lied to socialism.
His views on anarchism, commun-
ism and socialism and his own partic-
ular ism are concisely given by him
self as follows:
"Anarchism Is the destruction of all
government, which is as far from my
idea of right as it is possible to 60
The anarchists and collectivists or So
cialists are as far apart as the poles
AS an idea of what. the anarchists
think of US, here is an extract from
Johann Most's paper, in which he says
of US that when the time for revolu-
ton comes we will be septemberized'-
that is, assassnated, as so many were
in the French revolution. Neither are
we communists, for these believe in
community of all property, while we
believe only in community of capital,
and private ownership of property for
private use. AS collectivists, we do
not approve of the violent methods of
the European socialists. We want the
gradual absorption of all capital by the
government in a peaceable manner.
eve are satisfied to work with the
Populists, or with Henry George, or
with those who advocate government
ownership of railroads, for they are all
in the same line with us, though we
go much farther. We would say gov
eminent ownership of railways, banks,
telegraph lines, factories, mills, work
shops and all industries; also govern
ment ownership of land, for land is
capital. The government would be the
employer, the people the employed, and
there would be no conflict of interest,
but all would work as a cooperative
commonwealth, with a mutual inter-
est. We would have this brought
about by gradual means, so as not to
cause a disturbance in society.
1--WE also would preserve private
property rights to personal property
which did not enter into the competi-
ton of public business. For instance,
| if a family has a COW, and they use
all the milk and butter, the animal is
left in private ownership; but if the
milk Is sold, then that which is put
| up for sale becomes the government
| property to dispose of. In other words,
the government handles all the bust
ness affairs.
81 am with the Peoples or Populist
party in their demand for nationalist
/ Of 70 bo nj Nd toin
graph. AS to their request for an in
( creased supply of money, that is in
different. Their contention for the abol-
ition of trusts I consider as radically
wrong. I contend that this American
phenomenon, the trust, will lead us
quickest to our predestined goal. 1t
i teaches that private management of
! capital, or private enterprise, is in
! furious to society. Take silver: Private
enterprise has converted this national
wealth into positively a national curse.
| Suppose the government had had con-
| troll of it, should we have had our sill
yer troubles? Would this nation not
actually have been far better off ii
silver had never been found within
our borders? The mine owners, in their
haste to get rich, increased the out
put of silver from Colorado in ten
years from 100000 to $33.000.000 a
year. and lowered its value by flooding
the world with silver. I want a govern
ment banking system, which, would do
away with any such troubles. The
trust teaches that private enterprise
should go; government ownership OF
capital and control of all enterprise
should take its place. There should be
state productive work to unemployed
naturalization of railroads, ETC.; and
government banking pure and simple
These three ideas are the essential
basis for the coming political party"
Mr.. Gronlund is a native of Den.
mark, but has resided in this coun-
try since he was young boy. He is
about so years of age, and has hello
several public offices of Importance
4 in the east, the last of the
kind being in the labor bureau a
Washington under Carroll D. Wright
He is an author of considerable :eputa
ton on economical subjects. His bes
known works are the three books OF
Socialism. The Cooperative Common
wealth. which deals with economic
view: Our Destiny, which discusses so
Icialistic principles from an ethica
standpoint; and Danton in the Frencl
Revolution which treats of the histori
aspect of the question. Regarding tn
first named book. Count Tolstoi, tn
1luSSldU, WIOlC " @h1i- do III
lows:
Toula, Tasnaya Poliana.
Dear Sir:-I received your book, "Ou
Destiny" several months ago, an
, would have thanked you for 1t before
Ihad I known your address. read
. through with more than great Interest
II quite agree with your two mai
points: o. That morality must be tn
basis of progress; and (2) that moralit
lis true only when it is an effort to pre-
mote organic unity of society, as yo
term ito establish the Kingdom @
God on earth. as I express the sam
, thing.
The book made such an impression
(, on me, that wished it to be translate
! in Russian and sent to a friend Of min
for that purpose. I quite endorse tn
Iopinion of the Revue d. Economic Poll
tiuue that it is quite a new and NOR
. eleve aspect of socialism
, If my opinion of your book can be Q
,, lany use to you, quite Conscientious
.. say that highly appreciate your bool
, 1.-THE ideas espoused in it, and the eS
preston of them.
Yours truly.
LEO TOLSTOI.
Mr.. Gronlund will lecture tonight i
:, the Central theatre on "Collectivism.
Admission free.