Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-10
LAURENCE GRONLUND
Tie Socialist Writer and Lecturer in
The City.
NAMES HIMSELF 4 coLLECIIyIsr
The Distinction he Makes Between
Anarchists, Communists aud
Socialists or Collectitisis.

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Laurence Gtonlund IL In Salt Lake
tor a stay 81 week or more, and
Intends to sssmiuale his views On
tie ethics q flcinlhm, or % he to M
his sptcnl view OIL the tocihlislic idea,
colIcclivlsm. Ho will also deliver
lectures on Popullsm, for he 10 M
ardent partisan Of the Pelplt's or
y uullat party, which he believes is
'"tQ dl "a great deal In solving the
so'ne ''''' -ms Of the day.
economic profile, about MY years Of
MI Gfonlund Nv by birth, hut has
age anu IL a Dabatessince he wa
lived In the United s,s held several
n small boy. Hr hs,ftnpoe IN the
political positions Of imp,l belpr i'm
East, tho last Of thu, kiuublngton.
thu labor bureau vt WN,,ioper.
under The pr,sen, labsr commi.tand
Carroll d. Wight In the wO..Wn
Ia Europe, NJ. Gf1nlunl IL knog
ouly BY his books, the most notable q
/ which are the three devoted - social.
tmi The Cooperative Common.
| wealth. which deals with the &c monte
/ VeWi Our DrsuH), which discusses
sociniislic principles from an ethical
slnudpointi aud Dauton Ia the Fronch
hrvolutiUu, whicl treats OF the his.
| touc aspect o. the question. Regard.
lux tho hut namsd book, Count
fOlst1i, the Russian, wrote 10 Mt.
Gfvnlund ~ iolluwti
TouLA, 1usuaya Pollara
Dear Sir.-i received your DooK, "Our
Destiny several months ago, aud would
have thanked you Tor IL before, had 1
known your address. fend Il through
with more than great Interest ! quite
agree with your two main pOintsi
ll That morality must be- the
basis OF progfcssi aud % that
morality Il truo only when 10 h
an tiioH TO promote organic unity OF
society, as you term Ito establish tho
Kingdom Of God ON earth, as express
the same thing.
The book made such nm impression on
me. tina wished u 10 be- translated Ia
Russian, and sent Il 10 friend OF mino Tor
that purpose, quite oudor.e tho upin-
ION OF the RCrgc u'Ec0H0mic I0iihquc that
II IL quite new aud more eicUo aspect u
socialism.
II my opinion " your book can BIO OF
any uso 20 you, quito cun-oionliously
say that highly appreciate your book,
the ideas espou-od IA IL. aud the expires
Youra truly,
LEo roLsrof.
During the labor congress NJ the
WOflJ's Fair, ono OF the days was &C.
cupied by PfoleiHr Ely, Mr. Gron.
lund aud Henry GeOrg', IN tbs order
named. MIR. Gtonlund has had Intro.
ducod rs one Of the text books Tor the
political economy classes In the
University at Ann Arbot his hook Oh
The Cooperative C1mmOnWenlth.
Speaking OF anatchism, communism
anu uuCialiHm, ho said today!
"Anatchism h the destruction VI all
WoyefLmeni, which II as far from
my idea Of RI. ht IA II ~ possi.
bio TO 10. The anarchists anu
! cOlloctivisls or socialists are ~ lar
apart M the poles. A. All idea OF THAT
the anarchists think Of us, here IL AN
extract from Johann Musps pAIef, Ia
which he says Of w that when the
Tine Tor revolution comes, we will be-
'Seplembefiz sl'-thAt IN, AssHssiuHttd
NJ 40 many were ~ the French revolu.
ton. Neither aTe We communists, for
these believe IN community OF all
property, while We Lelitve only ia
o0mmuniiy Of capital, AMI private own.
etship Of property tor private use. A.
colluclivlsts we do not approve Of the
violent methods OF tue European
socialists. We want the gradual AL
sorptiOn OF all capital by tho govern
ment, In n ueacbable manner.
ave are satisfied to work with the
Populists, or with Henry George, or
with those WIN advocate government
ownership Of railroads, for they are all
in the same lire with us, though we
10 much farther We would say gov.
eminent ownership OF railways, banks,
telegraph lines, factories, mills, work. |
shops and all iniustfirs; also govern
msnt ownership OF land, for land |
In capital. The government would !
DO the employer, the people tins |
employed, aud there would DO NO |
conflict Of interest, but all would work |
ms cooperative commonwealth, with !
mutual Interest. We would have |
this brought about by gradual means,
~ aa 10 cause no disturbance IN so |
ciety.
owe also would preserve private
property rights 10 personal property /
which did not enter into the oompeti-
ton Of public business. For Instance,
70 n family has u COW, ana they use
all the milk and butter, the animal n
left In private ownership; Tut II |
tbs milk / SOLD, then that which In
put up for sale becomes the govern.
ment property To dispose o. In other
words, the government handles all
the business affairs.
81 am with tue Peoples or Populist
party In their demand for nationaliz1.
tlon OF railways, banking aud tvle.
graph, AZ 90 their request for an In.
creased supply Of money, that is
Indifferent. Their contention for The
abolition OF trusts | oOusiIer as rad cal
ly wrong. I contend that this Amsri.
can phenomenon, the trust, wiIlltad us
quickest 10 our predrslintd goal. IL
teaches that private management OF
capital, OF private enterprise, II in
lufiOus 10 society. TaEe silveE private
enterprise has converted tubs national
wealth into positively n national curse.
Suppose tins government had had COu.
trol OF No., should We have had our
oliver tt1uOlu2 Would this nation not
actually have been far better OH II
silver had never been found within
our bordur2 Tho mine owners IN
their haste TO get rich Increased the
output OF silver from Colorado In ten
wears from SO 600, OuO 90 }S8 0O0, 900 a
wear, and lowered lts value Dy floo ing
the world with silver / want gov.
srumeut banking System, which would