The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-18
PUBLIC OPINION.
The Peoples Department Of
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Edited by Sam. A hing.

And Ger the art which you say adds
! ! to nature,
. Is an art that nature makes.
| The above is conceded to be true by
every student of allure in its ply sica
and vital forms, and it is equally true
in the domain of intellect.
: Every so-called improvement Oh
nature, if traced backward to that
which gave birth to the suggestion
will be found to have its origin in
nature. Whenever men depart from
the simple laws of nature in their mode
of living, serious consequences result
And whenever men depart from the
teachings of nature in framing laws for
the control of industry and commerce,
they drift away from the moorings OF
safety and stability.
The law OF nature, relative to its I'm
restricted intermingling of the ele-
ments, is the only safe guide that men
can follow in their industrial and cam
mercial relations. Whenever digres
sions from that law are made, indus
trial and commercial paralysis results;
and just IN proportion to the length of
time snd greatness OF the departure
from the natural law of Interchange,
are the inevitable consequences. Ma
ture demands the utmost farthlng OF
the penalty she inficts for any infrac-
ton of her laws.
Every Industrial and commercial
panic that has afflicted the human fam
lily can be traced to obstructive legisla-
ton, or to some glut caused by oyer
production or unwise speculation,
Protection, so-called, in the fictitious
or artificial values which it induces,
stimulates production far beyond the
demands of the consumers of the pro-
ducts, and stsgnation in those lines of
industry is the natural result. And it
stands 10 reason, that the greater the
pro action caused by higher tariff laws,
an, the more numerous the products
thai are thus protected, the greater
will ne thu incentive to production,
and when the markets refuse to re
ceive the surplus products, greater
stagnation will be the sure and natural
consequence, and those that have been
engaged in manuf tcturing those pro-
tected commodities, are forced to shut
down their works and discharge their
emp;oyes
Thus does the stagnation caused by
projection iesult in Two evils. First,
suddenly throwing on the labor market
thousands of men and women that are
dependent on their daily toll for their
daily bread, and the sudden lowering
of the price of products far below tie
cost of manufacture.
In order to check production and
maintain prices, the manufacturers
form combinations, factories are shut
down or the number I their employees
reduced, and the projects disposed Of
in accordance with the demands of the
consumers. Ii us are the manufactur
ers forced to the unlawful creation
of combines in order to protect them
selves from the inevitable consequent
ces of the protection for which they are
clamoring.
For more than thirty years the repub-
lican party has been building tariff
dams IN the stream of industry and
commerce. Every few years they have
increased the height of those protec-
tive dams, and by so doing have clog
ged and obstructed the natural chan
nels of trade, until the mighty pressure
has been so great that our Industries
have been unable to withstand the
artificial strain and the result is that
wreck and ruin have come to them.
An acorn may be planted in the soil
of a hot house and in the heated arti-
fetal atmosphere of such a place its
growth will be so unnaturally stimu-
lated that it will attain growth in
few years equal to that of fifty years
in its natural soil and climate. In sp-
pearance it would resemble an oak, but
it's fibre would not be nearly SO dense
nor tough, and if exposed to the chill
ing blasts of winter it would wither
aud die.
Many OF the industries of the United
States have grown up in the heated
and stimulating atmosphere of artif
cIal protection, land today the people are
witnessing the devastating effects OF
such artificial growth.
Suppose the industrial development
of our nation had been exposed to
natural trade laws and environments,
its growth would have been slower, but
like the oak that has grown up in the
open air and subjected to alterations
OF heat and cold, the industries of our
land would have been rugged and
healthy, and would have weathered
the storms and tempests of natural
conditions. Such thing as com bine
which hOurishes lest under artificial
conditions, would have been almost
unknown. Strikes would / ave been
less frequent, because the industries
would hsye been developed in proper
tion to the needs of consumers and
over-production would have been Out
of the question. Every strike lessons
the wages of the employees by the law