Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-10
LAURENCE GRONLUND
Tie Socialist Writer aud Lecturer 10
The Clly,
NAMES HIMSELF A coLLECIIyIsL


q Laurence Grorlund is In Salt La'
]. tor stay q week Or more, ~
/, Intends to d sssminate HE views
Il tie ethics Of stcisllm, or "a lie to. o
10 his special view Of the tocihlisIic idt
!. collcclivlsm. Ho Will also deliv
- lectures on Polullsm, for he 10
"a nfdeot partisan u the Pe7p.u's
ardly pulIit party, which he believes
ny u52 dg,a. great deal In solving q
so,ng .Ttalu, .oo-ms Of the day.
noan ,a about MY years
'0onO'n'o piooIt ~ % by birth, hut b
Mt Gfonlnnd e ,atessince he W
Re' anu IL a DAT 0lllC,,s b,ld ,ev,I
lived In the United sn rai.,,,.yc,int
small boy. He his,Sstrsgis. h.ing
political positions of imp, .htuyts
tash the last Of lha. Kind ~ ~. lion,
"a" lHbJr bureau Vt war. AGENT a
under ihe pr,son, lnbsr comm .,
Carroll d. Wight In the Wa Ross
IN Europe, Mf. Grlnlund IL kno
ouly by hi- books, tho mos. notable e.
which are the three devoted ~ social.
ism' The Cooperative Common.
wealth. which deals with the &c nomic
view; Our Drstiul, which uiscut-rs
sociniisuo principles from an ethical
elhulpuinii aud Daut0n in the French
ltrvoiutiou, whiol treats Of the his.
tore nHrtct u the question, Rrgard.
lux tho ffet named book, Count
Iolstoi, tue Russian, wrote 10 Alf.
dfoniund ~ i0lluwt!
TouLA, 1asuaya Polara
Dear sr;-i received your loog, "Our
Destiny several months ago, aud would
have thanked you tor 10 before, had
known your address. 4 read 10 through
Wi moro than great Interest. quite
agree with your two main points:
ul That morality must DO the
morality II true only when it b.
an tuoft to promote organic unity OF
society, ~ you term Ito establish tho
Kingdom " God ON earth, a. 1 express
the Same thing.
The book made such nn Impression on
me, tha' / wished 70 10 ba translated In
Russian, aud cent it 10 a friend OF mlnc Tor
that purpose quite endorse tho opiu-
ion Of the RoIuf d'Ec0Homie IhftgAe that
II Is - quite new aud moro eiouo a,poct Of
socialism.
II my opinion ~ your book can boo OF
any use 10 you, quitn cuu-cientiousiy
SAY that highly appreciate your book,
the idea. espousod IN IL. aud The oxpro.-
sion OF thoin.
Yours truly,
LEo ToLsroL
During the labor congress nj the
WoflJ's Fair, ono OF the days was 90.
cupied by Pfoitslr Ely, Mt. Gfon.
lunu anu Henry 6eorgp IA the order
named. MIR. Gronlund has had Intro.
ducsd as one OF thr text books Tor the
political economy classes In the
University at Aun ATuof his hook on
The Cooperative commonwealth.
Speaking Of anafchism, communism
anu socialism, he said today.
"Anaichism IL the destruction Of all
government, which N ~ far from
my idea Of risht A. II IN possi.
blu 10 10. The anarchists anu
collociivisls or socialists are as lar
apart ss tue poles. Ne All idea - " la.
the anarchists think Of ne, here IL an
extract iIom Johann Mus's paIef, Ia
which he says OF u that when the
lime iof revolution comes, We will be-
'aepiemhcfiz 'l'-thAt IN, AsHassipattu
NJ ~ many were Ia the French revUlu.
ton. Neither are we communists, for
property, while We believe only ia
community VI capital, ami private own.
eithip OF property tor private use. A.
oUlluctivisls we do not approve Of the |
violent methods OF tue EufopsAn
socialists. We want Inc gradual Az.
1orpIion OF all capital by tho govern |
ment, In peaCtable manner.
1--WE are satisfied 10 work with the |
Populisls, or with Henry George, or
with those who advocate government |
ownership Of railroads, for they are all /
in the same line with u, though we
40 much farther. We would say gov.
eminent ownership Of railways, banks,
telegraph lines factories, mills, work.
shops AMI all industiies; also govern
mont ownership OF land, for land
In capital. The government would
DO the employer, tbs people the
employed, anu there would be no
conflict Of Interest, but all would work
rs n cooperative commonwealth, with
u mutual iuteTest. We would have
this brought about by gradual means,
sl ms 10 cause no disturbance IN 40
cieiy.
owe also would preserve private
rights 90 personal property
which uid not enter into the o1mpeli-
lion OF public business. For Instance,
N n family has u COW, ana they use
III the milk and butter, the animal II
left In private ownership; tut II
Ihs milk SOLD, then that which IL
put up for sale becomes the govern.
ment property 10 dispose Of In other
" oTde, the government handles all
HE business atl,iu,
81 am with the Peoples or POpulist
party IN their demand Tor nationalist.
lion OF railways, banking aud tele.
graph. AZ 20 their request for an In.
creased supply OF money, that is
Indifferent. Their contention Tor the
abolition OF trusts cOusiler as rad cal.
Iy wrong. I contend that this Amer.
rau phenomenon, the trust, willrad us
quickest 10 our pfedesiined goal, IL
teaches that private management OF
lapitnl, or private enterprise, II in
ufious 10 society TaEe silver: private /
snteTpfise has converted this national
" wealth into positively national curse.
suppose the government hud had con- ,
.Tol OF IL, should we have had our
,ilver trouUlu2 Would this nation not
actually have been far better Oh II
.ilvef had never been found within
lur boder2 Tho niue owners IN
heir haste TO get rich Increased the
,utput OF silver from Colorado In ten
wears from So O00,OU0 90 1873 OOO, 600 a
yo.f, anu lowered ils value ny fioo ing Z
Inc world with silver want gov.
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