The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-02
The GRAND END IN VIEW.

IHE GRAND END IN VIEW.
In a conversation with a newspaper
man in this region recently, Colonel
Cockerill was reported as remarking
Il am in favor of drawing a wall of
lire about North and South America.
and telling the rest of the world to go
ITO the devil. That would give us the
prosperity the people are clamoring.
is Republicanism, pure and SIM
pie. It is the ancient policy of the Chi
nese. Instead OF the wall they built
TO establish seciusion. the Republicans
would build a tariff wall, which would
act as barrier of fire, shut out foreign
commerce and build up our national
policy on the. foundation of complete
selfishness. The same policy carried
out in this nation would destroy inter-
state commerce Also Each state. being
an autonomy, would build "a wall of
fire. around itself and let the other
states. go to the dogs or .the devil"
Following the scheme to its logical ulti-
mate, each county, then each city, AM
hnaily each family, if not each person.
would study only individual good. Thus
selfishness would reign triumphant and
discord run into chaos What. then,
would become of our boasted civiliza-
ton?
The history of the world has demon-
strated the truth that as no individual
can live for himself and obtain happi-
ness and prosperity. SO no state and
no nation can successfully pursue such
a selfish policy The nations of the
world are branches of the one human
family. The welfare of the whole
means the welfare of each. The re-
sources and products of the earth ara
varied as to locality and facility of de-
velopment. To secure to all the bene-
fits of all should be the aim of enlight-
enel humanity.
In the present imperfect condition of
the race and considering the inequali-
ties existing, free and unrestricted
commerce may be justly viewed as inn
practicable. But at the same time the
ideal to be ultimately reached is fra
nization, to be promoted by free in
tercourse. The tendency should be in
that direction. 1t should not be back
to exclusion and isolation. Progress is
towards free trade, retrogression is in
the direction of prohibitive protection. |
The former is civilization, the latter is
barbarism
Self-preservation is called the first
law of nature. That may be true. |
But there is another truth allied, to it;
hot &c affa - g..
the benefit of ALL There is nothing |
that has life but, almost simultane-
ously with the exertion of force for !
preservation, puts out energy for |
the production of another life or the |
benefit of some other form of life. This |
could be proved by Illustration from
the lowest form of protoplasmic exist !
ence up to the highest manifestation /
OF being. 1t is therefore a law of ma
ture, correlative and co-existing with
that of self-preseryaition
The highest good to individuals is
not to be found in individualism The
great good to nations is not to be
found in isolation, selfishness and in
difference to others. The march of the
world is towards community and iden-
tity Of interests among men and gov
High tariffs, protective du-
ties, are barriers in the way. They
will gradually disappear with the in
crease of enlightenment and the har-
of men. The liberty of trade
S one of the concomitants of the liberty
Of peoples. and neither can be perfect
without the other.
But it need not be inferred from this
that The Herald advocates free trade
in its full sense as a present feasible
policy. On the contrary it favors
'evenue tariff sufficient to pay the nee
essary expenses of government, ar
-anged so that luNuries shall be taxed
higher than necessaries and in such a
way that the industries of the nation
nay not be injured. And the trend
should be in the direction of free trade,
lot towards that prohibition and eX-
fusion which are necessary features
If the protective theory. Freedom in
is fullest practical sense should be the
end in view and that ought to be for
al nations upon this revolving globe.
Universal liberty, the union of the
world, good will to all men!