The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-06-07
rnE coNIveIyDrsrRLlLo RnrR


our industrial order has reached 10.
last form oi life and expression. Among
the masses IL has degeneiatsd out Of
old.time neighborly competitive rivalry
. into The questions as 10 where the nsrt
job aud meal are 10 come from. or who
are 10 Le the next yictImsoi commercial
canuibalIsm Among capitalists it has
syoIutel into the combine, where all in.
diyilual conscience and moral respon.
.ibility are -tinei u not altogeth.r
ignored. while greed and sclhshne-s are
abnormally developed and stimulated in
the pursuit II unlawful sroils. and diyi.
dends ou wa.orcd stock.
AZ the same time the sentiment of
human brotherhood. the world over. i.
just rising into ne Grst general exsrs..
sicn and assertion, warm with all IA,
vitality and yigor Of aggressive youth
More ana more the nn..es are boco,.
ing conscious that there l. no real self.
preservation" save through nm exten.
sion Of the "Gr.t law OF nature" until
the law reaches out from aud beyond
and above the nsre individual, aud
serve. and vitslizes the interest Of all.
IL 10 too late 20 ignore Or oppose social.
lem a. an idea. The principle, a. al.
ready accepted aud applied. has proved
% indispensable that proposition to
narrow he orbit would provoke far more
discussion and opposition than are nov
afraycj against 10. further extension
for latief-day sociali,n. as understood
by he authorized advocates. simply
means cooperative inierc., aud effort
In short, public partncrship-in the
public advantages and weallh.producinr
agencies Of community. especially
those staple necessities now owned. con.
trollsd and manipulated by pfiyat.
parties and limited corporations "ior
the bcucat oi the stockholders and for
all the traffic will bear"
The competitive Instinct l. In the ira.
vail throcs Of a new birth through which
II isto be- delivered from the lover level.
Of animaIi-m aud the struggle for
physical existence toa plane where Il
shall take the iorm oi emulation. itis
certain that economic competition must
soon give pinro 20 reciprocity rmonr the
nas'rs n- b. already has among th,
cIasts-. am aware that certain ex.
crl.cni rriurucfs oppose socialism on
the plausible ground that personal
character evolution. through which he
lion IL iu brcnHc vsgciarinn-"oat
slrav and iic dovn with the pmb"--i.
thr only complete remedy. But We
must not forget thul state socialism
alone can destroy th, tcuih and claws Of
tho miu.cut,ng monster in our midst
In short. socialism, ini ts comprehensive
and spherical sense, I. the legitimate
ohspring OF Justice AMI intelligence.
sud grow. in stature ~ fast ~ ignorance
decreases. There comes % time not only
OF harvest but II planting and sowing
when the seeds oi q purcf anil more III.
vine civilization are seeking higher
planes and warmer soil That TINE h,
nov aud here. The question l.. Shall
those zee be irrigated with iho deNs
aud shower Ut peace. or with the blood
and tears q another civil war? he.
lisvc that general cooperative industry
aloNc can briug apracciul answer and
solution. and that h. rejection by gov.
meni force means, ina rrpuhlic, thc
ultimate extinction Of the old order II
wnEc slavery through violence. -Iaur.
e.. Glars, in Arena.