Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-21

cal and social syslem. Our
population IL siIty.two and hall
millions, and by some mean, some
ievise, come machinatisn, honest OF
otherwise, some process that osnuot
be ehned, less than r.thousandth
part ~ our popu iation have oblalned
po'ses'ion, and have kept cut Of the
peniiouhary la splie NJ the means they
have adopted TO acquire II, u moTs
than one-haf ~ the entire acpumu.
lated wealth Of the county.
Our county II becoming rapidly stsrti.
ned, almost hOpolstsly sttatified, into
the condition of suprtiiuously rich and
helplsstly boot. We are accustomtd T.
speak Of this AZ the land OF the nee
and the home Of the brave. 40 viii
soon he the home Of the rioh aud the
land Of the slave. a
financial system under which more
than sue-bali OF the enormous lwohlih
OF the country, derived from tho
bounty u nature, And the labor VI III,
10 owned by little moro than Thirty
thousand people, while one million
American citizens, able and willing 10
toll, arc benches tfamps, starving for
bread, requires adjustment A social
system which offers 10 tender, vifluOus
and Independent women the nltefnA.
tive batueen ptottitution and suicide,
N an sscAps from beggafy, IL orEaniz'd
orims, tot watch some day unroluni.
iRKly Iuttlos viii demand atonemsnt
and s1piAiisn."
The nsnopolis,ic spirit Of trade hiss
ices a plague TO civilization frsm the
beginning Of history. For many
ysaV almost the entire trade Of the
Mediterranean was forced through the
porls q Carthage by means Of = mill.
tafy ipjun eiion. Athens pursued
slnilh policy. Que Of the chief pur.
poses Of the Hanseatio league wss "
oofnef the pT0hs " maritime com.
msfos within the Hansr towns. Tue
success with which 10 prosecuted IL de-
tigns eventually reused thu JeAlousy Of
England ana thsn began the develop
meni Of financial system 10 London
up0a . similar plAH, but with the col.
oniEipE tnVsntlan added. One by oEo
Il bss sddtu 10 la outpo,ts Of trade un.
al tsday y lew merchants aud bankers
VI Lsaibard street lsvy tribute upon
the aiviliIsd wtfld. Engiandia 10.
vinaible navy Of course grew aTaoe
with lie colon nj possessions, and along
with II came into bsiRg a merchant
marine that for over 200 years vifiu-
ally mnBepoliEsd the ocean trAfiio oil
thc wsflu. The fapaelly with which
these LoHdsh traders have sucked ~
the young wealth Of the English col.
dulles anu turned tbs hone and hfawp
Oi evsty British subjset into personal
pfoft II we'll oKsmpiined In its treat.
ment VI Americana / quote from
Carey on this subjeou
lin l7l0 the Hsu,s VI Commons de-
olafod that TIE erecting Of mAnuiao-
ofiss In the colonies ten ded 10 lessen
thsH Dependence on dfeat Britain,
ana the board VI trade was sfdsrsd a. |
tepOn en- the subject. n l7A2 the 81.
poit.tion Of hats ffsm province 10 |
provihco wsb prohibited, and the mum. |
ger Of hAttsTs' apprentices litnited. In |
1850 the stsotion VI any mill or engine
tor sBlitiiog or rolling iron was pro-
hibitsd; but pig Iron might b. imported
into EnaIand duty free, thence " DO |
Teiusnsa In q nnishsd Term. Later, |
Lord Chatham declared he would no.
slloU the oOlonists ~ msko TOT them.
SELVES 90 much as n single hoo nail"
live turn TO the records OF the other
English colonies, what do We nnd7
II measured by tue tsuntles Of nAluts
many Of them ought 10 be the wealth..
Get nations on the earth. Their lands |
ars fertile, their mountains srs full Of