Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-29

men togetheC iU the social and indus'
trial life that Ia absolutely essential tol
the success o. cooperative comm n
wealth. The people OF Utah may feel
compimentei that the heads Of +
great orgatizilion like the A. II. u.
recognize. the success attending the
application OF the cooperative princl-
| pie here in Industrial matters, but
from their halkcentury's experience
they will say that the present pro-
| posed movement gives neither the
controlling motive nor the element o
membership to secure success al
outcome; and saying this does not cast
any reelection upon either the sim
eerity OF the integrity OF those who are
| engineering the movement.
First OF all, there must be an irwin.
chile mental, moral, and spiritual
force to combine the element which "
to work cut this great scheme; there
must be al exclusion OF selfishnoss
generally that will make the desire Of
the individual subservient to tns goou
oil the whole; there must be an incen-
tive beyond The ''loaves and fishes"
visible to mortal eye, and which lie the
assurance OF things hoped fol-" given
by more than man; there must be nm
implicit confidence In leadership
which recognizes that In the ultimate
no error can be committed, but that
that leadership lie guided anu its acls
Is manipulated by Higher power
which knows no olunder or fail.
ufe in dealing with the afsirs
OF men; and there must be
leadership OF Just that character, re.
garding which the people have
superior and abiding witness in their
hearte. The lack or presence OF this
combination OF force has caused the
allure or SUCCESS OF all the great com.
munisiic schemes that have been
attempted. In the first place, 1t lie
found only In the true ardor OF re.
ligious movement, and this the pro.
posed scheme does not profess to have.
Hence its outcome as an intended CO.
operative commonwealth can be
figured out with reasonable pre-.
cision.
The key to the success OF the Mormon
commoEwe 8 the TAO. that liz
mental, moral, spiritual and physici
force was impelled by religious
unity, anu the further fact that thai
religion WAS given and upheld by ths
God of heaven. 1t was true religiOl,
administered in Its foIms, temporal
and spiritual, by divine authority; anu
without 1t Mormonism would have
perished in the wilderness.
81 far as the proposed Debs in.
duslrial army lie Concerned, Utah does
not want 1t. Not because the State lie
unwilling to receive earnsst workers
from any where, AMI aid them to sue.
Gees If possible, especially as a co.
operative commonwealib; but because
ae now outlined and proposed, failure
must result to the scheme, aud the dis.
aster would be an injury to the State
and all concerned. Iflgood were to he
accomplished, Utah would welcome
them with outsiretched arms, but IL
does not want them to perpetrate a |
great wrong on themselves and the
State. In closing, we have one word
OF advice.to Mr.. Debs and his co.work.
ers, and all Others engaged In efforts
to ameliorate the condition OF the
industrial classes: II the example, OF
utsh's people is worth locking to as n
guaranty OF success, 1t lie worth follow
ing in the line OF every priuc pe
which has contributed TO the general
reeult.