The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-23
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On one Wa, W3fnp3f 0&a1 o.
yse5udtce. and with % selfish nosiys. -
eoYm IN intelligent and sound Judgment 4
man Ike Havemexer. for instance, and b
Ais circumstances. may have shrsud buss-
ness capacity. bat his psssonAi .nferests
Gre too directly concerned 70 make IL pos
9tiie for him TO study the question Of
erusts and 10 form m impaSsial opsnion.
And equally. II not more. II this the case
With such men = VI. Bsyan. Havemeyer
= thanking only q The money he II max
lpg In the sugar bussness. and HSyan u
9hfn,inx Of IT, peiistcas capital he can
make oAt Of the question Of trusts. A
4houghffni man will turn to neither VI
ehesa for information Neither Of them
eccupy ttnf attstuds in respect 60 the sae-
eees nor p0Ase&x the knowledge which
would suabIe him In cain and judicial
way 20 Investigate and ascertain and de-
clare the truth.
Wfen Ne consider that the rapad incs&a3,
~ corporate organizations and Joint stock
companies IL BIZ no means confined To our
own country. but characterfzes the age In
Ill civilized communities entirely regard
leee 81 and unaffected by the Anancsai or
the fiscal policy that may prevail In eaeh.
~ ~ the form of government. Il h mani
9est that the cause Hes deeper than one
would Imagine after reading speech Of
Journal aA:mAdvsrttnx on the subjsct Of
trusts and on what Mr.. Havemeyer said
fecentIy before congregational eomnns-
0on.
Tbs simple Tor profound) truth seems to
- - Herbert Spencer says in bis work
IN sociology. thss the formation at eorpor-
ate organizations 70 do the thousand and
one thtnxs individual effort used 70 accom-
paish IL the working out Of an evolution
that Il natural and inevitable. Spencer
says: The man who was partly artisan.
partly agr.cultuxist. ceases entirely 10 bs
agriculfnrisf. simultaneously the inefeas-
ong urban populations becomes marked OF
from the rural populations. town tsfe AMI
country life acquire sharp distinctions
Lastly. tho manufacturing class through
gu, which IN early days masters were
themselves workers. domesticaIiy asxocl-
ated with their employees. separates itself
Snto those aho own the capital and the Inn
plements and those who are simple wage
aarners living apart"
And after considering thie evolution in
relation 70 the lives Of the workers. where
IN the effects. Ne says and shows. are in
some respects beneneiai. but In many are
detrimental. he concludes the chapter by
saying:
ut seems that IN the course OF social
progress. parts. more or less large. Of each
society sre sacrificed for the bsncnt Of the
society IS whole. IN the earlier stages
the sacrifice takes the form OF mortality
IN the wars perpetuaiiy carried on during
the struggle for existence between tribes
ond nations: and In later stages the sacri-
Dee takes the form OF mortality entaiiesi
By the commercial struggle. and the keen
competition entailed By II. In either case
aen are aseA sp for the h~aest -
Desterttyt asA 30 ionG - they - On
RaitiplytaG IN excess Of the means
~ ssbsisteaes. there appears No
xeaeAy."
OF course. II 10 not possible In II, article
~ this kind ia lay before tho reader the
elaborate aud massive array OF facts and
Arguments which this. the creates: mind
OF the nineteenth century and one ~ sne
greatest OF any previous century, discIosss
and makes To establish the truth of what
u quoted above. bat no intelligent and
fair~msrded man can read the book re-
eerred 10 without being convinced. Far
good or iii We have reached that stage In
The evolution OF industriaiism which In
characterized by corporate formations and
corporate work. and Mr. Bryan cannot.
nor could y thousand such. check this nat
Crai movement any NOR. than King Can
ute could stag the onward flow Of the
tide.
Ana as with corporate organizations. so
with the establishment of labor unions In
deed. In the true sense. tbs latter ara
themselves eosnbined or corporate mani
fessatsons, and are as naturally produced
by and fellow the formation ~ large car
porafions as a shadow II caussa ny and
Follows it's substance. This organization OF
capital ia do sesinexs on large plan.
ard this formation Of labor unions to pro
coed rafi passn. the ere as much as tho
other being th. effect and the present out
come Of natural caases. which themselves
are bat the effects or autec~aens causes
and which sire destined in their turn 10
bexes other effects. and ~ on TO the ens
% tho chapter. And II Ii the part of wis.
dom and NJ good citizenship to consider
bath from this hlsa standpoint and 10 de-
tesmlne. u rossbir, wha, II t.st 20 hs
done or whether anything can he done so
regulate ard fsx tire intsraesian ot the TIVE
- the end that those Immediately con-
rernsd. and saciesy generally may be meat
benefited. or. IL Yea please. least harmed.
by the result. The field 90 medicine IL by
no means tire only one nor ss * the most
sextsnsive ere. in which the weeds of
auaekesy foerss II we SEQ every DAY
that some pauaesa has soea discovered
that will cure al ,ae tiis Tcsh IL helr 70
we also see. In the domain OF politics ana
governmental affasrs nnuaArrasss nassrlrns
~htch are - hasten the dawn os the nail
tTnntEn Each community has It's fwfort1s-
er. ee It's hest uf rsfarnsrs eAc are siiSsat~
isned with everything that is ana who
WITH mere 81 less ehscuysgy ~ isiea and ~
thought. ,esi Us what mess ~ dare 70 keep
cs fr1sl Eekpa 80 destruction,
Hut az We see thai fhe ShssiAtan In the
Anviias art finds patrons snseng the 81
aeassd and tae intelligent. and thai. a.
thea - on sneFoasiuk. Ia number h.s
ssij ~ operation grows smaller year BY
Year. 50 ses IN Asge tie ssfne : coming
~hsN me1 wfll gsal Ke sass society and
every setsss tastsit4tsan. q exists ca ars
Esssn day. asw ire results 81 a grawss
~fstesf bad 81 beginning IN TIE nssss prfraf-
Tive state sf she human saee--Cf q rrnusA
which IL an asseitsng~sn evolving OF tAa
hssans essecsss tsls THE aeterSxenea4s-4.st she
sysarle iSYts she complainant ahea saat
tissss does ecaae the sf1sriatan sa politics
ass3 80 pe}stieai eeananss wsH End Il ssssrs
dffsscsit 80 obtain an audience.
H. nSt Taeaa 20 say rat tbs latter asssa
az ssssrsatsa u always a fFfcksssT Ans Is
hones sesss@. s1r asay -, An4 assen Re
H.. entirely stsscsge. Sas consciously 90 ar
oscssts@six. sse gusn Who are railing AZ
corporations zni 'tFsssEs AmA wha. mse
Sse national rSssg~ eazter~Ge@-' ssArse