The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-04


chSn Between Vast Weaith and
ne poYsfty Ia industrial and
5hstsy csnte
flBAtf4: Il, =. Jan, N tle course
d 81 nai Governor Roosevelt
censIderahic length the SUBJ
81 modern lndlstlials condition
and Trata.
NE c1ntf & offered ID tie highly
spetiaiiz6d indus8ild community be-
IL u d very rich and the very poor"
As fhe governor IS ex6sedlnsly disc
dsIngi and while, under noFrnalS cgrs.,
diflof. the requirement Of wealth by
anlindividual Is necessarily Of great in
cidsntal beneHt 10 the community rs q
wlIoit w this view Is ~ no means all
ways the ease. IN our great elites
there piaihly In eyid ,llsah wealth!
co1irtgled with much poverty, and
sot3e 81 the wesith has been acquitted,
or q used IA q manner Tor NShieh there
8 ~ moral ratification
Confer Benefta o. commpnity
II fdrthsr discussion Of the subject,
the g6yetnor says; IN parts
probably the large majority Of the
forthhes that nov exist IN CHS country
haze been amassed. not by injuring
mankind. hut as an incident 70 the con,
ferfinB Of great benefits on'tlle canirhl'
whatever the conscious purpose
Of those amhssiug them may have been.
hi pccasional wrongs committed or
inJ1rles endured are on the whole far
6utwelghsd 5y the mass Of good which
has suited. The true questl6ns to be.
asked are: HAS any given Individual
BEEN injured ~ the acquisition Of
wealth b any man9 Were the rights
o. that individual. It they have been
violated. insufaelently protected by
law9 4 90 these rights, and all similar
rights. ought toibe g,laran teed by atidl-
5 ti61ti.le Iatiol Theipotnt, TO Bs aim.
cd ats ths protection OF the Individual
against wrong not the attempt to limit
tie acquisition ana output Of wealth.
Reformers nay Commit Wrongs
Il Is almost equally dangerous either
tp.blihk al eyils aid refuse to acltnuwl.
edge theltsesd stence or to strike at them
: ina spirit q ignorant revenge, thereby
d6ins III more harm than is remedigd.
it IL ven to remember on the one
hand. tiat the adoption Of Whist Is rea-
sohabla ID the demands Of teiormers Is
tie shTest way to prevent the adoption
Of what Is unreasonable; ana, on the
other hand that nlaty- OF tie worst and
most dangerous laws which have been
put upon statute books have been put
tfefe BY Jealous rsfoFmers with excel
lent Intentions
Many Phases Of the Trus: Problem.
This problem has q hundred phases.
The relation Of the capitalisE and the
%ageworker makes one; the proper at
tIftde 81 the STATE towards the ques-
uohs Of the ownership and granting OF
sb-called public utilities, q third. But,
among all these phases, the one which
a this lime has tie greatest proml-
nelce Is the question Of what are COM
monty termed trusts; meaning BY the
name, thoss VAST combinations OF capt
tai, usuailS GouFishins BY virtue Of
some monoDoiistic element. which have
become 80 tarnIngiy common d Feat
ure Ia the Industrial revolution which
has progressed SO rapidly during the
recent years
Hardslips Produced.
Every new feature of this Industrial
revolution produces hardship because
81 rs lates stages 1t has been literally
revolution instead Of an evolution.
The new inventions and iiseoveries,and
the new methods Of taking advantage
Of business facilities uftorded BY the
extraordinary development Of our ma
tefial civilization, have caused the
changes to proceed with such marvel-
Gus rapidIty that at each stage some
body Of workers finds itself unable to
accommodate Itself to the new condI.
lions with sufflclent speed to escape
hardship
I'm the end the INSTRUMENTATION Of the
class lakes place; q times too late for
the Wlilbelng 81 many individuals In
some cassI, while recognizing the evil.
Il q tfnposSiBle, without present knowt-
edge. 70 discover any remedy. In
others. a remedy can Be applied but as
vet only at cost that would make Il
,gttaa Than fha trnubJe ItsAtf In Vet