Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-03
DUTY OF THE RICH MAN

/ he does not render full measure Qt SER
vice 70 the state and community At
/ large.
DUTY OF THE RICH MAN.
There are many ways loo which this
| service can be- rendered BOZ art loo lit-
| erature, Ia philanthropy as "a states
man and orator. but in some way be Is
| In honor bound 10 find Il, s1 that benefit
may accrue 20 his brethren who have
| been less favored by fortune Than he
| has been. In short, h. must work not
only for himself, but Tor others. IL be
| does not work, he fails not only in his
! duty 90 the rest of the community but
he fails slgnally In his duty 20 himself.
There is no need Of reyllng the idle.
We can AFFORD 20 treat them with inn
patient contempt; for when they TAN
20 do their duty, they fail Co get from
life the highest and keenest pleasure
that life can give
To do our duty. that Is The summing
up Of the whole matter We must DO
our duty 10y ourselves ana we must 90
our duty by our neighbors.
NO MAN KNOWS TT ALL.
Before US loom industrial problems
vast In their importance ana their COM
plexity. The last half century has been
one Of extraordinary social and INDUS
trial development. The changes have
been FAR reaching, some OF them for
good and, some OF them for evil IL Is
not given To the wisest Of us o. see into
the future with absolute olearness No
man can be certain that he has found
the entire solution Of this hnltely great
and Intricate problem and yet each
man OF us. # he would do his duty. must
strive manfully so far AS IN him lies, to
help bring about that solution.
INDIVIDUAL AND UNITED AC-
TION.
II is not possible 10 say what shall
be the exact limit OF influence allowed
the state. or what limit shall be set 70
that right of individual initiative so
dear TO the hearts Of the American
people. An we can do Is % need be
shown one action OF the people In their
collective capacity through the state
in many matters that iu other mat
ters much can be done Boy associations
Of different groups of individuals as In
trades unions and similar organizations,
as that In other matters 10 remains
now as true as ever that final success
win be for the man who trusts in the
struggle only TO his cool head his brave
heart and his strong right arm, There
are spheres In which the state can prop
erly act. and spheres In which a COM
paratiyely free field must be given to
individual initiative.
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GOODNESS
our trials Of life have grown so
puzzlng I'm their compeXity, though
the changes have been 80 vast, yet we
may remain absolutely sure OF one
thing; that now, as ever in the past,
and II will ever be In the future there
can be no substitute Cor she elemental
virtues. for the elemental qualities TO-
which we allude when we speak of man
as not only a good man, but as em-
phatiCally a man. We can build a
standard Of individual citizenship and
individual we'll being We can raise the
national standard and make II what IL
can and shall be made. only by each
Of his steadfastly keeping In mind that
there has been no substitute for the
worlds old humdrum commonplace
qualities Of truth, Justice and courage.
thrift, industry, common sense ana
genuine sympathy with a fellow feeling
for others The nation Is the ag-
gregate Of the individuals composing
II, and each individual American ever
raises the nation higher when he SO
conducts himself as TO wrong no man
and as 10 suffer 10 wrong from others,
and as TO show by his sturdy capacity
for self-help and his readiness 20 eX-
tend a helping hand 10 the neighbor
sinking under a burden too heavy for
him 20 bear.
PERFORMANCE AND PROMISE.
The one fact which an Of US need 10
keep steadily before our eyes is the
need that performance shall square
with promise II good work Is TO be done,
whether In the industrial or the polit-
zeal world. Nothing does more 20
prompt mental dishonesty and moral
sincerity than the habit OF either
promising the impossible OF OF demand
ing tn performance oi the impossible.
or finally Of falling 20 keep a promise
that has been made, and IL makes not
the slightest difference whether It Is a
promise made on the stump or of the
stump.
Remember that there ore two sides
TO the wrong thus committed There
Is first the wrong of falling 10 keep a
promise made and To- the next place
there is the wrong nj demanding the
impossible. and therefore, forcing or
permitting weak 0r INSCRIPTIONS men
20 make a promise which they either
know or should know cannot be kept.
No small part Of our troubles I'm deal-
ing with many OF the grayest social
questions, such as the so-called labor
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like them, arise from these two atti-
tudes.
ALL MUST co TOGETHER.
The success OF the law for the taxa
ton OF franchises recently enacted In
New York State offers a strong COM
trast 10 the present breakdown Of the
species Of crude and violent antitrust
legislation which has been 20 often at
tempted, and which always failed be-
cause Of lis very crudeness and violence
TO make any impression upon the real
and dangerous evils which have excited
such just popular resentment
We shall all go up or down together.
Some may 90 up, or 30 down further
than others. but dIsregardlng special
exceptions. the rule Is that We must AN
share common something, or what
ever adversely or whatever prosperity
Is In store for the nation as a whole. In
the Ion. run each section OF the CONF
munity will rise or fall as the com.
munity rises or falls. II hard times
comes TO the nation whether as the
result Of natural causes or because they
are Invited by our own folly. we viii 40
suffer Certain OF ua viii suffer more
and others less, but all VIII suffer
somewhat
IT, on the other hand Providence and
our own energy and good sense bring
prosperity 20 us, an win share In that
prosperity We win not an share alike,
but something each one Of MS will get
BUILD UP, NOT DESTROY.
Let US strive 20 make the conditions
OF life such, as nearly as possible. that
each man shall receive the share 20
which hC Is honestly entitled and no
more, and le. US remember at the same