The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-16
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 1e. 1900.
DEPENDENCE AND CIVILIZATION.

On October 9th. Charles r. Flint made
an address before the Illinois Manufactur-
ers, Association which contained more
sense and information in small space
1.-THE trust question than we have seen
anywhere else. Mr.. Flint points out. as
has been done in these columns before.
the fact that the sreat industrial problem
Of The future Is going to be in the field
of distribution and not Of produetion- The
day of the cold blast iron furnace is 50
far removed from the present methods of
producing that great staple of modern in
,sus1rv that we can hardly imagine the
circumstances which surrounded its pro-
t-uction under that system Of manulac-
iare For the future We have practically
s1,,ved the question how 10 produce the
expense. and the wonderful fields of
human ingenuity tl,at We're opened up by
he discovery Of the spinning jenny and
the cotton gin have practically solved the
clothing in almost limitiess quantities at
Prices which even the poorest can afford
Il buy. 1T is not the quantity of pig ron
produced or the number of yards of cotton
woven that has caused the fight that is
row being waced by the political agitators
against trusts. IT is the question Of how
the iron and cotton industry shall be
divided between the capital that furnishes
The plants the superintendent that fur
nsh the brains for the manufactured
product and the labor that furnishes the
necessary energy for The work in hand
Ii is the fashion to-day to attack trusts
This fashion mas been introduced by GER
tain students and political thinkers VINO
IRE los far removed from the actual situa-
lien in mercantile life 10 ;snow either the
Ea.ue of tne-r statements or the souadness
CT The deductions which hey make
The political Gamasogue, who is always
seeking for some catct.-mord With which
he may seize and hold the public atten-
ton, haE:ns found by bitter experience
that various crazes Ct The past are no
longer suitable 5attlelie.ds for him. has
come cheerflftly forward and taken M, ,:,e
eadge4s against trusts. and with a great
deal of success. for al trusts are no;
good trusts any mere than all trusts s.~e
bad.
Mr.. Flint has pointed out in MS address,
With singular Strength, aud clearness THAI
the 1rus, IS an evolution in our ciyiliZa
lien. Tor The trust or the great maaurae-
turing enterprise depends for its ultimate
siscess upon the fact that a great body
OF men are able 10 work together in close
interdeaeaaence.
II is this ability 10 do your little o:ece
pf work in The confidence Chat thousands
OF other men viii do theirs with equal ac-
curaes and thai tirp combined force os all
VII give proanei iaat no Individual
cord have produced in "a measurable
mount OF Tine az himself That dist:.,-
sc'shes civilization from sayase,y. The
Civilized man Is not as free as the savage.
The savage lives N his wlswam and cats
lac nuts that he gathers III the sDods or
SHOOTS ttte deer with his home-mada
~' e.4.A attesa- TIC citii-2cd man lives
II house which is built for him BIZ.
Others. lighted Tor him by e,esrr.c.,y or
+ ass. with whose Manufacture he has no.
t.:ins to do. heated by steam, which is
manufactured ofsealimes in some great
central depot. Or by coal watch IS brought
70 rs door through thousands of hands
oyer whom he has no coatroi His bread
Genes from the wheat fields nf the Dako-
tas. and his bssfsieak from Iae broad
s.t::s..:,s OF the West. HIS bulter may come
ss:p:ss Illinois or Denmark. his Vegetables
SS1ss:.s Fiof,iia or the surrounding market
s;;11..'dens. and he does his work an the SIM
pic capacity OF clerk and lives in luxury
VIA d ne Emperor Of ali the .Azsecs could
not enjoy.
This mas be dependence. but II seems
so us ts,si TIC civilized clerk mas field
III q or. a,:i sc:adessar and for true hide.
esaseape open To aim Rsaisa the Creates,