Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-10
CONCENTRATION
'''l Of POPULATION.
,.l,, Potter on the Phenomenon
Of tho Century
CAPITALISTS GREAT POWER
,onr n,n III a Back no, Roo"
TI re. S Ssn a""' 'no Financial ,, MAR
''D G,r OF the world

v,n,s.Iphla. Jan. io-B laslS Of Music Music
=, r e. address at the Academy 0'
h'l n.s1y Who has followed the n1.
NOBODY .,,. T Republic can be Inse ,,,oe
''', ~ ~ enormous change IN , una 70 its
Of The , Dopu'a"9 oenters Two Ieadip ,s
great oU' Inferior size in the state .s al
cite, o. live during the last .,o a'' oOS
which . ! lost in population ., anu
have aunt ,'.,o,,niues surrounding mem
ihe y ,'., Elm more largely The sr OWL
have l0s s.s s','' hand Of two or more large
on The '' Of population @r Of America j., !,
cen',i' = Thsse are startling facts II. IN
'no' sI.lo,y. In other words the dI I'll.
our .a n'''T mos, active men and Of the
' o. ,D' Of the land for educational OF
y y,s', osrpose. is increasing to 'n0so nose
o o,as, ceaters More than ever 'nss
' ' the note, more than ever 'H''
set the pace. 49,, ,be re-.
q want to speak to you ABOUT '''e , ~
-. 49," sncb a factor as this to COM
.- in our municipal and national
m luhsl rs II is national or Inu.
nlcipal OF the lniisIence t ana poljticai
,Ss Individual. That great PSm anca
r@yoIution which began III Pia,
uhiCb bad FOR its masters Rousseau anS
~ '''' rsst stood FOR the emancipation ..
,ss, oider world for the freedom VI
,bs Individual life and mlnd' a..
W" There has been at work during tns
,os' rwepty.flye years In the uhlleu
ststes prominently | think Gerta,n
treat tendencies toward centrall1a.iOn
N pover You see Il In the domination
~ oapital In honest aggregatons OF
money which make 1t possible FOR three
~ fnir individuals In the back once
4, come bank 10 create IN halt an hour
4 CONFUSION in the financial markets
Of the world, -...t.. ord
''You see II in the concentration ana
organization Of the great ndustral en-
,erprisss which have startled the World,
moi alone with their enterprises, bul
with their genius and ability.
THE difficulty in modern life Is with
the organized forces that touch the
individual life. They are so great ana
so rich and so many handed that for
the individual TO stand up against lhem
Is something more than ordinary cour-
ace wifi dare to attempt That Is the
whole tendency Of our modern NE.
"As the result Of II a conviction has
come TO pass. which exists widely not
only IN such communities as yours and
mine but all over this land, that there
does not exist a man who Is not a pur-
chasable man.
About year ago there came into
my study In New York some one whom
had never seen. a stranger, whose
name upon his card / dld not recognize
and whose errand | could not divine.
Sir he said. I am from such
and such a part Of the country. In
that part Of the country a fierce poliu-
cal campaign Is now In progress one
Of your clergy IT was In a territory
and not In a city, Is attacking from
the pulpit the moral character and
moral standards OF a gentleman, a can
didate there for a very high office,
whom represent
4 said, I have not any clergymen
out In that part Of the world. | have
no more Jurisdiction there than you
have He said Perhaps not in the
sense you mean. but II is one Of your
men.
What do You want me to do said
l.
] want you TO stop H. said he, and
am authorized by the distinguished
gentleman whom / represent 10 say
that Il you win stop II he will make Il
worth your while.
~ felt like saying II will come
hlgh' got up and walked 10 the
cor ! opened Il aud stood there.
he looked there a moment in some per-
pe1ity ! said Does It not occur 10
yol SIR that this interview is at an
end He went out
mention that incident as a proof
o. me statement | have made here.
neis was person in a distant part
o. ihe country, a candidate for a very
ssh position who had not the smallest
hesitation In sending an emlssary 10
me with an lntimation that II were
prepared 70 silence a speaker who was
%ylhs disagreeable things that money
.sa be put up TO make II worth
Ihe appalling fact is that from the
W. 70 me bottom OF our social struc-
,,uIt-lhe Judge upon the bench the
,sHlator In the halls Of legislation
N magistrate In the law courts and
wv, I.e Iollceman on his beat-are all he
s W. oy the great majority OF the peo.
~ 70 De pufchasable men. That such
~ s.spl0lon should exist Is itself a dis
s aVI.,l 90 deep and damning that no
n immunity y unity ought to be willing 10 rest