Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-26
puTY OF AVERAGE CITIZEN.

DUTY OF AVERAGE CITIZEN.
But he must do more than that In
this country of ours the average cltl-
zen has got 10 devote a good deal Of
thought and time to the affairs of the
state as whole, or those affairs are GO
ing 10 90 backward The time must be
devoted steadily and intelligently If
there Is any one quality which is not
admirable either in nation or in an
Individual Il Is Mysteries, The man or
woman who makes up for 10 days In
difference to duty by II days morbid
repentance about that indifference Is of
very scant use In the world.
NOW In the same way Il is Of no pos
slble use to decline to do thoroughly all
the ordinary duties of citizenship for a
long space of time and then suddenly
get up and feel angry about something
or somebody not clearly defined In ones
mind and demand reform as If II were
concrete substance and could be handed
out forthwith Now this is a prellmln-
airy to what 1 want 10 say to you about
this whole question Of corporations as
affecting the public
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS.
There are very many and very diff
cult problems with which we are faced
as one of the results Of the forces
which, taken all together, we speak Of
as progress. 1t is worse than useless
for any Of us TO rail at or regret the
growth In industrial civilization Of the
last half century Speaking acadom-
ically we can. according TO our several
temperaments, regret that the old lights
have vanished or not, as we choose.
Boston and the thriving cities of Mas
sachusetts have been built up as re-
suit OF those forces. There is but little
use In regretting that things have not
shaped themselves differently
The practical thing TO do Is TO face the
conditions as they are and see II we
cannot get the best there Is In them out
of them. We are not going to get any
complete or perfect solution for all OF
the evils which come 10 our minds when
we think of the trusts by any Single
action on our part. A good many diff
ferent ways will be required before we
get many Of those evils even partially
remedied We have got TO, first of all
think clearly-we have got to, probably
experiment somewhat We must above
all show by our actions that our inter-
est is permanent and not spasm0dlc
and we have got TO see that all the steps
are taken toward the solution. Every
one who thinks, knows that the only
way in which any problem Of great i'm
portance was ever successfully solved
was by consistent and persistent effort
toward a given end effort that did not
end with any one end, or with any ont
wear but was continued steadily, tenn
1T Is a little difficult to set clearly
before us all OF the evils, but l thinf
| that those gentlemen and especall ~
| those gentlemen Of large means wh'
deny that the evils exist, are actlnt
with great folly. | am far from beinl
against property when | ask that th'
| question Of trusts be taken up. | an
| acting In the most conservative sens
In property's interest. When a grea
corporation is sued for violating al
antitrust law. II Is not move agains
property; II is a move In favor o
| property. because when you can max
il evident that all men, big and small
alike. have to obey the law, you arr
putting the safeguard Of law around al
men. When YOU make il evident tina
no man shall be excused for violating
the law. you make It evident that ever
man win be protected from violation o
the law. l am inclined to think ina
the greatest trouble in any handling o
the trusts comes from our system o
government.
INTERNATIONAL TRUSTS.
Let me go back one moment.
want TO guarantee what | am saying
/ want you to understand that m!
words are being taken at their eXac
face value. Remember, ! am not say
ing that even II We had all the powe
we could completely solve the trus
question. Gentlemen, II what we rea'
In the papers is true, they are speak
ing OF a number Of international trust
now.
ut would be very difficult for an
set OF laws on our part to deal com
pletely with a problem which become
international In It's bearing, but grea
deal can be done In various ways now