Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-23

all things stability, fNity OF economic
| policy. while remembering that this
fiXity must not be inability TO shape our
course anew TO meet the shifting needs
| OF the people as these needs arise, There
are real and great evils IN our SCOTLAND
economic life. There Is every need of
striving In all possible ways, indiyldu-
ally and collectively by combinations
among ourselves In private life and
! through the recognized organs of gov
eminent for the cutting out Of these
evils. Only let as be sure that we do
not use the knife Of the ignorant zeal
which would make II more dangerous
to the patient than to the disease.
DANGERS OF INDUSTRIAL
GROWTH
zone OF the dangers of the tremen-
dous industrial growth of the last gem
Grafton has been the worry great In
crease In large private and especially In
large corporate fortunes. We may like
this or not, just as we please. but ii Is
fact, nevertheless, and as far as we
! can see II Is an Inevitable result of the
| working of various causes prominent
| among which has been the immense i'm
|
| sumed In modern life.
| 1T Is not true that the poor people
have grown poorer but some of the rich
have grown so very much richer that
where multitudes of men are herded
| together In a limited space the contrast
| strikes the on-looker as more violent
! than formerly. on the whole our peo-
! pile earn more and live better than ever
before and the progress of which we
| are so proud could not have taken
| place had 1t not been for the great up
building Of industrial centers such as
! our commercial and manufacturing
| cities. But together with the good
/ there has come measure OF evil. Life
! Is not so simple as II was and surely
| both for the individual and the COM
1 munlty the simple life Is normally the
healthy life There is not in the cities
the same sense Of common underlying
brotherhood which there is still in
country localities and the lines of so
cial cleavage are far more clearly
marked
CAN SEE NO COMPLETE REMEDY.
For some of the evils which have
| attended upon the changed conditions
we can at present see no complete rem
edy For others the remedy must come
| by the action of men themselves I'm
their private capacity whether merely
| as individuals or by combination one
/ with another. For yet others some
remedy can be found in legislative and
executive action, national state or mu-
nicipal,
Much Of the complaint against COM
binations is entirely unwarranted I'm
der present day conditions II is neces-
sary to have corporations In the bust
ness world as 1t Is to have organization
among wage workers. But we have a
right TO ask In each case that they
shall do good and not harm. Exactly as
labor organizations when managed in.
telligently and in spirit Of justice and
tGlr play, are of very great service not
only to the wage workers, but to the
whole community as the history OF
many lumber organizations has cOnclu-
sively shown, 50 wealth, not merely
individual, but corporate when used
Alright Is not merely a benefit to the
community as a whole. but indispensl-
BILE to the upbullding Of the country,
under the conditions which at present
the country has grown not only to ac-
cept but to demand as normal This
is so obvious thar It seems trte even
to state II, and yet If We are to Judge
from some Of the arguments advanced
against and attacks made upon wealth
as such, II Is fact worth keeping in
mind
MISUSE OF GREAT FORTUNE.
"A great fortune II not used Alright
makes its possessor In peculiar sense
menace to the community as whole.
Just as a great intellect does II Il Is
not accompanied by developed con.
science, by character. But obviously
this no more affords grounds for con-
demnlng wealth than II does for con-
demnlng intellect Every man Of pow
er by the very fact OF that power Is
capable of doing damage TO his neigh.
Dor, but we cannot afford to discourage
the development Of such men merely
because II Is possible that they may
use their power to wrong ends. II we
did so we should leave our history a
blank for we should have no great
statesmen, soldiers or merchants.
no great men Of arts. or
ators or men OF science. Doubt
less on the average the most
useful man to his fellow citizens is ant
| 10 be 20 whom has been given what tho
| Psalmist prayed for neither poverty
nor riches, but the great captain Of
industry, the man OF wealth. who alone
| or IN combination with his fellows
| drives through our great business en-
tcrprises. Is a factor without which
this country could not possibly main
tnin Us present industrial position IN
| The world
GOOD COMES FROM WEALTH
Good not harm normally comes
4 from the pllng up Of wealth through
I business enterprises Probably the
most serious harm resulting TO us. the
| people Of moderate means. Is when We
hcrm ourselves by letting the dark and
cNil vices or envy and hatred towards
cur fellows eat into our natures.
"Still there is other harm Of moro
| evident kind. and such harm Il Is Our
/ clear duty 10 try o. eradicate II pos
| fble and IN eny event 10 minimize
/ Tile corporations and therefore thoe7
great corporations containing some ter
dency 10 monopoly which we ha'
! grown TO speak of rather loosely as
/ trusts. are the creatures Of the stat"
ard the state not only has the right
TO control them. but is IN duty bound
| 10 control them wherever the need for
ruch control Is shown. There is clear
| IL a need Of supervision-need 10 exer-
cise the power of regulation on ne
| part OF the representatives Of the pub
| pc wherever. as IN our own country a.
ihe present time. business corporations
become so very strong both for bench.
Client work and for work that is not
always beneficial. II Is idle 70 say
mat there is no need Tor such super