Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-23

lectiveiy. ,N combinations among our-
selves ia private life aud thru the re-
cognized organs Of government. for
cutting out these evils c'niy let Us be
sure shat We do not use the knife With
ignorant zeal which would make il
more dangerous TO the patient Than 10
the disease.
.one OF the dangers of the tremend-
Gus industrial growth Of the last gen
Grafton has been the Very grea; ill-
crease in large private and especially
III large corporate fortunes.
we may like this or rot, Just as We
please, but it is a fact. nevertheless. and
as far as we can see it S the inevitable
result of the working OF various causes,
prominent among which has been the
immense Importance waich steam and
electricity have assumed i'll modern
life. Urban population has grown in
this country. rs in all civilized coun-
tries much faster than the population
as Il Mhce during the last century,
ana where men are gathered tdgether
III great masses i, inevitably results
they must work far more largely hy
means of combinations among them
selves than when they live isolated
fIom one another Nov | suppose that
most of us prefer on many accounts
old conditions of life. under which the
average man lived more to himself and
bv himself. when the average COM
munity Mas more self dependent. and
where. even tho the standard Of COM
fort was lower on the average, yet
there was less gluring inequality in
worldly conditions which we now see
in our great cities.
1T is not true the poor have grown
poorer. bat some of the rich have
grown so Very much richer. that where
multitudes OF men are horded together
in limited space the contrast strikes
the n-looser as more violent
than formerly On the whole, our peo-
Pile earn moro and 1--we better than
ever before ana the progress OF which
we are SC, proud could not have taken
place had it not been for the great
upbuildin!y of industrial centers. such
as our commercial ano manufacturing
cities. E.ut together With the good
there come a measure of evil. Life is
both for the individual and community,
life There is not in the cities the
same sense OF common underlying
brotherhood which there is still in the
country localities and the lines Of So
cia, cleavage are far more clearly
marked.
For some of the evils which haze
attended upon the good Of the changed
complete remedy. For others the rem
complete remey. For others they REM
edy must come by action of the men
themselves in their private capacity
whether merely as individuals or by
combination with another. For yet 9TH
ers some other remedy can be found in
legislative and eNecu i've action, ma
tonal. state or municipal. Much Of The
complaint against con hinations is en-
tigelg ulaarrante1 Jnaer he pres ~
cay conaftions ii is as nes essdl& g
lave corporations III this world as ii is
to have organization among wages
workers Eut we have a right to ask
in each case that they shall do good and
,ions, when managed intelligently ans
in a spirit of justice and fair play are
a very great service. not only 10 wage
WORKERS.. nut 10 tile NnclS toihiuuitlsS
as the history Of MANY labor oisanlza-
tio,s has clearly shown SO wealth.. no.
merely individual but corporate. " hei
used Alright is not merely benefit t,
the community as 4 Nhole, hut indiS-
j.ensable 10 the upbuiiing of the coun-
Try under conditions Which 1T preSent
the country has grown not only TO ac-
oept. but to demand as normal This i
so obvious that IT seems unnecessary
| even TO state II, ana vet II we Were t'
judge from some arg lnents ADVANCE
against and attacks 1i;tde upon Weald
as such, ii is a fact worth Keeping II
mind. Great fortunes. # rot usec
Alright, make their possessors IN Pc
culiar sense menace 70 the comnll'
/ nifty us :; Whole, just AS a great lnteliec
/ developed conscience by character isn
/ for condemning wealth than IL does io
condemnins lhteileci- Every man O
power, by the Very fact of that power
| is capable of doiNg damage TO M:
| reielibors. but we can not afford TO DIS
courage development oi such nie'
4 merely because ii Is possible they may
use their power to wrong ends. II w
90. We should leave our history bi:tii
4 for we should have no great statesmen
soldiers or merchants no great men o
/ arts, OF letters or OF science. l'oubties:
cn an average the post useful man Z
( Ms fellow cltiIens Is ant 10 pe he Y
whom has been given what the psalm
lst prayed fer nel her poverty ne
| riches. but the great captain oi iilus