Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-07

and unblushmely that because all the
| gtcut business lntOrcats 20 the cOun.
| Try arc rapidly falling into few hands
the large fish destroying the smal-a
| process OF which The United states
| Investor evidently approyes--the gem
| eral government should follow suit
| and absorb the local governments, The
| radical aggressYely radical PROPOSE
| ton OF this financial paper would be
| surprising except that we have learned
not TO be surprised at anything y
4 Virginia paper takes the ques-
ton up In a somewhat similar vein, as
follows,
THE Investor may 90 a boW-shot be.
| You'd others nov, but there will be plen-
| ~ Of others talking the same Kind OF
| doctrine, II Centralized interests In the
| realm Of finance ana business continue
10 have their way. Those interests
care absolutely nothing for American
| institutions or the principles upon
which they are founded,
There isn't one American multl-mll'
| 'lunairc IN 80 that would not be clad to
have American liberties overthrown
ana an emperor In Washington city,
ana We assert that In their tuft-hunt.
ing and tltle.ch0sine they clearly show
H. There are honorable, patriotic eX-
ceptlons, OF course, but they are eS-
ceptions for all that The Bradley
Martins and william Waldorf Aston
who cSpatriated themselves TO seek a
title. are by no means 70 solitary az
might be supposed.
you cannot Certral2e o countrys
substance without centralIzing Tx pow
on.
The Investor now reyerts to the sub
feet again. II says
eve are siill a republic In name, but
So far az practical ends are concerned
The republic is delusl0n We are gov
erned by bosses ana by the lobby Who
sell their power 10 the highest bidders,
The multi-milllonares can effect about
anything they please. In indirect ways
their political power Nv becoming CEN
ira lied al Il pace which excltes alarm
In thouuhtftl minds. Whether they
may ever care to directly assume con-
troll OF the government is "a matter OF
minor Importance The important con-
sIderatOn r., that they already prAcu-
caly dominate the policy Of this ma
ton
That paper further argues.
"a new feudalism Is sprinelng up In
this country. far more OdiOus than that
Of the middle ages, namely, the feudal.
lsm Of excessive wealth, This feudal-
Ism is bound to encroaoh on the rights
Of the reople and the people, II they
are wise will lose no time In 80 sim.
plifylug and classifying their govern.
ment as 10 be able to make a good
fight for their ancient privileges, Just
why highly centralized form OF gov
eminent should be considered hostile
TO true liberty. we are unable to per-
cevc. Certainly Il is worth remem-
bering that among the first ana most
far-reachlng results Of the French
revoutlon--the most magnlfying as
sertlon in the whole history of the hu-
man race Of the equal rights Of man
kind-was the complete abolition OF the
old provincial form Of government and
the substitution Of one Of the most
highly centralized systems ever put In
operation In any nation, and one under
which the French people are living to-
! day
This strange discussion is useful
principally because It calls attention
to the direction in which we may find
ourselves drifting, unless the proper
means are found for steadylng the
course according TO the design OF the
founders Of the republic Both sides of
the controversy seem to be agreed on
the main point, Both hold that the
Capitalization Of the country's sub
stance necessarily means the centrall-
aatlon of power But one sees In this
consummation danger to the liberty
Of the individual, while the other does
not
The reference to the French revolu-
tl0n In this or injection Is ominous, rath-
er than pleasing That was the out
break Of q people In despair, maddened
by the pangs of hunger, In the sight
Of the most extravagant luxury. Bur
In the stampede that ensued, reason
was dethroned and destruction ran I'M
checked, II was followed by despot-
ism that for time threatened all
Europe, and that cost the nations i'm
mensc sacrifices in treasure and blood.
If the French revolution teaches any
principle bearing on the present dis
cusson. II Is this that one wrong Is
not remedIed by another Two wrongs
do not make right
It has probably not yet become nee
es'ary in this country to discuss
whether 'states-rlghts' must be lin
tied by an imperial central government.
But II there is any danger of such an
eyentuality, It is time for patriots to
go back TO first principles and study
closer the first chapters of the history
OF the country. No mistake win be
made In following closely the policy Of
the fathers, TO whose excellent work
the republic owes It's existence Pos
sibly a time may come. when pa.
triotism Will be called upon to save
the constitution and the government
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