The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-07
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
People Must Break From Rule of
Cheap Politicians.
To The Salt Lake Herald:

To The Salt Lake Herald:
In the education of its people lies the
SAFETY or the republic" The above adorns
the portals of the Carnegie free library
When one considers the vast wealth ac-
CURED by the donor and the political sys-
TEN under whose fostering care vast
wealth is acquired. the common accept
Anee of the quotation is questioned. The
SAFETY of the government is not endan-
gered by the illiteracy of the people near
~ so much as by that governments mis-
management. Do not infer from the
above that illiteracy is advocated, but I
90 hold that il present conditions contin-
ue, thorough education will-to those
without influence or position-not be of
the same practical value as in the past
when the ambitious man had incentive
70 enter into any business, Unrestricted
cess. At one time certain wealthy men
were 1ocularly referred TO as owning the
earth The joke has materialized into a
stern reality. While they do not practic-
any own II, they control it commercially,
Nnlch IN time will have the same debas-
ing effect When a few men can control
all transportation facilities, all food
products and, IN fact. all things that We
use in this life: dictate prices to the job
Der and retailer. and in a measure con-
vert all dealers into mere automatons.
1ulfiiling their duties as parts of we'll
systemjtiZed organize tion, the conditions
are the same as actual ownership. These
conclusions are not based on mere by
pothesis, but are the trend of affairs dur
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similar experiences of the people in the
old world, when governed by the divine
right OF kings through a. desPot who ar
rogated to himself and a chosen few,
wholly regardless of the welfare OF the
people, all the powers of government. As
ser1ons such as these are attributed TO
ting the accusation, what has any man.
with the exception of the politician and
the political parasite, to show for his
right OF franchise2 Our ancestors in rs
WreStG6 beautiful po1 he
army OF a king and by sacrificing all that
man holds dear in life, and even life as
wei, gave us the best land on earth; and
once again dissolution of our country
through slavery, that hydra-headed relic
or barbar1sm, seemed all but inevitable.
what are we going to do? Sit .compia-
Gently In an attitude of ultra indfffer-
ence to the web that is slowly but surely
being woven about us? Sink into sulleTi
resignation and await the inevitable? Or
chlSei off that noble sentiment expressed
In two lines from over the doors of the
nee library, substituting the epitaph:
Here lies knowledge; that which made
from a station slightly removed from the
beasts OF the field to the grandest object
OF Gods creative power" and BY 50
doing intoxicating degree of subserviency
INTO our successors such existed in the
old world centuries ago? Or shall We
shake off this lethargy and demand q
lust and equitable government-not for
There is little to be hoped from the
greater number of our lawmaking body in
washington. who are representatives of
corporations, retired manufacturers,
mine owners and others; many of them
or small mental capacity and large social
aspirations; some of them wholly lacking
the necessary qualities of a good poli-
ucian, much less a statesman. Who. on
arrival at the national capital, begin
what is known in political pariance as
fence mending. which consists in finding
positions for few parasites-the only
part of their constituency that gives
them any concern-and making appro-
priations for public buildings in small
narnlets not shown on state maps. Oc-
caslonally there is a spasmodic outburst
by some western or southern representa-
tive for some measure for the people but
his voice is quickly hushed by the noise
around some biliion-dollar trust There
IS something irresistabIy fascinating in
washington Those who are evidently
sincere when making the usual cam
paign pledges soon forget or utterly ig-
more their constituencies Others no
promises at all. being actuated by the
same motive that prompts the craftsman.
they StOop to questionable methods in
breaking into office. In either case the
confidently expectant people find their
rope IS dust.
tons: One Is to retain the present form
OF government. with the privilege of the
people voting on all measures that con-
Germ them, with Impeachment privileges;
or let the present conditions alone and
teach others and ourselves to appreciate
keenly feel the disappointment and cha
grin that accompanies a loss by careless
Indifference. N. MORAN
Ogden, July 1.