Arizona republican., 1902-11-29
The community of Interest" Myth.

The ssCOmmunity Of Interest myth.
 Socialist agitators and political dema- eogues are fond of asserting that the wealth of the country IS united; they ,,rpe that there is a sort of compact, understanding, and offensive and de- fansive alliance among millionaires, and they urge this as one of the req sons why the common people'-mean- ing. usually, the workingmen-shoul combine in a hostile camp against all wealth. MT. Cleveland. in his ohlce- sealxins days. was not above appealing to the prejudices of the "common peo- ple" in this respect. and when he in vented in one of his letters the phrase, community of pelf,'' he and his follow CTS were as satisfied as if he and they knew what was meant by the term.
 But the fact is, that there is no "conl- rnunity of interest" among the wealthy any more than there is among poorer neople. Human nature is the same al ways and everywhere, except that It k s'more so'' in men of great wealth Oe- cause of their strong individuality as 2 rule. When a man has achieved mer- ited distinction in the world of industry and finance, he is not at all disposed to play second fiddle to some other leader in the same field. Readers of the news from day to day have repeat ed evidence that the great milllonaires of the east do not dwell together in unity. Each of them has his own plans and ambitions, and no single individual is permitted to be a leader of all.
 The dispatches of the last few days, detailing the points of controversy be- tween Mir. George Gould and MT. E.. H. Hartman have furnished case in point It has been customary to speak of the Gould Hartman crowd" as a group of powerful men working in har- rnony in the ownership and manage ment of some of the leading railway lines. and the fact that Gould and Har- riman have become so hostile toward each other as to air their grievances in the newspapers, emphasizes the insta- bility of any combination. The eastern newspapers are also giving much space to the quarrel between MT. Gould and MT. Cassatt, or, rather, the Western Union Telegraph company, headed by Gould, and the Pennsylvania railroad, headed by Cassatt-the quarrel some months ago having reached such aH acute stage that the Western Union was called upon to remove its poles and wires from the entire Pennsylvania system; and a day or two ago the dis patches told of the injunction suit brought by the telegraph company 70 restrain the railroad company from re- moving the telegraph property. And within a year newspaper readers have learned all about the feud between liar riman, Kuhn. Loeb and Company, on one side, and J. Pierpont Morgan, James J. Hill and their associates, on the other.
 Only a few days ago, we were told of the great university projected for Pittsburg by MT. Henry C. Prick, it being MT. Tricks intention to make a school of manual training founded by MT. Andrew Carnegie at an expendi- ture of s5,OO0, 900 take a second rating and all because Prick and Carnegie, former partners, are now bitter enc mics.
 To an interminabl ble length instances might be multiplied, to show that the so-called community of interest among men of wealth is myth. It exists only in the minds of agitators and political jawsmiths, and in the minds of their dupes. To be sure, men of wealth do not take meat axes and camp on the trails of each other; neither do they commit bodily assaults. But, one and ality. and in addition to that are swayed by all the impulses with which humanity is familiar. The patriot who sees visions of the common people" notwithstanding his nightmares, pos- sess his soul in peace. This is going to remain a country where each citizen has a chance to get to the top, and it is going to remain country where, after the said citizen has found his way to the top. he must struggle with multitude of his fellows for su- premacy.