The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-01

vironmcnt which admits of being rem
edied The farmer involves purposive
necessity; the latter presentible neccs-
sity. Any influence that brings on
mental slothfulness destroys the pow
er of initiative, and the initiative in
commercial affairs is most import
ant element. Other things being
equal the nation acting first has de-
cided advantage. If one nation can
build a bridge in four months, and an
other in six, that fact in itself may
be decisive in commercial supremacy.
1t is a well-known fact that the power
of initiative has been an important
factor in military operations.
Ignorant complacency is largely an
outgrowth of vexatious distractions
in necessary modes of locomotion.
That the above fact is true is shown
by the fact that people who possess ig-
norant con placency in high degree
tend to lose this quality under the in
fiuencc of improved highways. Both
complacency and ignorance increase
as means of communication are rend-
cred poorer or become destroyed. OF
the various means of communication
those acting extensively over small
areas have greatest influence over
character, because they affect the per
son most frequently and touch him al
most points. The railroads of this
country do not so persistently affect
the environment of the people as do
the highways. The Indian not only
had no highways, but he was even
destitute of any beast of burden. No
doubt this explains many things in
connection with his long period of
savagery. If you take an ordinary ig-
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norant man and then cause him to be
wholly satisfied with his surroundings,
you certainly have all the material for
the making of a savage.
The man who, through choice, or
necessity, disregards his own rights,
will soon fall into the habit Of tramp
ling under foot the rights of others.
What more far-reaching limitation
can be placed upon a person than to
circumscribe, either through choice or
necessity, his economic lOcomotiOn.
You cripple him, you hamper him in
. those activities most directly con-
cerned in his physical well being.
, Then again, regard for the rights of
others is an education that comes
, from cooperation not from individual.
p ism. Bad roads by enforcing sepa.
rateness makes possible indivdualsm,
, and individualsm in its results Is the
opposite of cooperation. Since re-
T gard for the rights of Others grows out
I of cooperation it follows that bao
+ roads, which hinder cooperation, tenc
r to bring about disregard for the rights
of others. 1t cannot be too frequent
Z ly urged that human rights develol
q from the action and interaction of hu
q man beings. Rights, therefore, arr
{ relative depending upon time and en-
vronment.
I Anyone who tolerates obstruction
:. that might be removed tends to be
!. come narrow and petty in disposition
Success in economic life depends large
r. ~ upon ability to take advantage O
,. favorable trade moments. The differ
. ence between a producer and trade
Il on a large scale and produce
n and trader on small seal
lies in the fact that the former car
G in way, both create an opportunit
q and take advantage of it also. TIL
Il man who resides away from trade cen
o ters and whose production is on
n small and petty scale is really dc
IS prived of his chief initial advantage
r he cannot reach his market whe
e trade moments are most favorable 70
:. him. If his roads are bad this oppol
e tunity is either wholly or in par
l. taken away from him.