Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-26

Political Economy Versus Social
Economics"
Political economy said Mrs Blown.
seeks TO justify the present organlza-
ton OF society and deals with things
and the laws OF their distribution un-
der existing conditions. Social econ
omy deals with people, their advance
ment, their rights. IL acknowledges the
growth and development of society. II
subOrdinates things TO people and val
ues human life as the supreme aim Of
social adjustment. Political economy
assumes that the wage system Is the
natural and only method of production,
while social economics concede that Il
* natural method because II is ths
one which has been developed out Of
other forms of production, but II has not
been In existence long as compared
Win the He Of men. and II Is demon
stratIng It's own decline because under
II men cannot supply their wants.
Political economy AYERS that the orl-
gin OF capltal-and by capital IL meant
the private ownership OF land and ma
chlnery, and the consequent depend
ence OF the many on the feW--ls the re-
suit Of thrift saving and enterprise,
but social economy declares the nee
essity FOR saving IL a poor argument to
justify present conditions.
Thrift anu saving are anti.social IN
character, and do more harm socially
than good There is a difference be-
| tween economy onl thrift, Economy
| means an expenditure suitable to sccur-
| inB the largest ana best returns, where
| as thrift Is too often q sacrifice OF the
| best 10 the poorest In VS.. denying of
/ our highest ideals to secure some lower
| sood, That We are forced to do this Is
| no argument for It's pcrpetuation Econ
| 0my sometimes may mean the most
| reckless expenditure in order that some
| great and ultimate good may be accom-
| plished Witness the drainage canal,
the public school system. etc.
| 'Thritt tends to become parsmony
and cannot be practised without injur-
Ing some one else The woman who
goes without the ribbons she wants
simply takes work away from some
other woman who makes ribbons
Thrift falls Of It's purpose when wide
" practised for under tho wage system
the whole fight is to raise the standard
of living, and he who lowers that stand.
ara Of living, and he who lowers that
standard becomes a social enemy, If
THRIFT was necessary In the past, the
world Is now far enough advanced 10
discard IT, In n word, the practise of
saving Is necessary evil forced on us
by wrong social conditions. The really
useful people, those who DO most for
humanity, are not thrifty"
The rest Of Mrs. Browns address wa
along the wel-known lines OF socialism.
Social economies" she declared
would restore TO the people, with half
the improvements which have grown
along with our increasing intelligence
the land and tools, so that all the peo.
pie can have all they need or want
While political economy argues for the
sacredness OF human life aud we'll. being
and VIII admit no right which ,mpelIls
the continuation Of the humblest per.
sons existence. The one eyerlasting
Indictment Of private ownership I'm
land and tools, the unanswerable charge
against trade and c0mmercIalism ia
that human life Is not preserved under
rs reign. on the contrary life is sacri
Heed TO mere property everywhere In a
lana containing resources not vet even
tapped
only by makingeach ones interest
the social interest. and the social gain
me individual gain, can we live at all.
1t seems TO me that anyone with the
power 10 think broadly may see that in
a world which contains all we need TO
live upon, filled with intelligence as ey.
pressed In our machinery, inventions
and discoveries, we are close to the
point of evolving into state Of society
In which each ones effort will be a per-
cepuble benefit TO everybody, and In
which everybody will realize that an IN
Justice to any one Is an injury to ALL"
The spread OF the school garden idea
has been most gratifying lately. AS
! early as this conferences are being held
IN several cities to make plans for the
work as soon as spring opens. In Phil.
adelphia last Wednesday the Public Ed.
! ucation association held a meeting &C