Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14


with sword as with the pen, is hy mo-
means solved TO our perfect ,aualac-
,,or -rh.+ 90 man ...t-r...,.l,.
solved ls matter OF certainty .oI lnt
hopes and destiuies of a cause bound t1
triumph are involved In the proper soc
luton OF the theory.
our nation has advanced Do one cone
fury as FAR as other nations have iu
five or ten centuries. 10 is aeknoWi-
edged that the whole of Europe has
been moving forward in an impulse ot
pr0gresslVeness which must make th'
nineteenth century brilliant eclipse H
AN preceding centuries. Not only has
America imni1ec tAe spirit but sh has
greatly stimulated lt with the result
That she has elevated herself 90 world
power of the hrst order and U.s. eXercis-
Ing "A remarkable influence over the
international policies OF the world.
Tn the interest of peace ana the CONF
mon brotherhood Of mankind. our mo-
ton has welded an influence uuequaled
by any other ln the protection ot
weaker nations against the tyranny ana
- spotlsm OF greater ones she has
proven herself the champion of Justice.
In the reconcllement OF warning ma
lions, bent on the destruction of each
other, she has meritc1 the title of arDl-
ter or the age In the advancement OF
human learning. in the promotion OF
arts ana sciences she has moved Side
by side with the foremost tn the up-
NIung OF man ana lu placing MN in
position favorable 90 growth, iu fact IN
hts complete emancipation from the
letters OF ancestral environment she
has shown herself the most potent of
nations. Her ports have been open to
men and their Families from all nae
ticns, almost without exception. Offering
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with limitless resources. trade of
boundless possibilities. and only reQuir-
ing I'm return respectable citizenship
OF the newcomer. Nearly AN OF those
who go 10 make up our 10000 900 pOIu-
lation would never have known the
growth and capacity OF their natures
had it not been for the opportunities the
nation anords them
CIVILIZATION always follows iu the
path OF industry and along the awe
nues OF commerce. Ia respect 40 trUde.
America has performed the Hcrcuio
task OF lifting the center OF commerce
from rs long abiding place In London
across the Atlantic and planting % Do
New York. With this proud achieve
ment comes prestige abroad. abundance
and prosperity at home But. strange
as Il may seem. with our nation occupy
Ing this splendid position the commerce
OF the country is seriously disturbed
and hampered and the financial inter-
ests OF all sections are threatened with
"a disaster OF lncalculable injury end
loss. There Is no failure of crops. u0
closing down OF mines and mills and
factories. no exhaustion of the sources
OF revenue. no closing 0f the avenues
of export trade that can Doe pointed to
as the cause though many of Thorn ara
already the apparent results of this disc
turbed financial condition. Tho c1us.
seems % De here. Money has become
too great a power in land consecratad
| 10 democratic principles Corporation
have grown TOO arrogant in the lelane.
of me laws they could not frame for
their own aEgraniisemrnti cor Che laws
they could not wipe from the statutes
because they were iulmleal t1 their Iu-
teross. Thus the fundamental pruci-