The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-11

should hold himself accountable. ana
should be held by others accountable. pre-
Cisely as u he occupied any other posi-
tion of pubic trust ] do not intend 10
dwell upon YOUR duties today. however.
save that ] shall permit myself 10 point
out one matter where IL seems 10 me that
the need OF our people is vital 1t is
essential that the man I'm public life aud
the man who writes in The public press
shall both OF them. II they are really good
servants of the people. he prompt to
asSail wronedoing and wiCkedness. But
In thus assalling wrongdoinG and wicked
ness. there are two conditions TO he full
filed. because it unfulnlled. harm and
not good viii result. In the first place
be sure OF YOUR facts and avoid every
thing like hySte-ia or cNaggeratiou: for
Of which he is innocent il TO give aid AMI
comfort To every SCoundrel, while IN
dulgence in hysterical cXaggeration serves
To weaken. not strengthen the statement
uf truth. In the second place. he sure
that YOU base your judgment on conduct
and not on the social or economic posi-
ZION of the individual with whom You
are dealing. There are good and bad
men in every walk % life. and their be-
Ing good or bad does not depend upon
whether they have or do not have large
bank accounts. Yet this elemental fact.
his fact which we all accept as self
evident. when we think each OF us OF the
people whom he himself knows In his
business and social relations, is often
and certain public writer's. The men
who thus Ignore IL and who attack wick
coness only when found I'm particular
class are always unsafe. and are some
times very dangerous, leaders. Distrust
equally the man who is never able TO
discover any vices OF rich men TO attack
and the man who confines himself 10
attacking the sins and shortcomings OF
rich men. II is n sure sign of moral and
mental! dishonesty in any man il in his
public assaults upon iniquity he is never
able TO see any iniquity save that OF Il
particular class; and this whether he Is
and oppression I'm the rich OF the crimes
OF envy and violence in the poor. He
is no true American il lie IS a respectcr
Of persons where right and wrong are
concerned and II he fails to denounCe
the demacogue no less than the corrup-
ZIONIST, TO dcnoImCe alike crimes of or
Eanizcd greed and crimes Of brutal Vio-
cnce. There is equal need to dcnounCe
the wealthy man who swindles investors !
~ buys legislatures or oppresses wage
workers. and the needy man who inIlamcs
class hatred or incltes mob violence. We
need 10 hold the scales Of justice even.
and 10 weigh them down on one side is
rs bad as 10 weigh them down on the |
other
Two Great Movements.
So much for what ! have TO say 10 YOU
n your capacity OF moldcrs and guides Of
public thought. In addition ! want TO
lur public life which | feel must neces~
ssYlly occupy no iuconslderabc part OF
The time of our public men In the near
future One OF these is The question OF.
m certain ways rcshapinE our system ot
taxation so as 10 make Il hear most
heavily on those most capable OF sup
porting the strain. The other is The
question OF utilizing the natural resources
of the nation in the way that viii, be OF
most benefit 10 the nation a whole.
In utilizing and conserving the natural
V1.. Ion. In. sal,s
torstie more essential than any other is
foresight Unfortunately. foresight is