Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-06
PRESENT WORLD TENDENCIES.

Mr.. John P Meakin. the we'll known
fraternalist of this city, who has Just
returned from the eastern states.
where he has given lectures and en-
tertainments in. churches, or the halls
of fraternal societies, has not neglect
ed to study the conditions OF mankind
as far as they have come under his
observation. In an interview on Nom
day he related some OF his experiences
and impressions. which may be of
general interest. He said, in part:
Il believe the world is growing bet
ter In spite of the awful crime. the
sorrow. the suffering and the selfsh
ness that surround us everywhere and
which at times seem to envelop every
phase OF life. In our judgments we
are apt to take part and render a
decision for the whole; hence we
Must be careful In our deductions
Surely human life is like tree; its
growth Is upward toward the light.
believe eventually the people will be
guided by the light OF reason We
have sung too much OF the sweet bye
and bye and have neglected the eter-
nal now.
THE great curse of the world is
poverty which today stalks through
out the land, Notwithstanding our
prosperity. No one can sing loves old,
sweet song on an empty stomach; and
this same old curse, or the fear of II,
haunts the world today. The rich man
Is AFRAID Of II, the poor man has H.
and gulf of selishness lies between
the two. Following in the wake OF
poverty are drunkenness, debauchery
ana crime. Then the petty things
that impoverished minds continually
worry about so out and poison the
very atmosphere of life.
II hope the time will come when
the world viii have moro humans and
less animals more common sense, less
nonsense,
1T Is really Imaginable 10 read the
glazing headlines in the daily papers,
ot what some preacher says on the
horror OF kissing, for instance; then
In the next issue, OF the necessity of
kissing, and 20 we have much ado
about nothing What the world needs
NEST is more thinkers. For n proof
OF this. just glance at the men in
high places down 20 petty city coun-
ell, see them quarrel and scream like
monkeys in a monkey house. Tho
shepherds who are clothed In robes
az authority, get into a wagon and
quarrel. while the dogs get away
with the Sneep,
Instead OF thinking race. we have
! race OF howlers who develop on tho
/ impulse of the moment into mob.
| IL an accident befalls the street car.
| lot some one shout. and it's all OF
| with the motorman and conductor.
/ People nowadays. on the slightest oc-
| casion shout KIM! I saw one in
| stance In one OF our big cities. A
| woman had fallen In allehting from
the car A kindly fellow with an
| automobile rode up 10 offer his aid
and services 10 convey her to the
/ hospital. The shout was given "the
| auto man has run down the woman.
The matter grew Into riot and the
| POOR fellow had 20 be rescued by q
| regiment Of pollcemenj the result wAs
several dead and score OF cracked
/ skulls
Crime Is increasing at rapid pace
| and there Is a social unrest every
where. The schools teach book-learn-
ing ana thAt Is very nearly all The
churches are indifferent to the physle-
al, mental or social needs, and II q
minister should say word ~ 10 pOli-
ties. he Is hooted az ana told TO 20
home Church influence II not allowed
In politics,
| Lecturers travel TO say pretty