Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16
Gathered On The Battlefield Of Thought

All that We produce BY manufacture.
agriculture, or what not wuiild have
no value II there were no consumers
for IL, suppose thnt certniu man A,
wero the only person llvlng IN the
world, and wetc able To manage far1il
THAI would yisld a million bushels %
wheat yearly cOitd hc then eall him
self a capitalist? Certainly not tof
there would BIZ no people TO demand
tho wheat for consumption He could
only USE u certain small quantity OF
wheat for his own needs, and tho rest
would bc of no value to him. HE would
be just as poor us 10 he had only
hundred bushels yearly, Thus \ ~ not
shc holder the owner OF capital w his
case, tor the other side, the demand
that confers the value Is lacking, Now
wi prose tho country TO become inhablt-
Ell with people who have no wheat ot
their own, on insufficient for their needs,
Und who require some ot AS wheat.
'Thrfr Demand fOr II sets n value ON as
article, and Immediately a becomes
a capitalist Now IL his employees who
are also consumers. become dlscontent-
cd BECAUSE A holds ali he wheat 10 be
had and Wish To try to injnre his
hEsiness by striking would they not
manifustsy be nistakenF IL would NOT
worry him al all Tho Iessemed pro-
duotiou would not cause him any loss
at all 4; would, on the contrary, serve
20 Increase the demand and thits raise
the price. 20 thai, briefly, his capital
would he greater than Vt was BEFORE
Letters to Worklnsmen In the Square
Deal,
Discussing The divorce movement
The Divorce OF lase years has had
Question an alarming growth,
not only in the United
states, but In almost every civilized
country OF the world The causes
which have contributed to this growth
are numerous and complex, bur un~
doubtedIy one OF the most active has
heen the spread Of Democracy, or
rather of THAI lndiv lduallstic view az
HE OF which Democracy Is the ppitt~
cal expression, Today, as never before,
the Individual is Il asserting his claims TO
the full enjoyment of lies oppcrtunl-
ties and while this movement has
been productive OF lasting benefits. 1t
has also been coupled with wide
spread disposition to resist the pressure
pf social obi cations which interiors.
however necessarily wish individual
liberty or happiness. The cOuiuEal tie
and the duties % parenthood sprlnEing
from it is of all human relations the
one in respect TO which the weight Of
social obligation ia most directly felt
and 1t is at this point therefore, that
mutinous indlylduallsm has put forth
Its most determined struggles The
cnnjugal relation has n tworold aspect
IT Is a relation between the partners IN
marriage themselves, and relation TO
offspring. "A characteristic feature ot
militant indiVld ualism is that In the
discussion OF marriage, the former OF
these aspects is preferentially en1pha-
sized. while the latter is more OF less
thrown into the shaa Ne. -srhe right of
married persons to obtain relief from 4
tie which Is no longer pleasing Is CON
sidered from the point of view OF their
own happiness while the rights OF the
children as affected by divorce are
treated with the NEST superficial atten-
tton,---Prnf Adler in Woman's Horne
Companion.
The Unors- We are sometimes apt
fnality OF to forget that it re-
Great Mi.stls. ouires higher ralent
to vitalize and make
significant the universal human mo-
tives than to- invent fantastic tales.
called Back" and 'sShe'-good enough
stories, both OF them, each In its kind
did not demand a larger imaginative
effort on the part OF their several au'
thors than Was require TO write the
Rise OF Sllas LaphRmr' or tom Saw
YER" and Anthony Hope, when he
turned from his imaginative Kingdom
of Ienda to grapple with the realities
of life and character, was not entirely
successful, The case of the creator of
Sherlock Holmes Yields another Illus
tTation Of the general truth for which |
Professor Matthews contends. -'The
tales that dealt with Sherlock Holmes
and Brlgadier Gerard and the White
Cnmpa NY he saya, ARE works OF in.
vention mainly; and the writer had
proved himself capable Of adroit and
ingenious Invention ON the other
hand. Conan Doyles attempts 10 deal
with everyday themes have been to
large degree failures. He has at his
comma nd "ths more SNOWY invocation"
bur he cannot attain 10 "the larger
ina gination. "--Curren Literature.
When Honor In every community
Comes To there are good f1les and
Quiet Workers. women who are unnot.
ed and unrenowned.
They hold no offices, they serve on no
committees when officials are 10 be
elected their names are not suggested.
When hcnors are to be bestowed no
one thinks OF them They are quiet
keepers at home. on patient daily toll
ers I'm honorable vacations, living hum
bly, OH some quiet street. with a few