Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-02

talking about prosperity? Where is It?
Wages are good--for those that are en-
ployed steadily. They are almost as
high as they We're 10 years ago. But
prices are higher than they have been
for generation, and are high for
rybody-employed, unemployed and
occasionally employed The people have
Shaw's statistics. but where is the
money! The grocer can't be paid with
statistics. Shaw and his statistical
army can talk till they're black IN the
face about the glorious condition OF
things, but the working man reads what
Shaw says and then sits back In his
chair IN wonderment, he looks at the
figures, and he grows amaZed-evldent-
ly the country Is prosporous-thatse seems
u sure thing. Then he says TO him
self, Isn't IL strange that with all of
this prosperity. none OF it came down
my alley? l wonder what's the matter?
\ sensible man will dismiss all this
clap-trap of the political heelers of the
plotocraoy, the Shaws, Cannons, Baileys
and the like. He Will look at such facts
as that of the national income, one en-
tire half goes to l per cent of the people.
The other half goes to 80 per cent-half
10 / per cent and 80 per cent dividing
among the other half. Do you suppose
Shaw's polished diouon and glowing
after dinner oratory Is going To satisfy
these facts--not at all--it is ridiculous.
And the people are waking up--that is
why you see the evidence OF discontent
everywhere. And Morgan and Rookie
Teller and the rest of the Togues know
lt--would do well TO ponder the fact
that for the first time In the history of
the country we have a generation that
can read and write practically through
out--a generation that not only can
read but does read
FACTS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.
but all of this is muck .raking. -
Eyes. And isn't 1t strange that VIC
never heard a word about undertaking
until we tOppled over Il few of these
highly respected grafters IN the United
States senatc?"
"And Incidentally" continued Mr.,
Phillips, there's another farce-all this
talk about our magnificent school sys-
TEN. The Fat sleek grafters at the head
OF our boards OF education and the
army grafteTs that come IN for theiI
rnke-ofr as the result of the board OF
education tell us there is nothing In the
world so perfect as the school system OF
the United states Now. what are the
facts? Why, of the 25.000000 of chill
dren OF school age I'm the country more
than one-thlrd do not go 20 school AT
all; ANA OF those who do 50 to school
no less lhill l-fuuVsuuu tittHu SCHOOL less
than three months of the year,
al the same time. tho people are
growing wiser. Tho school Is luckily;
mot the only enlightening force now
ndaSa. The innrticulate mass Is fast
becoming articulate. They can read
ana they learn. The swlfter, mare COM
plex llfo oompels the more liner, 10
wake up. The ana sses learn through the
newspapers through the great iarlne
headlines. When John Brown secs tho
word Crook stamped on the first page
OF his newspaper shipping him In tho
face he can really see II, And 1t sets
him 20 inquIrlng, then To thinking Fin.
ally. he viii begin 10 act, And We SHAH
have the beginning OF tho end OF the
away OF the plutOcraoy's demagoguos
II have been asked before how II Is
that / dared to 20 after these great
representative cltixenc OF the senate
ana Wall street The question should
be why not? II takes no more cour-
age 10 name grating senator than
10 throw a boot al a relleating bur
elaa 1t h the great farce % our tins
that these Ryans and BelmonIs and