Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-31
AS TINE YEAR PASSES.

people can feel truly grateful. ThoSe
in IL position TO know predict gooo
times. with an abundance of employ
+ fmcnt at good wages. 1t Is claimed
that hy January more than u mil
Hon men who were idle six nohths
ago. viii have found work in the vilrl-
Gus Industries. This is encoura ging. f
Another cause of gratitude Is the
awakening of the consciences Of the
citizens to their responsibilities ana
duties For the past few years TINS
awakening has been going on, ana
now there are signs everywhere thar
the people are beginning to realize the
necessity of self-goyernment taxing
The place OF political machine govern
n,e,,t. we are beginning to throw OF
( tho lust reproacli Of foreigners, that,
tlfte1, all we are Indifferent to govern
inent by the people.
a. AS a result tho standard OF official
conduct is rising. Evl-doers In Of
Z flee are being hunted down. we are
still far from the standards OF some me
other countries, but we are approach
ing the ideal and making perceptlple
< progress.
Different standards are also being
& applied to financial transactions some,
1 men who ut one time wcrc held UP 10
the children as patterns of Integrity IN
: dustry. and genius, because they sue
ceeded in amassing large fortunes, are
now regarded as no better than robpers
and highway men. SO radical changes
I have occurred in public opinion. This
means the dawn of a better day..
& lit is but three centuries since the
Pilgrims first landed on this continent.
Little did they dream Of Repuplic
spreading its protecting wings from
IS the Atlantic to the Pacific over q
. population of a hundred million souls,
living In as states all teaming With the
Il wealth OF the earth and the mountains.
When they fought starvation and hos
tiie Indians, little did they look for
ward to the times we have seen, Wheh
the soil could yield q harvest worth
eight billion dollars and the mines
cn,1ld add two billion dollars more.
Little did they dream OF Il repupnc
strong enough to hold its own against
any world power But 1t has come 70
nnss The Republic has stood the test
Of many storms. The American form
of government has been preserved ana
is stronger than ever. It's educational
value has been demonstrated on the
largest possible scale,
But, in acknowledging all these bies-
y sings, it would be hypicrocy to deny
i that many things call for improve
1nent. The people are still in the htnds
y OF many concerns that cause the cost
Il OF living to soaI to cxorbitant hgures,
and the oppression Is keenly felt
among tho victims. This is All anon-
alv. Tho, world liz ample for the feed
Il ing and clothing OF all who want to
work, in comfort, and then there Is
( some left for the unfortunate. But all
do not share in the benefits OF the
common resources, according TO their
true worth. And this forms one OF
T the great problems of. the world to-
day. which Will not down. Like San
cilo's ghost, it appears at the most IN
expected opportunities and In the most
unexpected places. 1t Is a problem
that should brs solved. 1t Is worthy
OF the most brilliant minds OF the age.
AS f-government was the solu-
ton or the problem OF tyranny, 50 self
! government in another sense of the
word-in the sense OF cooperation
will. in all probability be the solution
OF the social problem What laborins
men can do by intelligent cooperation
has often been proved both here and
in other countries, notably England
ana Belgium, There Is no reason Why
they should not, by operation butll
thcir own flats and own them; take
M land and produce their own food,
etc There is no reason why they
should not, by cooperation become IN
dependent of all combinations that
take undue advantage Of the con
sunerS.
10 illustrate what can be done by
Incorporation. ella Wheeler Wilco'
tells Of an experiment made by George
\ Elmer Lttleflcld OF Westwood, Mass
lie induced forty persons TO pool $2.S(
each month for one year
With the $1,000 thus obtained
they paid tho 1llSl lHstailneh'
OF 81, 600 on a farm that cost
5000. and agreed TO pay $3.50 Quarterly
until the balance was paid. Forty
cares OF the land was laid out in one
acre lots, and each one was sold to q
shareholder for $500 The rest Of the
land together with the farm buildings
was common property. In due time 4
rkshop and other buildings woult
be eiected Meanwhile, Mr.. Littieiield
says, we snail accumulate deposits o.
voluntary loans. and open co-opera-
tive loan account with members an ]
sympatketic outsiders. at So per cent
interest, with which we will aid mem
bers to erect the first cottages on thu
home acres The families moving il
VII each pt.y only $40 monthly until
each has paid for his house. Then tbs
money will be turned over and Other
cottages will be erected and paid fol
in the same way, Those who do not
desire to build viii have besides theil
own land a fortieth interest in tbs
continually improved and increasingly
valuable collective property.
This merely by illustration Of what
cam be done by intelligent corporation.
co-operation was one of the principles
taught by the leaders OF Pioneer life
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