The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29

sive hearers. Or will II be as with tina
of tho Nazarene who had to say II
sorrow. Many are called but few arr
chosen" Must we continue TO repea
the Impressive phrase with which h
often, II not invariably. supplements
his discourse, He that hath ears L
hear let him hear?
Other calls besides that of the lant
distract the minds or men. Its gen
tie pleading is drowned in the insane
clamor Of the stock market, In th'
loud clangor Of the trumpet and drum
of militarism, in the unreasoning tn
mutt of politics, in the rattle and clasf
of machinery, when the daZel ant
tired brain lags and droops under the
long. weary hours Of toll.
For many other reasons the truth
about the land falls upon deaf ears
| Only in ears already attuned to thi:
simple tone may IL find ready re
sponse. 1t was thus with the teach
ing Of the NaZarene. Only In thu
good ground"-that is, "the good and
honest heart"-did the seed OF truth
take root and fructify. Where per
sonal gain is the supreme object this
call will have no charm; for, however
just the truth may seem, present con
ditions make its realization appear
remote Where a bare living is all
that is possessed or in prospect. the
fear that TO 90 further would be to
fare worse. would probably stifle dis
content and the desire for better con
| ditions.
But there are among this class OF
toilers some honest and earnest souls
to whom the appeal OF Justice will al
ways be irresistibly sweet. They. will
listen TO the good news and then car
! ry it as evangelists of liberty TO 9TH
| er honest and good hearts ready TO re-
ceive 1t and work for it.
| 1t remains but to note the extreme
simplicity of the method by which the
land, now the instrument mainly
used by monopoly to rob and enslave
mankind, may be freed from this un-
natural control and made the natural
means for mans deliverance from
poverty and It's attendant evils.
l. All social disorder comes from the
violation of Natures beneficent laws.
To ensure social well-being we must
cease to do evil and learn to do well.
This is just as applicable to COM
munities as to individuals, and the
assembling OF men and women into
groups or communities carries with 1t
obligations which cannot be neglect
ed or violated with safety to the per
sonal liberty or the social well-being
of the whole.
Consider for a moment.
The necessities of communal life
pace with It's growth Roads, water.
lighting, and all other requisites OF
village, town. or city, must be pro-
vided for the comfort and safety of
the inhabitants. This cannot be done
without expense, and how may this
be met with the least inconvenience
to all concerned? This is the crucial
question on which hangs the present
and future well-being of these peo-
pie.
Is there any provision made by Ma
ture for that contingency? Let us
see. From the very beginning of this
communal Institution two striking
facts run together in parallel lines
namely. increase OF population and
increase of land values, All intelli-
gent sociologists admit this. Even
Angrew Carnegie, monopolist as 1e
is, admits this. Taking 1t for granted
are We not justified In claiming that
this constantly growing land value,
which augments naturally from the
increase OF population, Is Natures
provision for the expenses entailed by
social organization?
That the returns from this increase
W. hn loio to all
reasonable expense Is demonstrated
plainly by the rapid and enormous rise
In the land values Of the best loca-
tions In any city. Single takers have
furnished phenomenal instances Of
this fact In New York and other
large cities. over and over again, and
1t Is not necessary to repeat them
here. So overwhelmingly abundant Is
this provision for municipal needs
that nothing short of inexcusable ex-
or wholesale robbery by
corrupt city government could pos
sibly render it insufficient.
With this law in force, the taxing OF
any Of the products of labor would be
This exemption In itself
would be large step towards indus
trial freedom The laborer would re-
tain all he produced. the assessment
Of all land at Its true value would open
up natural opportunities to labor by
making it Improbable to hold land
out Of use. Speculation In land would
die a natural death and the world
would thus be delivered from Its |
greatest obstacle to material progress. /
Industry Oh all hands would be slim
ulltpd noupr hoforn- 1pd upd.,- |
reign OF justice, spiritual advance |
ment would become possible And |
the fear OF want being removed, the |
feveriSh desire for excessive wealth |
would decline. Poverty and its evils, |
including charity, would cease. for |
there would need be none VINO could |
not realize Agur'e prayer: Give me |
neither poverty nor riches, feed me |
with food convenient for me"
But none OF this can be brought
about by futile attempts to divorce
the material from the spiritual The |
highest ethical ideas animate this
land movement. It's inspiring princi-
pie Is justice, It's ultimate object the
complete freedom of the human race.
Viewed even from Prof Eucken's
moral standpoint, the spirituality in !!
this movement must be obvious.
The prevailing tendency to push to
extremes analysis and differentiation
in the consideration Of all subject NAV
in the end reduce the various constit-
lent Ideas to a monistlc basis. II is
difficult event at this stage Of psy.
Geological thought to mark dividing
line between the material and the
spiritual
More than half century ago, Mary
Someryille wrote her splendid work.
The Connection of the Physical Sci.
ences," In which she arranged aud
unified science as then known. With