Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-30
JUDGE ". H KING
ON CONDITIONS
Saws the People of the East Are Rest
less, Waiting for Rcadjustmcnt
Industriaily.

Judge william H. King has returned
home, after having spent three weeks
On business and pleasure In the east.
lie was at Washington, whore he ar
gued land case before the secretary
OF the interior, after which he visited
New York and Philadelphia: recuper-
ated short time at Atlantic city,
and stopped OF at Chicago and St Louis
on his return
Things generally arc quiet through
out the east" said Judge King to The
News. but II should not be so be-
cause crops are fairly GOod; there Is
considerable building the output OF
the mills was never greater, and the
mines are pouring out their gold, sit
yer and utner metals There Is really
no reason why the United States should
not today be enjoying unwontcd pros
perlty But there Is an ominous cloud
in the industrial horizon Although
money is fairly easy In most OF the
centers. yet there 10 a spirit of unrest.
OF waiting OF expectancy. as n the
people are looking for another crisis.
conditions. accordingly, are IN a
chaotic state. Private enterprise II
afraid of the great encroaching trusts,
Tho trusts are reaching out, deter
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country. and n feeling OF uncertainty
reigns as a natural result. individuals
and small enterprises are afraid To
move or TO launch out for fear OF
being swallowed by the trusts.
THE growth Of the trusts is so
great their power so great, that the
situation Is producing A reaction. They
are getting control OF the manufac-
tories and other industries of the Unit
ted states, and the people are beginning
to cry out against these vast corporate
and vast industrial combinations. IL
is fast reaching such a critical state.
that / believe we shall see many OF the
trusts dissolved. and things will settle
back to a legitimate competitive basis
This would in r. measure eradicate the
present domination OF individual and
private enterprise by the corporations
81 look upon the next few years to
witness the supreme crisis In the In
dustrial history OF our country IL
will determine whether the indlVlduat
or the corporation will triumph. IL VIII
be a question whether American char
acter. American manhood, American
courage, or the trusts will rule this
land II will determine whether this
is TO he a country Of Industrial liberty
and freedom. is well as one OF po-
ltlcal freedom. This nation has pref
" well solved the question Of political
liberty, now Iff question Nbi'l ''i
fronts IL for settlement II one Of In
dustrial liberty.
business, In my Judgment, will be
unsettled until Il is known whether or
not private enterprise. on competitive
has sis ia to prevail, or whether every
thing is to be run by combinations OF
capital.
mir. Roosevelt's intrusion into poll
tics Is not contributing 10 tho bringing
about Of a spirit OF security. Many
fear q further attack on what is called
capital This creates doubt In tho
hearts OF the capitalists. There Is an
almost general dissatisfaction with
the tariff. which is being assaulted by
both Republicans and Democrats. THIS
puts the political situation in a far
more chaotic condition than the indus
trial There is a general feeling that
Mr.. Taft has not measured up TO the
high position he occupies. lie Is en-
deavoring 10 placate both the insur-
gents and the stRndpatters, and not
succeeding with either.
THE labor situation In the east is
one of vast interest to the student or
economies and sociological matters.
The trades unions are only natural
product of the times. an attempt OF
the people to protect themselves against
encroaching capital