Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-31
TEN YEARS or rsrr CENTURY.

Do centuries generate open will
evorts that give the key to subse
quent history? The nineteenth ccntur,
certainly began with epoch making
cataclysms caused by the Hcrculea,
exploits Of Napoleon. This century
the tenth year of which is about t.
expire. has been ushercd in witt
equally important changes in the
general contours or history.
During the decade passed Japan has
Inundated Russia and assumed the
role of trst-ciass power. It has alb
sorbed Corca ana invaded Manchuria
| Abdul Hamid has been deposed, and
turkey given constitution, Persia
| ana China have followed suit, and
| Russia has representative assembly.
| IN embryo. The Scandinavian union
has been dissolved. Finland has lost
the last vcstige Of its autonomy. Portu-
gal has proclaimed n republic, and
Spain has engaged In a conflict with
the church These and other events
mark an epoch In history. rs well
as the beginning of new century.
Most important development in the
direction of peace must also be noted
The organization of the world into q
large family has actually begun. A
world federation is no longer only a
dream. 1t is an ideal admittedly
within reach. Statesmen are working
for 1t and money kings are contrl-
hlIfipr p1il1innu r., 4,
Carnegic's idea Is:
Five nations co-opcrated In uuelllnc
the recent Chinese disorders and
rescu!ng their representatives in
Pckin. It Is perfectly clear that these
I'VE nations could Danish war. Sup
rose even three of them formed d
League OF Peace--inviting all other
nations to join-and agreed that since
war IN any part of the civilized world
affects all. nations. and often serious-
ly. no nation shall 30 to war. but shall
rofcr international disputes to The
Hague conference or other arbitral
body for peaceful settlement. the
Lengue agreeing to declare non-inter-
course with any nation, refusing COM
plinnce. Imagine q nation cut off to-
day from the world. The League also
might reserve to itself the right,
where non-intercOursc is likely to fail
or has failed to prevent war. to use
the necessary force to maintain the
peace. each member Of the League
agreeing to provide the needed forces
or money in lieu thereof, In proper
ton to her population or wealth.
Being experimental and upon trial, 1t
might be deemed advisable. II neces-
sary, Mt first to agree that any men,
Der could withdraw after giving five
years notice, and that the League
oh ntIl1 IisgnlVp n flor a
jority vote of all the members.
Further provisions and perhaps some
adaptations would be found requisite,
but the main idea Is here"
Our own Country has made salts.
factory progress. It's population has
increased from 75,9a4,575 to very nearly
%, 100000; or, IL the inhabitants of
Alaska. Hawaii. and Porto Rico are
added, to about 93,70O0oo. The exact
number OF people in the Philippine
islands is not known. but n conserva-
tive estimate Is 100000. The total
under the Stars and Stripes then. ex-
cccds hundred million souls. We
are still behind China, the British en-
pirc. and Russia. but n nation hun
IlllllDl StlbuS 10 ~ Ittl DpWcT vi
Earth.
The Industrial progress of the Ma
ton has been as wonderful ns the In
crease in population. In an interest
ing article on this subject in the
Worlds Work. it Is stated that the
total value Of manufactured products
has doubled in 10 years, In 1900 it was
ten billion dollars In 1910 it was twenty
billion dollars. Our age has truly be-
come the age of electricity. According
in this Country there IRE more than
thirty thousand companies, firms. in
lividuals, and municipalities that are
electricity for one COM
mercial purpose or another. They rep
resent II capitalization OF more than
81 900 600, 0O0--scvcn times the census !
figure for capital Invested In the iron |
md steel industries. In the ten-yenr |
period the amount of pig-Iron produc- |
al by the furnaces of the nation |
doubled from l3,OOO,O0o tons to % OOo,- |
100: and the amount OF finished stool
products ran up from about 10000 600 |
ons to 2i0O0,000. The value of cotton
silk. and WOODEN goods turned out bv
he looms OF the nation Increased
more than half. The printed output of
III the nations presses doubled In
value The men OF the nation speut
IN clothes about GO per cent more in
$40 than in 1900, while their wives
md daughters ran their bills for
'lothins to more than double the cost
o years ago Food products were
probably worth. ut market prices. near
y four-hfths as much again in 1910 as
II 1900.
IN aviation the ten years of tho CEN
ury have seen the most remarkable
Progress. The English Channel and
he Alps have been crossed in aero
'lnncs. Attitudes in competition with
lie eagle have been reached BY avia-
9rs, Iioxsey recently scared to the
,nlGhi Of ll+Ii feet at Los Angeles.
even imagination fails to forcsec what
Nlation may Vet mean to the human
Iitfe wo nroErogacd morally as well
S in other respects? That is qucs-