Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-31


hereafter their descendants shall be
found fighting side By side. struggling
in peace as we'll ~ In war FOR the up-
lift Of their common country, all alike
rcsoute to raise to the highest pltch
Of honor and usefulness the nation 10
which they all belong. As for the vet
Grams Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic. they deserve honor and recog-
milton such as IL paid To no other
citizens OF the republic: for To them
the republic owes It's all. Tor to them
IL owes its very existence.
BROWN AND LINCOLN.
do not speak Of this struggle Of
the past merely from the historic
standpoint. our interest is primarily
In the application today OF the les
sons taught by the contest Of half a
century ago II is OF little use for ~
To pay lip loyalty TO the mighty men
Of the past unless we sincerely en-
deavor to apply 20 the problems of the
present precisely the qualities which
In other crises enabled the men Of
that day To- meet those crises. II II
half melancholy and half amusing Ia
see the way In which Well meaning
people gather to do honor to the men
who, IN company with John Brown.
and under the lead OF Abraham Lin
coin. faced and solved tho great prob
lens of the nineteenth century. while
At the same time these same good
people nervouslN shrink from OF fran
tically denouncc those who are trying
to meet the problems Of the twentieth
I'm the spirit which was accountable
for the successful solution of the prob
lens OF Lincoln's time.
or that generation OF men. 10 whom
We owe so much, the man to- whom
We owe the most T., of course. LIN
coin. Part of our debt to him Il be-
cause he forecast our present struggle
and saw the way out. He said:
81 hold that while man exists II is
his duty To improve not only his own
condition but 20 assist In ameliorating
mankind" And again. Labor IL prior
to and independent of capital. capital
Is only tho fruit of labor. and could
never have existed but for labor La
Dor Is the superior OF capital and de-
serves much the higher consideration
capital has It's rights which are az
worthy of protection az any other
rights. Nor should this lead to
war upon the owners OF property.
Property Is the fruit Of labor: prop
erty Is desirable. ~ positive good I'm
the world. Let not him who is house,
less pun down the house OF another.
but let him work diligently and build
ono for himself. thus by example
showing that his own shall be safe
from violence when built IL seems
20 mo that in these words Lincoln
took substantially the attitude that We
ought to take. he showed the proper
sense OF proportion in his relative
estimates of capital and labor OF hui
man rights and property rights. Above
all in this speech as I'm MANY others,
he taught lesson I'm wise kindliness
and charity; an Indispensable lesson to
US OF today. But this wise kindness
and charity never weakened his arm
or numbed his heart We cannot af-
ford weakly to blind ourselves to the
actual conflict which faces u today.
The issue is Joined, and we must fight
or fail
STRUGGLE FOR BETTBRMENT.
In every wise struggle for human
bctterment one OF the main objects.
and often the only object. has been ~
achieve IN larger measure equality OF
opportunity. In the struggle for this
great end. nations rise from barbar-
ism to civilization. and through II
peoples press forward from one stage
OF enlightenment TO the next one of
the chief factors IN progress Is the
destruction OF special privilege Tho
essence Of any struggle for healthy
liberty has always been and must al
ways be To take from some one man
or class of men the right to enjoy
power, or wealth. or position, or inn
munity, which has not been earned by
service To his or their fellows
At many stages in the advance OF
humanity this conflict between the
men who possess more than they have
earned and the men who have earned
more than they possess Is the central
condition OF progress. In our day IL
appears as the struggle Of free men
TO gain and hold the right Of self
government as against the special In
"a hs LEI 4
government into machinery for de-
feating the popular will, At every
stage and under all circumstances the
essence OF the struggle is To equalize
opportunity destroy privilege. and give
to the life and citizenship OF every
individual the highest possible value
both to himself and to the common
wealth.
Practical equality Of opportunity for
all citizens, when we achieve Il. will
have two great results. First every
man viii have y fair chance to make
OF himself all that in him lies. TO
reach the highest point TO which his
capacities. unassistcd by special priv
lege OF his own and unhampered by
the special privileges OF others. can
carry him, and 10 get for himself and
his family substantially what he has
earned. Second. equality of opportunity
means that the commonwealth will get
from every citizen the highest service
of which he Is capable. No man who
carries the burden Of special privileges
OF another can giV- to the common
wealth that service 10 which II Is fair
ly entitled
/ stand for the square deal Bu. when
say that ] am for the square deal
mean not merely that / stand for
fair play under the present rules of
the game. but that I stand for having
those rules changed 50 as 20 work for
more substantial equality OF opportun-
ity. and of reward for equally good
service.
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS.
There can be no effective control OF
while their political ac-
tivity remains. TO put an end to II
will be neither a short nor an easy
task, but II can be done.
We must have complete and effect
i've publicity OF corporate affairs. so
that the people may know beyond
whether the corpora
tons obey the law aud whether their
management entities them TO the con-
fdence OF the public IL Is necessary