Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-24
mGnr KIND OF AGITATION.

Tho gntl-railro1d agitation Is too
bitten proceeding on the erroneous sup
osltlo1 that tho roads aye owned by
n class standing apart from the rest Of
hc people. and planning and plotting
iaainst the welfare Of the general pub
&C.. This IT, Of course not 50 Rail
Dads Qro owned by the people, and de-
bend pr the people FOR their existence
and support And every unreasonable
nttacE on tho roads is likely to az
ctt. rot only fow stockholders. but
asis7I-hlnks. insurance companies,
iaaa other Institutions that hold the
art'1s funds Of the people, invested
% ft lroads. Transportation II an in
/ lu '-y In which more people are inter-
stef than any other, and whatever af-
Gets Il for good or for eva IL felt
throughout the entire country.
only recently railroad officials. In
h. Interviews with o. ling newspapers
,ointed out the fact that the roads are
affected by the prevailing high prices,
as Is every other business concern.
supplies cost more ana wages are
higher These facts should not In
Justice. he overlooked Nor should II
pc forgotten that hostility between the
various business interests that ought
Is WORK together FOR the benefit OF all,
necessarily means business depression
md disaster war Is what sherman
II means loss to the people who ulti-
natoly foot tho bills,
Tho agitation, Of course. derives
strcnsth from the general dissatisfac-
Son In the prevailing high prices on
4 Zee neeessaries OF life, but are the rail-
roads alone responsible for this? We
would like 10 see sane. we'll directed,
and energetic agitation against the I'M
fpoakable folly that places corrupt and
incapable men I'm offices where they
steal and squander the peoples money
fnd thereby Increase the cost Of llv-
ng We would like to see a rational
md determined agitation against the
oily OF living beyond the income, by
initiating the rich I'm clothes. and au-
nmotiles In trips abroad, and parties,
and the incessant hunt for amusements
~ which the purse - made to suffer
MS from consumption. We would like
o see united agitation against the
rink evil that costs the country over a
billion dollars yearly II the loss sus-
aimed by the American people through
he dishonesty and incompetency OF
heir municipal officials, through their
,xtravagance In living, and through the
rink eyil could be aVerted by the cleo
ion Of good men for office and proper
Of personal finances and
'ondnct, there would he money enough
o pay ample wages for all necessary
abor and liberll rates for transporta-
ion
Everybody knows that folly in the
natter OF living is expensive. and that
I is wrong TO be wasteful and intern
governments comparatively
eW realize And yet this rs an enor-
nous factor In the cost of living a
ity whose Officials give away contracts
or labor as reward for political serV-
ces and who employ men with the
that they must work for
he party as well as FOR the community.
necessarily H. burdened with unreal
enable taxes, which means a higher
ost OF living When further. such Of
icials are i'm league with the represeu-
atives Of the underworld. these flock
q the city they rule, which again
means an increase Of tho criminal ele-
nent and higher expenses I'm taking
are OF IT, crime II very expensive
luxury. An agitation for good govern
nent. for public morality and for busl-
icss methods IN the management OF
'ubllc anairs would be a good begin
ling 10 reducing the cost OF living.