The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-06
Declares Return to Soil Would
Make High Cost of Living
Impossible.
DOES NOT THINK STRIKE
ON RAILROADS PROBABLE
Says Tariff and Labor Agitation
Responsible for Uncertainty
in Business World.

r-r,,.r Senator Thomas Kearns re-
turned Yesterday 10 Salt Lake. nitet
two months absence from the CITY al
OF the time he was away from 'nc o,''
was consumed Ill an eastern p'p' i"e
remainder OF the time nc spent OH "'A
ranch near Santa Rosa, Cal. before re-
turning to Salt Lake Senator Neasne
visited several coast cities. includins LBS
Angeles and San Francisco.
Business conditions on the coast. Sema- 5i
tor Kearns said, were somewhat III w,
turbed because OF the threatenefni, fi,, rnfcr
strike and the uncertainty WIN It'll
cnce To tariff conditions. Senator Near me ha
said there was plenty OF money w inJi III
banks and market and business ,to
uura1t attributable 10 other causes SER
ator Kearns gave IL as his opinion tna' L
there would be no railroad STIR. ia
creased earnings OF tho railroauss, s,-naas "a
made II Impossible for the ralIroaas -
meet the demands OF the railroad eIt-
ployees and this fact he pennpea ""S VIZ
derstood by the railroad "oreers :. co,,
"The tariff and labor agitation Scna-
tor Kcarns said, always nave ospfs'1.
Ing effect on business. IL would DC en
ter 10 have the tarlff settled once ior an,
this continual agitation; For eHamp,a,, ,;
no man is going to put In n heavy stock
of woolen goods when he is not sure ad onai
tho Iariff on wool will not DC ~" re
Iarre pvrUa' nmr,bcr Of unemployed always oc-
rasions labor agitation and labor DIS
putes.
Lack of Production.
zone occasion for the present unrest Is
the high cost Of living inns dc,Ion rs hl1f'I II
Is absurd 10 declare that either capitat
or monopoly causes the Increased COSY Sost W
living 1t is likewise absurd 10 pensEe
that reciprocity Win Win sinrIaily wanadl u remedy
ibis rendition We have vast empire
| within the boundaries OF the United
States, capable of sustaining popu'a'ion
of 100000, 900 people.
! "It appears to INC that the statesmen
OF our country, both .progressives snd 1d
standpatters, and the labor agltatorS anG
them. The remedy does not lie In tarln
revision In free trade. In Feclproclty' NI
i in socialism, II has come 70 Ihls: we
must legislate In order that the peopie
aseyenty-threc per cent Of the popula-
ton OF the United States is In the clues
The vast areas Of the country arc dcSsr
ed The soil Is not producing what II
should. Those who should he producing
! the sustenance for themselves and tne,r
fellow men are in the city: not producinS
anything, but consuming that which o'h-
| ers produce.
Back to the Soil.
1.-THE labor lenders are taking a false
4
| the other great labor leaders VINO are
! going about the country inveighlng
| against capital wish to do something OF
real benefit for the laboring man. II they
wish TO become real benefactors OF the
entire country. they Will urge that inc
| WorklnSman move away from the chS
and onto the farm. There he VIII De . nus
own landlord and there he Will produce
that which will sustain his life and pro-
vide sustenance for many others.
The law Of supply and demand Is Is
there IS but one turkey and ten faml-
lies want that turkey. the price OF that
| turkey Is certain TO be high. But III
there are ten turkeys for these ten ram
Living is high because the necessaries OF
life are not being produced, and they VIII
not be produced so long as l3 pei. cent
of the people elect To live in the city.
remedy for the high cost OF living and
that is to persuade. or. If need be; to TO
you cat meat Il must he that OF ami
mails fed upon the products of tho soil.
If you, are vegetarian, your diet must
Every Idle loa1or Is drug on the
public. He is easily influenced by agi-
| tators and occasions much OF the strife
that results from such agitation. II
| they were given the opportunity to pro-
duce something. there would he no com
plant about the cost of living. Enough
would be produced and more for the
needs of the country. and the nation
would prosper.
Greatness Comes From Country.
The blood and sinc~ of the nation
| the support Of the nation. is from the
farm: Lincoln was found splitting rails
! Garfield was taken from a canal boat
How many really great men ever came
from q city? The nation is wholly de-
pendent on Its soil
labor and capital must be friends
classes apart In the controversy the
| main question is overlooked. What about
the man who tills the soil?
| Already the condition that confronts
us rs a serious one. Unless some solu-
| tion is arrived at soon We will have a
condition in another decade that will be
more serious than the bread riots OF
States Should Act.
There should he adopted bv Tho gov
eral states uniform legislation TO en-
courage greater production from The
SOIL INC poor people OF the cities should
be PLACED on the land, People owning
give them up. II should he divided into
small farms and sold at a reasonable
price and on easy payments TO people
who viii produce their living and thai
OF others. Tho states should bo bonded
II necessary, 10 purchase this land and
resel It to the people. II necessary poo-
pa. S.''ui' fS IorCsu TO 20 on the farms
ldlencss should be made "a serious
crime The punishmept should be p SEN
tence at hard labor on public works az
one-thlrd OF the average wage paid for
such iaoor until the offender has In this
manner earned $780, which he should he
gwen and sent to The country TO assist
In making the soil productive ''''
we don't need reciprocity II ,bc sou
"'rt uncd We would easily produce
enough Tor the American peopla and
more. epo
Must Leave City.
ne people must leave the CITY. wber,
tney are contending for the small arnn,,nt
OF employment, like worms about n nnt
consuming nrst the kernel and tban go
another. We must get thesc penn,c ~
me me country. onto the soil. whore tbev
VIII produce something Then and ,n,
until then will solve the oues,Id, "oS "S
INC nigh cost of living w
The concentration OF labor bv In hor g.
WronG' The laborer wants more u.ooS
because The cost of living has ipcrcnscd
The heads OF the great enternriaes a.
tnst they have TO pay the same amo,,mi
OF nAeo charges. the interest on tho San.
ital invested remains the sane ~
bonds must be redeemed md The o,n