The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-12

nccompltshed which should not exist
IN lns race ct facts that are being
brought TO light.
To Confscate Wealth,
Examine the political nost,,,ms
now most talked OF as saviors of 60
ctsty' humane in intent though many
OF them be. and IL will be found ibst
they all involve the continued expcn
ulturc OF large sums OF money, 10 he
colec,ed by taxation. The men who
Day thfsc taxes arc the holders of
property. The men who vote these
expenditures arc the taxpayers plus
mat considerably more numerous
body OF electors who either nav no
.aHes or share so lnconsiderablc
mat its Increase or decrease is not
iel' Bcnce constantly increas-
ne disposition In the nation and the
states To change the distribution OF
wealth by legislation: taking Il by
enormous appropriations from those
VINO have accumulat ted IL and scat
terlnC IL among those who did moi
me end OF such a system NAV he
nelayed, put II is not doubtful Capt.
Ia Is exhausted and is not renewed
The motive vnnishes The public is
educated To refuse work 10 spend
lavisnlv, 10 look TO the state as the
COW that can Keep everybody sup
piled with all the milk he may want
lndeinltely. -abor suffers in the end.
exactly as IL does wnen It's three
meals per day are reduced 10 two or
one. Activity slows down. The total
amount OF wealth I'm the country di-
minishes. both by removal to other
communities where it's security and
ITS reward arc greater and bv the
steady oncroachment Of consumption
on production. Ma a.ional Indulgence ap-
proahes.
Hard to Eliminate Politics.
ut is declared by everybody. by
none more earnestly than by Senator
Aldrjch himself. that the great ma
tional organization Of banks which
II ls proposed To create, the reserve
association. must he made and kept
free forever from control by politics
on The one side and powerful com
binatlons OF capital on the other II
IS doubtful If either could be done by
the method laid down In this plan
The political connection is inherent
In the constitution of The proposed
reserve association. Its governor and
TWO deputy governors are TO be sp-
pointed by the president Of the
United States. These sit in The al
rcctorate together with two members
OF the cabinet and the comptroller
OF the currency. No matter how
large minded those men may BE-, tncy
conduct OF party politics and obli-
gated 10 serve Its ends so far as
deccncy permits. II would be foolish
TO believe that the tremendous op-
po.'NHitN oHeTcd Dy strong internal
)niluencc in such an organization
would not tempt most men and some
administrations to an alliance ds-
astrous alike to The government and
the finances OF The country
Farms Not Producing Enough.
Speaking OF the farm. Mr.. Hill said
That the main fact about that indus
Try is that ii is producing today
less than one-half OF what il could
be made n r,ynInrp ,:.it hon, i<,l
additional outlay of capital or labor"
The average Yield OF wheat in the
United States for the five years end
ing in 1910 was cight-teuths ot a
years ending in 1909. ne continued
1T VAS less than four-t teu,is Of a
bushel more than for the ten wears
Guiding in 1905 The average corn
product Tor the ten years ending I'm
1910 was little less than for tho ten
years ending in 1876. Thirty-five
years have not advanced ug a step.
European countrics-fsreat Britain.
France, Germany inferior soils
and less favorable climate produce
crops practically double cur own In
our studies Of conservation We find
no waste comparable either in magni-
tudc OF Importance 10 this.
''Tho farms will fall and the foun-
dation OF all our prosperity be under
mined unless agriculture Is reformed.
actively engaged In farming has fall
en- from 4I.36 in 1870 10 an estimated
80 in 1910. Every man on the farm
today must produce food for two
mouths against Que forty years ago.
Note the abandoned farms OF New
England and the middle states. Si.;
rural counties In New York show q
population loss in the last ten years
of more than 5000 while tho two cities
they contain increased by over 1000.
The homes of the Puritans arc in the
hands oil the thrifty French Canadian
and the immigrant from continental
Europe Farm lands I'm many states
are already exhausted and being de-
serted. The average American farm
er has no equal for CaTclessncss and
for adhering 10 discreditcd methods Of
cultivation.
Must Adopt Improved Methods.
''Unless VIC adopt improved methods
Of farming. wc viii soon be. unable
either to feed ourselves or TO furnish