Arizona republican., 1911-11-16
KINGSLEY IS
GOOD TALKER
His Address on Life Insur-
ance and Justice Was One
of the Notable Speeches
at the Kansas City Meet
ing.

One Of the most interesting adj
dresses delivered At the trans Missis-
sippi Congress was by Darwin p.
Kingsley, president Of the New York
Life Insurance company, on Life In
surance and Justice. The address in
Iart IS as follows:
y demand for justice. persistent. in
sistent. almost intuitive. marks every
page az human history
This demand has overturned dynas-
ties. disrupted churches. ruined repub
les, beheaded kings We know that
the square deal is not easily secured
in this busy age and apparently t
never has been easy to get in any
age.
Justice is ostensibly the basis Of all
ethical codes, the object of all legal
procedure. the controlling purpose
which underlies all civil government
However widely men may differ as to
what Justice recuires-howeVer little
they may really desire that justice be
dore-such homage is paid To the
word 10 the idea of justce-that
no one ventures openly to advocate
Injustice
Necessity carly drove men To- COM
hine. They had all kinds of enemies
and only by combining against them
could they survive. Combination meant
organization. meant the adoption Of
rules under which the social and
civil game was To be PLAYED The
adoption of rules meant delegation. to
some extent, To his associates of what
had previously been u mans sole pre-
rogative. He got protection and he
gave up some part Of that perfect
freedom which he had when he roam
ed the earth without asSociation-if
indeed he ever did that
The larger the society into which
man entered the more complex the
organization The more complex the
organization the more man got and
the more OF so-called individual lib
erty he gave up.
In SO far as individual liberty was
surrendered it became the subject Of
public definition and public admins
tratiOn. This men were slow to rec
osnize They quickly took the pro-
lection which organized society
brought to them, the greater safety.
the larger opportunity. the better con-
ditions of life, but they were SOW to
recognize that what they had before
Teen able 10 do as individuals they
could no longer do. This Immediately
gave rise To conflicts OF opinion. con-
1licts Of interest; and under this plan
OF organization. the problem immedi-
ately became and remains-JUSTICE
-hs,F
The problem presents two phases:
The first-conflicts arising within
the artificial structure OF society it
self;
The secOnd-conflicts between men
and the forces of nature. conflicts
which for lack of better name We
call the struggle for existence"
And first as to conflicts between
men-conflicts for more or less Of
personal rights. for more or less Of
property rights. for greed Of the
strong, the sufferings Of the weak.
the slaughter of the inefficient All
these and more are merely problems
OF how to get justice, how to give it.
III the social order.
The simplest forms Of associated
life develop certain antagOnisms and
opposing interests which are not cas-
lily reconciled. Clamor follows. We
cannot dismiss this clamor as the
empty complaint of selfish individuals
and ciiGues. The outcome Of the
struggle-poverty. hardship and stunt
ed lives-show clearly enough that
the organization has been very imper-
feet. that there has been great in
justice somewhere.
The world generally has cast out