The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-25

railroads that can carry us TO any
point in our land If it were not for
the telegraph that flashes its news
within few brlef seconds; If 1t were
not for the fact that we are keeping
i'm touch with each other from ocean
to ocean and from lakes to gulf. this
country would divide and again divide
until it represented u dozen tiny re-
pubics or empires under Individual
rule
Modern Problems. "W
yet it is these things that make the
problems of today. The world isn't
getting worse.. the men of today are
otter than the Puritan fathers of Il
few years ago We only. know Of
an the crimes and scandals, and this
is due to the invention OF the print
ing press and the telegraph The
moment a crime is committed, the Sec
ond "a scandal Is started, the news
Of the gambling in the big cities. all
is flashed along the wire and we read
In the papers on our door. step. al
most l,efore the deed is done or the
crime is completed. II isn't that the
world is growing worse we simply
know about the wickedness of the
world
"The telephone came into use. a
wonderful Invention. Now a tele-
phone is found In nearly every home
in city and country. When this in
vention was made few men went
to work to manufacturing the tele-
phone and today nearly every state
In the union is endeav0ring to invent
a scheme by which they can procure
control of the telephones and solve
in this degree the problem of distri-
button and stop the miiliohlires from
making more millions. Yet to solve
this problem should we go back and
give up the telephonc?"
Some man invented the steam en-
CINE and Immediately company
formed TO manifacttre the locomotive
monopolies FORMED 20 control these
lines yet in orderd to solve this stu.
pendous problem that is confronting
us should we go hack to the days
when we rode in stage coaches?
Men are making millions off the
manufacture Of street cars, again
comes the problem before the peo-
pie, should We abandon this conven-
ience?'
Every step in mans progress makes
problem that win confront the peo-
pie. There is no place in the world
where the work is all done and the
fact that there is great work before
us is evidence OF the fact that
we are going forward at great striue.
The longer IL takes to solve problem
the more equahle Is the solution. The
freer nation the greater time 1t
takes to reach its conclusions In
despot a problem Is solved quickly, by
few and for feyy and the great
mass conforms vOiceless in protest or
acquiesence. But as our country meets
the difiicultlcs and must solve them
ninety million strong, It takes II long
time TO make an equable decision and.
get all Of those people to thinking
alike
cost or Living.
Civilization nifty, years ago was a
crossroads aud q blacksmith shop,
There wgs no connection with the
outside world. People could live
cheaply, for there, was nothing To buy.
People today are objecting to the
high cost of living, YET man won't
live in the country without an>auto-
mobile, a bath tub. electric lights and
a furnace; yet those very men harp
that living Is So high, and wonder why
they cant live as cheaply as their
grandparents did. They want all of
the modern improvements and conven-
iences at tha price OF living without
them. They want the earth ON a
half-shell and then object to the
price.
81 hold that problems of civlllza :
tion come through the desire for hap
piness, We broke away from England
because We thought we could be hap
pier under the rule Of George WASH
ingtOn than under that OF King
George In looking for happiness l do
not find it AMONG the class of rich
people, nor among the miserabiy poor,
but ri tell YOU where happiness ex-
lists, among the great middle class, IN
families that are neither rich nor
poor, In towns about the size of yours
| where men and women work ana en-
JOY the blessings Of their own hand.
| find happiness In the cottage where
there is enough TO live comfortably
and feed and clothe the little ones
that come TO bless thar home. Why a
mechanic wouldn't occupy a King $
palace hundred years old until a few
hundred dollars bsd been expended in
making 1t modern with electric light
gas and bath The 'world is moving
along and these demands are evidences
OF IT,"
The problem OF the millionaire in
yolylng the problem OF distribution is
before MS. Yet the millionaires are
themselves working out those problems
In their own way and they are distri-
buting their own wealth or their chill
dren and srandchiidren are distrIbut-
ing II for them as rapidly as they
can"
Genius AIeKes Problem.
The stage coach was sood enough
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