The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-11
Supreme Problem
of the World
FROM EDWIN MARKHAM.

William Baxter Owen. through Sher-
man. French & Co.. issues a book called
THE Humanites in the Education OF the
Future" He discusses problems that
touch the deep OF life. such as the fol-
lowing:
Every serious inquiry into the princi
pies and forces or nature may Justly
arouse the expectation OF benefit. we
have also TO note that the most complete
control and use OF natural law by man
Is At present IN the simpler sciences.
while the more difficult and complicated
sciences promise the most valuable re-
suits.
I'VE can readily sec how important and
practical these fields or knowledge will
be. when we remember how much we
depend even upon our superficial pursuit
OF such arts as animal domestlcation. and
that economic cultivation OF plants which
we call agriculture aud horticulture.
Then as TO the mass or applied llnowl-
edge, even in the field OF physics. tho
greater part of II is applied IN so limited
a way that the benefits are confined to
comparatively few. Take so simple a
matter as vcntllation-whet an advance
We should have II all that scientific doc
tors know were universally applied! In
the arts OF life. where We get our COM
fort. and where our wants are supplied
in building. plumbing, farming. mining
cooklns-we live and work on plane far
below what is possible In the present
state OF knowledge.
Economic waste is appalilnE-Dot
merely the waste OF prodigal extrava-
sance, or OF ruinous competition, but also
the waste by fire. by flood, by forest
denudatlon. Some people know better;
the masses do not. Then IN matters more
serious and vital--ln the matter OF food
of biological laws involved in reproduc-
ton, or sanitation and the prevention OF
diseases-tlern are suggestions trem.
bling on the lips OF science which would
be Of vital Importance to the world.
THE failure OF science to relieve the
needs OF life Is OF course most consplc-
uous In the condition OF the masses. In
the English higher classes, Is per cent
OF infants died before reaching the age
OF years. In the lower classes, 80 per
cent. Death comes TO all alike at some
time. but hurrles TO tho cabin and drags
During the last few years 10000, 900
Hindus, subjects OF the richest empire
on the globe, have perished by starva-
ton. Here, Of course. We come up to the
hard TACT OF social inequality. Tho poor
cannot afford the products Of skill and IN
Venilon. They cannot get even the neccS-
SdIlch OF IRE. am only speaking OF the
fact The fact remains that the mate
rial benefits OF progress are not diffused
While this very starvation has been
dragging lis horrors along. that very em-
ptre has expended. directly or Indirectly,
$lo0; 10000 upon tho pomp OF a royal
Jubilee
1--WE raise wheat-plenty OF it-by I'm
proved methods. we grind II by improved
machinery we transport II by improved
applica tions OF motive power; and there
Is plenty of money TO do all ths-but
there Is the starvation and there is the
jubilee.
The material benefits Of prog
ress are not dffused The fur
thcr fact that their diffusion widens.
not In proportion TO the increase OF
knowledge, but in proportion TO the in
crements Of its dissemination suggests
that this great riddle OF suffering and
social wrong may yet meet with its So
luton IN universal education.
The logical conclusion OF all this IS,
OF course educate. Hasten the radIa-
tion of knowledge TO the masses Bring
science with its benediction to the
masses. What we want is TO rapldly as
simulate the results OF scientific research
and pass them on TO the arts, to lcglsia
ton and TO the rnolding OF popular opin-
ions and modes OF thought