The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-12-23
PROGRESSIVE
i ROSPERITY
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4 CHRISTOPHER
b C. HAZARD
(Q. iSii. western Newspaper UniOn)


I \ there Is one figure that We
want to see upon the field OF
history, the figure 81 prosperity.
II may be that we think that
we do see II while we are really
gazing upon a mirage. Hope al
ways tells a fiattering tale and Is
ready to be the father Of thoughts
Imagination is akin to faith, but
requires no real basis. II our op-
timistic outlook is warranted II Is
50 because we can believe In q
prosperity that Is TO be real be-
cause II will be the product and
the possession Of us all
0 Civilization is the sum OF COOP
7erative intelligence. All the capital
In the world could not mine coal
without miners, and all the miners
In the world could not do II with
out capital. Idle wealth has proved
no more than accumulated useless
ness In eastern countries; men
have starved to death In the midst
Of vast but unappreciated natural
resources. While the employment
Of money and the wise direction Of
labor have given to the West its
immense advantages Of social and
economic riches and well being.
nRussia is perishing under the IN
cubus Of q stagnant communism
that takes away the incentives Of
progress, banishes leadership, lives
upon past accumulations while
they last. and starves afterwards
The interchange Of abilities Is cut
on, the social circulation OF neces-
sary differences In people Is ar
rested, the rewards Of genius for
affairs are withheld, production Il
ended and prosperity lynched. II
Is like q vast body wherein there
Is no circulation of social life
blood
has thriven and must
Thrive upon the largest encourage
ment Of indIviduallsm that a true
collectivism admits of. When the
crew cannot navigate the ship
there is no advantage In killing
the captain. II isn't necessary to
have tyranny in order to have q
captain, but society and business
must have leaders and governors,
and there cannot be two captains
on any ship.
G After all, men hardly expect to
0pass for more than they are worth.
The real kick in our democracy is
against false differences. Ours Is
the land Of a fair chance. It Is
the home Of opportunity. No crust
keeps merit down. In an inter-
change Of values every one here
has had and must have a chance
to make the most Of himself.
nIn doing this ne will need and
Fuse his fellows. No one ever sue
ceeded yet in being great or pros
porous as a hermit. We climb up
upon each other. II takes us all to
make and to keep civilization A
man owes himself and his fortune
to society In a very large degree.
Are we not all members Of a great
and wealthy body polite, wherein
no one can live to himself or die
without loss to the resti
nLet q dozen men, each man ow-
Hing his neighbor five dollars at In
o circle. Let one Of these take a
nve-dollar bill from his pocket and
pay his debt to the man next to
him. Let this man pay his neigh
Dor and the NEXT man pay his until
the bill shall have gone round the
circle and returned TO the man
who started II on its round This
man may return the BIN b his
pocket with the happy conscious
ness that he has paid his debt and
also received what was due him,
and that every other man In the
uoup has the same satisfaction
But II the first man had not started
the bIll going there would have
been no such results. He would
then have illustrated Russia. In
stead Of America
1.-THE secret Of civilization n the
> circulation Of ability. II IN the
secret Of prosperity. Let every
man circulate his worth to society.
% shall there be q true commun-
ism. also q true capitalism. There
n q conundrum which asks why
one should prefer a dollar bill to
a gold dollar. The answer Is, BE
cause, when you put II into your
pocket you double II, and when
you take Il out you find II In
ereases." Prosperity progresses a.