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Show is wui.tii t iiiii'iii:t In the Chicago Unimoiit A'aira for November there la an article entitled, "It Wvilth a Katlun;" Nolwltbstaud-tng Nolwltbstaud-tng the apparently absurd query Involved In-volved lu tho I'Ujtlon, the article It a philosophical digest of the eUectaof wealth upon auclity aud Llvtlltatlou. The queatlona aro asked, "lias wealth liecome a mister Instead of a servant of man?1' and "la Ita undue acquirement acquire-ment Inimical to the heat Inttreslsof society:" It It adnillte I that eoclely will never decrio the abolition cf the aystem of weolth-gatherluir; and that wraith alt), neither lu Itself nor In Ita accumulation, Is wrong. Hut It la the ayttemof acqulrlngand accumulating Imtueuse fortuuoi and transmitting them unbroken to future generations that la questioned, aud In thla way -rtuatlen of large fortunea la ao-clety'a ao-clety'a roott powerful monacF, and Its lawa of Inheritance U greatest Injustice. Injus-tice. The possibilities of Ihu onearu iuflnlte for hirm.the auirerlng I in posed by the other la the wrouga of race. I m-manse m-manse Inherited we-tlth, In tho handa ofauunscrupulous, am bltlousor heartless heart-less Individual, who could eireit au alll-ancu alll-ancu with ottiera almllarly sllunted, night cause the yoke of aublectloli to again be placed u pori cur neckaas of old." Tho evils of (overly are next dwelt on, aud the long catalogue of crimes which are Ita accompaniments. Hut the evils of wealth, and the envy, oii 1 lily, calloueni-M aud unacrupulous-neaa unacrupulous-neaa begotten by the wit J frvnxy to acquire ac-quire riches more than counlerlal-snee counlerlal-snee all the Ills of powrty. "Wealth lives ou selfishness, breeds arrogance, product liardlitarltdiieea, la greedy and Insatiable." However, notwlth-stau notwlth-stau ling this arralgnnu lit of wealth, It la mmr-i-ded that It Is an Inceutlveto elfurtln man, an I a benefit to society whenhinestly acquired aud properly almlnl-tereil. The remedy rojmsed fur the abuse .flarfe wealth la uue tint will not nitet with general apj roval, at least In the i resent. It Is lint the limit of ao qulrrment of wenllh should bo set at d.ath, thusiMnnnliigltslH uetlts to the scciiinutator alone. Ill the taseofa larye fortune a competency of $.V),00 might Uievtailde for n wl low, aul Vi W-l or JIO.O-W for eaoli child, the re-milulerlo re-milulerlo be dlitrlbutevl us aoj kty uilght deturmlne. In the opinion of the i'l'iinctiif Aeus this mrlhud would slop the msd rush for wealth ou the part of men who go on illlugup fortuues, even with one foot In the grap. It would lause them to retire earlhr from busluos, It would curb the hogglah lustluctslu he human race and It nut I t ie I nitaiisof i-rrietiutlng oiiril "I '"" anJ free Intlltutlons or rouse the s aillcloMiiimrathal ir wealth .alliwed to go on at Ita present rale of kc.-uni i latlonaud control of Indu-try, It la only a matter of time when soilfty will revert lo Hie old barbaric standards. II Is undoubtedly a fact that tho evils of rait wealth lu the ,,nJs of a few are manifesting themselvia. That Is why the Anarchist wants to drttroy, therloclallstto divide, the llellsmyilo tu rumtnune, the Alliance man lo make government a foster parent, rd so on with a hundred other dreamers and lletlltts. eThe auggrstlota of the iiianofaf A sirs Is a milder remedy than any of the modern radlcil reform school, but that, too, la somewhat vMonary, The stewardship plan advocated by the Prophet Jose ll Smith, as rovi-atrd to him from heaven, lueeta the evils complained of andprovldeaa solution for the exceealve wealth problem and other economic questions It Involves. Hut thla can only be a)llcd In com pleteuesa lo those who are united In a religious order and covenant and won lil not allect general a telely except bytheforceof IU benefits aaexemill fled In the practical tir.cU exhll la-l In the social Wo of the Halnts. And even they are not yet prers-l for government by Ita equitable regulations. regula-tions. Tho probabilities are that the present system or lacx or system will continue, and that tho evils of plutocracy will Incrca-o until some great aoclal revolution revo-lution will overturn the monetary world, acatter the accumulated hoanla and bring alout somtthlngHseafluan clal equilibrium. |
