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Show f- THE CITIZEN WAYS Weaknesses of Our Rapid The Need for Readjustment and Closer Cooperation between Agri- i mass intelligence a tragic thing its own destruction by its inability to discern this simple, univer- that-incite- sal law? culture and Industry . Rural Industrial Communities 0 THE GROWTH of our indus tries, commerce, finance and large jties, rapid, haphazard and phe- jnnenal as it has been, must be laid he chief cause of present agricul- unrest. At a critical period in ur national life, when our rural pop. Jation was still in its migratory tage, before it had time to settle and ecome firmly wedded to the soil, be- ore a countryside came into being rural folk, science and i type-tru- e avcntion gave to industry an impetus hat soon made it the superior force ind assigned to agriculture a subor-anat- e role. True, mechanical have benefited agriculture ilso, modem conveniences have found heir way into country homes, good :oads and motor transportation have lade the country more accessible, levertheless agriculture stands today l poor competitor with industry and xmimerce for the nations young men md women. In the mad rush to the ities spiritual values have been entirely ignored, simply because d no cultural :here has been to emphasize and sustain :hem. Our cultural growth has been further impeded by racial and religious intermingling and by the wide iistribution of our people geographic- im-iroveme- nts a country three thousand miles by two, cant protect themselves against it. With them national organization can never be more than a dream. And it would defeat its own ends. Cooper-aration in marketing goes very well, when localized. Denmark is small. The United States is large, Fundamentally, agriculture never was, it will never be an industry nor a business. The soil responds but for a time, except when tilled by the man who owns it. Cooperation in production is impracticable. Socialization of land will ever be a theory. Agriculture cant be factoryized. For a time only virgin soil can stand min-mmethods, and by large-scal- e there is no virgin soil left. Keen busi- al g, were inevitable; so was com-ner- ce conges-io- n in urban centers; so the development of huge financial institutions, lot always American, that now dominate our economic life. America ttily emerges as an industrial, commercial and financial power of the. first magnitude, of world-wid- e proportions. What has been the dynamic force in this development? Economic urge, :o be sure, but that in itself is not j ad. It is bad only when unbridled, md unbrideld it has been. It needs polarity. ) Large industries are often quite necessary. Consolidation sometimes But when it makes for economy. serves only to crush competition, to remove wholesome resistance, it not 'only harms the nation, but it invites suicide. Our economic structure cant grow much larger on its present foundation. No tree ever grows into heaven. Farmers Are Helpless. Agriculture resents this process. Millions of farmers, scattered through ? I Lawyer, Doctor, Merchant or engaged in some other pursuit yon will find Everything for Your Office at Vu KELLY COMPANY UN Wi 4181 VU'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU' Li away, he, nevertheless, contents himself by plowing today. The cynic, arab that he is, will have no such But the manufacturer poetic rot. knows, when the morale of his help turns stale. The banker knows when his teller goes wrong; the law may jail him but it didnt keep him from helping himself. What can he say against spiritual influence in business who has got the worst of a clever 5 I WEALTH 1 I I Let every man augment the possessions that Fate has given him , so he may take good care of them9 so the increase may accrue to the benefit and joy of everyone so no child may want for a cherry or an apple9 and no mother may be without cabbages or turnips Goethe back-poun- Consolidations in industry and ot 3iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii al-no- st illy. Spiritual force is all practical, all powerful. Not, however, to the cynic, who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Ask him who tills the soil, what made him till his fields so well, but the gentle voices that utter the Great Silence, but the hills and streams and forests, the silvery clouds, the star-shsky, all! ask comforters that Ask, holy man. Aye, he knows that a life is to be lived in joyous animation. His is the spirit that, though knowing the morrow means his certain passing 5 i5 5 9 5 I nlillilliiliillillililliiliiliillllllllillllliliililllilllllllilliiliiltiliiliilillillllllllltlllliiliiliiliiliililliillllllllllllliilitiiiliiliiliiliiliiliiliig ness men dont relish the task of farming land they have had to take over for debt, either by tenant? or by hired men. But there is a more pen- etrating consideration. A Spiritual Problem. national unity and prosperity must ever rest upon a subspiritual foundation, a type-tru- e stantial rural folk, which supplies from its natural excess the integrity, initiative, energy and wealth that industry needs, that commerce needs, Sound, permanent government needs, and which infuses by natural processes into the entire social structure that spiritual force which holds the nation in harmonious union, engages it in creative enterprise. As this spiritual force is ultimately the major force, it follows that when long ignored it will demand its toll. Nations rise and nations fall. Empires are reared, then darkly swept away. But behold the giant forest! Unharmed by the cruel hand of man, it defies all time. In the whole it never changes, though trees are forever growing, withering, falling into decay. Everlasting is the constant the upward movement, streams of life, expiring and giving way to others in perfect harmony. Can as much be said of the human forest, of mans civilizations? Is not deal, so clever the law can give him no relief. When government officials violate their trusts, an angry public demands their punishment, but government continues exposed to the same danger still, so long, as there is not in the nation the renovating influence of a virile, spiritual force. Morality is something more than a code of law, a code of ethics. Man is moral only when the energy within him is unleashed in creative effort. In that process of becoming he is a worshipful being. And in worship there is no evil. Young America. As a young nation we had ideals. Social consciousness we didnt need, for we had something finer by far, love of country. Here was our land. Who wouldnt fight for the soil he tills? What greater force for peace than the love of country that, bom out of love for the soil, spends itself in creative work? Rural men who have all the land they can till dont look for new worlds to conquer. Neither do they invite conquest. Then it was we revered our great men. And if they happened to be wealthy it mattered not. We knew they were loyal before they were wealthy, and their wealth was a blessing. But alien influences set in to corrode our finer s fabric, which was none too strong. Undigested prosperity also corrodes. Now behold the stages surrender to the movie, the decline in pure music, literature and poetry, the constant gnawing at our moral fiber by the enemy of alien influence without and the enemy - of cheap pleasure within, -the trend toward uniformity and shoddiness! New York is a world city. To the sophisticated New Yorker the countryman is a hick, and America a collection of provinces. The farmer is a rustic, because there still lurks in him that force that gives his outward actions, however awkward, an inner moral basis. To the homeless, modem cliff dweller, leading a existence, it never occurs that outward signs of politeness, without the inner moral basis, merely give one the manners of a clerk. Witness, too, a dinner party: the host, the guests, the waiters, dress all alike. Aye, refinment is not that. Creative force, morality, beauty, has its prime abode at the coutnry-sidd It manifests itself in fields, fine herds, quaint homes, beautiful villages, thriving industries and wholesome commerce; in legend and song; in music, poetry, literature and art; in that divine repose which is but the prelude to noble effort, to all great power. Art is the spirit of the Said a countryside crystalized. sculptor: Art is lowbrow, not highbrow, and New York was set agog. Those who do not like this homely background need to see the mire send forth the lily; to behold yonder cathedral, the image of a forest within and without, and detect the notes of the birds and the winds in the symphonies that vibrate throughout the vast aisle. Look, too, at the peasants in colorful costume, dancing the day out; at the poets meditating Eternity. Strong is the nation that is rooted in the countryside. Optimism and pessimism are alike false and harmful. We need no such foolish delusions. What we need is a sense of deeper values. Give us our sorrows and our joys. Let us weep and let us laugh. Let us work and let us play. And let us have the humor to look at ourselves occasionally. or d Every attempt at ganization thwarts life. The fellow would bring the blue sky heavily down upon us all. The I will in him is That dead. Its You will now. hand-to-mou- th e. well-tille- I I !i I i i f i ! ; I . i t super-impose- i ' I (Continued to Page 6) . 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'; I Old Mill Club s THE COLUMBIANS ? 2 1 ! it Salt Lakes newest dance orchestra and jf finest music. Come s every nfte. $1.00 per couple. Dancing jfnillltllllllltllllllllllllllllllll!llllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll i I ' . |