Show A RADICAL CHANGE the salt lake herald of yesterday has the following the more significant word of which we italicize there are other causes than the bessi alon of silver coinage which produce the social disturbances and inequalities that have alway arisen in civilized countries V 0 inetter how much money nay be coined it will be gathered in by tome at the ti anse of others and the shrewd schemers speculators and will gather the fruit of the laborera labo rora toil with the amount of money already on liand in this country there is no need for its scarcity in generah circulation and adding to the mass wilt not cure the trouble vitless radical change is made ia the wain of its distribution what that shall be we do wt pretend to say we simply want he fact to be apparent that he woes of mankind will not with the return which we hope is near at hand of the free comage of as universal money the forego ms presents a forecast of we bellive will be realized in general experience admitting that free coinage will bring a very greatly improved condition of affair for a period of years we never have believed that the boes woes of mankind will disappear with free coinage but we believe most sincerely that it will be a step in the right direction while the herald does not pretend to say what the cure for present troubles shall be it intimates that there must be a radical change in the means of distribution nt wealth otherwise it will surely gravitate into a few hands we can not think that the herald had in mind the tariff a the obstacle to proper distribution or it would not hesitate to declare itself it recognizes the fact that there are other and much deeper causes that must be reckoned into the problem the herald frequently defines the province of government as being limited to the protection of life and property the preservation of property rights and public order it inveighs against government its functions outside this narrow sphere in order to u broader general welfare how then will the herald legislate so that some radical change if maje in the means of its distribution this property haying been concentrated in few hands aren trade can do nothing more than it does in england where pr opery is moru highly centralized in many than in the united states in tins reaped ite with its broader genius and more highly developed economic tendencies gives promise of capabilities to grapple with this very problem which the hereld dare not attempt tu solve under its theory of the restricted province of government it will always be just as the herald saye no matter how much money may be coined it will lie gathered in by some men at the expense of others individual action and corn petit lve methods must in order to a more general distribution be counteracted by associated action of some kind and by some kind of competitive noncompetitive non methods every person begins to perceive that there must be such a turn given to the production and distribution of wealth if the herald has any occult information relative to belter distribution wo trust that it will not allow its modesty to hold it we should be pleased to see what a cleveland organ would put forth rela five to a better distribution of property botne radical change |