p. 8 | A World-Wide Clash by Alonzo T. Jones

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 9, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 32.

A World-Wide Clash

By Alonzo T. Jones

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: "The general tendency all over the world is to combinations of all sorts. There are combinations of capital and combinations of labor. All kinds of interests are coalescing and consolidating. This is a world-wide tendency." And this "world-wide tendency" most clearly forebodes a world-wide clash that is sure to come, and that at no distant day. For every one of these combinations has organized for the purpose of fighting for some selfish interest. Greed and self-interest was never more manifest than it is to-day. And the fact that men everywhere, who have self-interests in common to serve, are forming into groups and combines to reach their ends by whatever means they can best employ, is one among the many strong manifestations of this all-prevailing spirit of covetousness. And while these combinations are being formed the cry of discontent is becoming more and more clamorous and strong. The crisis must soon be reached, and then it will be a war of organization against organization, and combine against combine. It will be neighbor against neighbor, man against man. And since the hostile combinations are world-wide, the strife must be world-wide also. These are the literal facts in regard to the world to-day, and we might as well look them squarely in the face and prepare for the issue. T.