The New York herald., 1878-02-11

foul tenements inhaIe not only physical Infection
but also moral disease they bad tho rigut
where crime aud vice should not contamlnats The
honest and industrious workngman. This over
crowdine was not the result accident but tho posi-
tive result OF our Industrial system rho rapid IN.
crease oi crime IN our midst was manly due 10 this
overcrowdne, which leads to the contagion OF evil
example. The Professor read from Testimony given
before the Legislative Committee Crime TO show
the evil effects ol the New York tenement system;
he showed how EdinUursh and Glasgow had success.
fully grapped with the subject, and demanded that
right " virtue which q denied him because his
children and his vile must live and crowd into
sorts where crime and anu lice cenousness abound.
In closing these discourses the social question
the Professor expressed the hope that practical
good had resulted from them Hs pointed with pride
TO the practical results that had already been
pshed by the Society tor Ethical Culture-he estab-
ishment OF three kindergarten schools in the dis
oil the poor the actual organization oil work.
ingman's yccum aud the agitation OF "a colonization
scheme. awe invite the churches, he SAID, ITO
pass our exam Die IN accordance with the of
their means. We suppcate them 10 lay asise this
cause the discussion oil creed anu 10 turn 10 the more
practical the urgently needed. decd. There havo
been great disputes OF late concernin2 the doctrine
Of he'll. Some have gwen Tree play TO their
lurd imagiuatons and described Is agonz1ng
pans as murderer would yio9t over his victim'a
wounds Others drive and TWIST and dstort language
and seek to escape the letters OF dogma which yet
bind them. Others again are bold enough TO avow
their dow nright disbelief You rejoice that at
least have found manly enough TO snake on the
grizzly horror-the gloomy nishtinare' ae was sorry
that Intelligent men should SIM waste tine IN DIS
cussing the Idle question OF future hell ana not see
the present he'll that Is aroupd them-the dark
genenua-where thousands oil children arc annually
sacrificed 10 The Moioch of paupersm 1.-The foul pit OF
our Leneuent dens Hither let them come 70 bring
salvation Here wo wait for Red eemcr!
RLv. ALGERNoN s. CRAPsEY ON co-oPERAT ON.
Tho Rev. AIGernon 5. Crapsey made address u
ST. PauI's Chapel, Broadway aud VeseY street, las
evecng before The workingmcn's Club aud the guido
OF tho chapel the subject OF cooperation. In tnS
course o his remarks ho said thar there thK
city. IN all cities, two classes Of men-the rich aud
the poor Poverty IN some respects was q
blessing, but tho condition Of tho workingmon
OF New York that OF poverty,
Dut misery. They i've in tenement
houses, whore they are mlscra3y cooped together,
bad iood Dave Ozark closets Tor bedrooms, tueir
living rooms deprived "a large extent ol sunshine
ana hgnt 1t WAS mistake to preach that such
should be satisfied with that condition IN whica God
had placed them. GOD mover called 1.-Two
poverty aud darkness. Much u auchorate this could
done by Cooperation. The attention OF the work.
ingtnan should be called not so mGca TO what wages
Men should work together 10 oOa,n the value OF
their money by cooperative stores and thus
become their own capitalists In New York
the workiug gmen generally i've in rooms Tor winch
they pay Sl2 ~ a month. That was ten per cent
spon capital oil s15 900. rne average cost Of
workinRman paid fifteen per cent Oh the amount ln-
vested. Tho value OF mopoy In the market was i've
per ceGt, aud allowing two per cent moro Tor repairs
aud loss OF rent, there WAS st LETT eight per cent
that the workiugman could save. BY cooperative
building societies, IN England, tne workingrIAn
could his home aud have all the privacies
and blessings that were implied In that word