Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-14
CHURCH QUARRELs.
Merchant Magnates and dangling
Bells in the Metropolis.

that agitate public bodies. They bring
about mors Of the latent hypocrisy of hu-
man nature, more OF the petty bitterness
and narrow-mindedness which even large
natures cannot wholly avoid than any
other form Of pickering in which men en-
rage. 1t is indeed curious spectacle to
observe a belligerent deacon praying for
another who has defended him approach
ing the intolerable brightness OF the
scriptural great white throne in the be-
ieweled and eternal city, and thrusting
mis- small venom and insidious hypocrisy
mon the attention OF Omnipotence.
Few pastors dare to silence the hypo-
critics, bores and dried up and tough
old sheep of the fold who persistently OBJ
trude themselves upon public notice on
every possible occasion. The quarrel
among the various members of the Dodge
and James families respecting the man
agement of the church In which they are
especially interested ia, l understand,
stiIl in progress. This is the first time
that any quarrel has ever arisen between
these two families, although they have
been associated in business fer fully sew
epty years. They were all originally
members Of the metal house of Phelps,
Dodge & Co., the firm which came into
disagreeable prominence some years ago
through charges brought by Jayne, the
Treasury detective, that its mem bers had
been guilty of frauds on the revenue.
Jayne was pale, thin and lame, and ap-
uarently about to draw his last breath,
but he had vitality enough to sit all day
on high stool porting over the great firms
accounts, and then to spend half the night
plaving poker at the AstOr House. or
this firm he Jameses lived in Liverpool,
and the Dodges and Stokeses in New York.
The origin of th s house, by the way, was
very humble Now it is worth perhaps
S3O, 100000. Phelps, Its founder, was
once a small dry goods dealer, and his
son-in-law, the late William E. Dodge.
who had also sold ginghams and prints,
Joined him. The metal and hardware
business increased in their hands very
materially. They soon learned that there
was more profit in the importation OF
RUSSIA sheet iron than in any other arti-
Gle in which they traded. The iron ia
made in Russia and is by far the best OF
its kind IN the world. The process of
manufacture has always remained a &C.
cret. The Russian manufacturers guard
it with jealous care. Probably it would
cost Russian his life to reveal the secret.
IL is as unknown to the outer world
as the darkest depths of the Siberian
mines. Our best chemists and metallurg-
lists have been unable to successfully
initiate the smooth, lustrous iron from
the land f the Slae. 1t Is used mainly
for stove pipes and is more extensively
employed in this country than in any
other. Nowhere else are such long pipes
used in connection with stoves. In Eng
land and France comparatively few
stoves are used. and In Germany they are
not OF the same pattern, being in that
country more like part OF the house aud
built in with brick work and porcelain.
Jiiiatu r Dn6 20 nd his asao-
ciates discovered where to make the best
bargains in Russia iron, who were the
large manufacturers, and in fact every
thing that could be learned concerning
the trade. Their profits were enormous.
One oil the firm was dispatched to Liver
pool, where he made his permanent home.
That mart is the principal centre OF the
tin trade, which is manufactured in
COrnwell and Wales. The American
soon learned how to underbuy and cOnse-
quently TO undersell all other com etitors.
The profits OF the house ran up to 81 ,000,-
700 year. William E. Dodge was Con-
1ecticut Yankee with not a little of the
Puritan in his composition. He came to
New York about 1925, He was man of
strong religious convictions and gave
literally to churches and charitable in
situations. He resigned as a director of
railroad company because trains were
run on Sunday. He severed his conuec-
ton with the Union League because wines
we're sold by the club TO its members. To
the cause of temperance he gave far
greater financial aid than any other per-
son In this country. His nature was
sombre, Puritan like. He had fanati-
cal confidence in his own opinion, bad
something of the steel or Ice OF John
dow ards character viewed from q GER
TAIN standpoint, and yet he did not lit
Tie good in his day, and now his statue
stands in grand repose at Thirty-third
street and Sixth avenue. His sons were
not all 80 austere. Charles became a
Lieutenant Colonel in a British regiment;
STUART took orders as clergyman, and is
now engaged on a biography of his
father.
but began speaking of churches, and
'nls subject in connection with business
men recalls the fact that Jackson S.
ocnuIlz, the millionaire, recently an
1ounctd his intention to renew his war;
idFe In the custom OF ringing church bells
10 New ork. Froude finely says that
Ine sound ola church bell is the echo of
vanished age. That is to say, of an age
Wnen a bell was a necessity in sum-
mohlng wOrshipers to service. Church
ueiIs are associa, ed with some of the most
aVIracuVe OF our recOllectiOns in lltera-
.ure Or OF Individual experience. But in
treat crowded city physicians testify
,uaI tney 10 real harm; they have proOa-
Wy killed not few inValids by noisy nui-
tsuce none the less sure because IL was
sloW. Inc sound OF church bell coming
rom some white steepled church on a
Instant NIL amid pastoral scene Is very
inherent from that of the insufferable
sngiing OF TIE bells in a fashionable New
iork church, proclaimin2 a service over
sne cold remains OF n religion elsewhere
warm and attractive. In these DAYS OF
Glocks bell is really unnecessary, and
10 great cities the distant parishioners
cannot hear it. The invalid on bed of
e'os ness In the crisis of disease writhes
unuer Tue nuisance as under the strokes
VI lash, and the rest that might have
.eI 10 convaleeceDce is changed TO the
eAnausllon pretending dissolution. The
S.uelty OF religious bigotry, the steel-like
Sature OF certain ecclpsiastics could not
ave more striking exempt icatiOn than
~ tue refusal IN moet cases OF these per-
j Ioue 10 lake any steps toward correct
,In OF TINS evil. The Rev. Mr.. Kainsford,
.pe rector OF st. Georges Church, In
reePy old stuyvesantl,Quare,i is young
VVIsHsDman, athletic and pugnacious.
nen nc became rector of ST. Georges,
70" years ago, he decided u
"ake up the parish, and he did so; he
,epI Tue bells ringing throughout most OF
I've uay Tor services never known before.
~ me Old New Workers. who sleep In the
dua.hl old churchyard could, have heard
ue tu'nult they would have stared with
"'iS cement at these new-fangled ideas
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