New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31
CAPITALIST AND LABORER.
THE PULPITS WARNING VOICE 10 EACH


R;sbop Henry C. Peters advice in his recent
,or i;,cY rexar OF tue Importance OF setting Ger
before people Of his diocese FOLLOWED
.,ordav In several churches. AT Calvary Church the
DR. Ucury Satteree continued the discussion OF tns
,,.,t begun week before. After wing the nnpar"
Of the United States and the consequent
accountability upon their citizens. he called attention 70
. fact that Socialism in this country and 10 rspdy
on the The party cries OF csptal ana LABOR
re making themselves loudly felt and heard cach
.uceeeling year. The wealth, great as IL 49, Is most
un,yenly divided and distributed among INC p'ope'
Que cannot say truly that every nan IN TINS Tree iahu
has ample opportunity to rise There are othe orees
NJ work than those OF personal effort personal
honesty and personal economy creating THIS unequal
d,.trbut,on OF wealth aud keeping some poor one OF
these forces 10 aachuery. necessarily vested In Few
ner,ous Iu tho practical part of his sermon Dr. sat-
terlee said:
"a large number OF capitalists and corporations
make of the power they already possess TO
more by entering into those pools snd e"mpnn.ios
through which trade may Oc commanded ana prio e
raised do you rra,c MIA MA 'ao.c in wheat is to
those VITO have their daily bread; cuIner ID, u.
irss of the country corner in cotton to thousands
OF mil operatives; corner IN coa' " '"o'' "A
Not all Tue dicaty Of the labor question Gs sr c se the
moved 10y sending az the poor the true relation
tween aad wealth is solved me oauct,"n ali
sre s mav sSsrs Bat for us here IN this
church ths morning the consideration OF this 4ucs'',
ia NARROWED by circumstances Oh ths case. ~ We ~,
70 bear our part educating the pubic conscience we
must CONSIDER the beam that IA In our own eye
nut ~ milling out that IL in our Drotner eye
rne c!owning fslt the crying sn OF the wc"it ,
classes. that1s honoyeomolng ther mves, our Of
with evil is failure to realize the respohsio"'y VI
wealth. -,., g., .,o,r,a lov ma
so,ieiy now constituted but the mora Jaw - III a., ~, v
The man Of wealth right TO use hs wealth III any
when his rich employer ponds thousands In educa ing
his children, or IN living "a hls social p1st!on
money upon trifes that makes him otter ana de
fant The great nanciers and captaiis,s OF me nusa
rrss centres believing that they regulate the 'rae
the country know moi the power OF these great ousuo
s0es %s x know not what Neither
mora sense nor the power OF sympathy can D. snu-
secisl standing educaiior are God-glven powers and
snonld Used accordingly There should pe no waste
in following passing fashion. in educating children IN
style OF living or in prod ga expenditures merely ior
the eratihcatIou of self or selfish pleasure
A RELIGIOUS STUDY OF THE LABOR PROBLEM.
The Rev. Dr. W. r. Huntington. OF Grace Church.
smoke OF the responsibilities that rest on labor saying
in part:
shall range my suggestions under the head OF GER
tam good Bible Here for instance is an ad-
mirable incentive TO tnoroughness. study to snow
fhyself a workman that need not he ashamed lnree
causes operate to hinder the dongs o. good WORK
Stupidity neompetsney ana idcneS n1ere to
blame. The iniquity OF 1t lies at tue door OF lne ON
poyers But said that besides the poor WORK done
the dciae OF the employers covctoushcss tnc,o ~
also poor work done AT the dictate of ORGANIZATIONS
fI4tM
for fear lest incompetent and the lazy may suffer too
much IN the coinparIson his msy he a libel Lev US
for mes lines IS THIS. BE slow to- WRATH just
as the blood OF Christ makes us way into human veins
complain of the harLheartcdncss OF their employers
Contractors complain of the treAclery OF the men whom
they employ. Union men dcnouuco noh-unOn men ioi
making common cause with the capitalists; non'uniou
men denonnce union men LOT lner cru Gruci" a"" op
Here is another very simple. but aso very u'ne ~
maxim: BE sober" very considerable aoOreVlatioh
of, IA. daY IA rcad
ton OF labOrsasing machinery and THIS agency VIII s
greater reduce It, But what causes anxiety is the
oue.on How is tue larger leisure thus received des
tined lie Employed II we empty the factories Two
hours earlier ony to I'll the bar-roon TWO hours earlier
what will civil z,iion have gained Hence the Intimate
connection between tho LABOR question AM tne temper
ance question. 1t n this folly OF the docinalte 10 I'm
aglDe hat he Can persuade workingneh 20 doVote an
the hours OF labor to the mprovenent minds
But it is not too much OF any man u ask ta' ne DC
tS, Let no man deceive you with vain words. There
is real danger from this quarter. some OF tne van
hood ana others Their half truth To illustrate the
former, lake the Communstc dosna - Property Is r,o
phrase "The rich are growing richer, s anm
that The true formula Is: Tho rich are
growing richer and the poor are growing richer.
leading up is BE sc also patient" But must not
permit mere maxns, however timely, to au our sense
Win an atmosphere TINS whole subject is penetrated
and tiDced. The greater than solomon must Ieach us
true wisdom.
The Rev r. Heber Newton, in All Souls Church,
preached the third OF his OF sermons on the
'Present Aspect OF the Labor Problem He said in
part
soci.v, interests are al stake In this contest wagine
bet wee cni al and labor. For the first time IN the
a,'nny n. as "a a GOSPEL savant like Eise Re-
cluse aIisocr"t IKE iIInoe -. 81
Fairs never heard bante appeals 10 class nav eu
than great cities have heard wlni9 'ne las, uee
10
ins,uuatory appeals has deliberately gwen to the
public 1cndsh BOOK when even s.Tois W n n,
in Tho Sarare of the Tue pest Ol All poi'
sons he saws "ls poison Of the dead human Doy
la themselves sucn hends IN In'n a. ay n
give tue opportunity for which these monsters ne ID
hundreds OF hands aud them III ldeness is enlist
Ing followers for Most. LIT the arm OF law be para
Is zed for days let trvelbe stopped ana
cation OF wne mobs are In our streets ana VINO
venture to preiic. the scenes ina. may emr"e so
run in blood. But tue Republic may disappear, as
again and again republics nave haS @sner 0'
Tae essens. fault OF capital seems 10 me 10 DE its
sNal revolution II is IN the in eress OF society tina,
tins evolution should progress naturally ne esenudi
o.ile iiat III ev1aiion of the higher economic and
soc al order il brought aboat not thtough cta-
clysus but through a gradual orderly, peaceful nat,
uia development out OF The present system The social
order. ~ t.. with all IT'S nanliou
is he result of generations and centuries OF human ION
IL holds ire pro,ise and potency of vastly greater
gam. Given Improvements ia society when Ie are
revolution of history would le realized In
ruth however as sought TO hint III The previous
sermons the chief esponsDy for the present state OF
things lies neither with capital or yet with iapor mo
marveousy RAPID introduction OF hinery mas
very much to 10 with the situation Inc proOiom ls
further complicated by the breaking down OF toe on
tm,.b.rr,rs hot iii Teut nations Ihere 10 Dut
one market, and that 10 the Worldwide market. ~.
There Is Que the problem which we Can SET az
vors AT ,uce-leeling TO this appeal Today In the
name OF ciyilzatious farest flower the greatest a"u
most benefcent Of cart tina republics beautn" uai. ~ u,
which nemn,v weayes fresh garlauds for the tonbs oil
the Nation's saviors aud patriotism sings the giores
OF their heroic deeds Why should capital ana Iaooi
vii for The end Of bitter strife 10 find that after all
their interests are commoni Why reach peace on }
through te nsrrles OF industrial war! Beneath the
snaiow of our great Grants tomb. laien Win the
flowers OF a grateful land the Nation when nc saVeu
lays ts hand pom her angry children. Whispering Lot
have peace