The evening world., 1888-11-07

lfFom he Warrington tTpuhnH"i
The New York EVENING WORLD 10 compelling Its
readers to educate themselves, in q manner, by
requesting their written opinion on various sub
jects suggested by the paper. The latest question
for consideration Is: "ff you had a million dollars
what would you do with It, ana what would you
do with yourself"
This Is u poser. While many people think they
know what they would do with II, their ideas are
probably very wide of what the reality would he.
Very few people can comprehend this enormous
sum. A thousand dollars In cash at one time, pos
sessed by the ordinary individual, would be likely
to turn his head. A million dollars would be q
thousand times a. much. A man earning LOCO a
year would have TO labor ], 900 years TO
inc amount. II 1t were In one-dollar bills It
would be dinlcult to count It inside Of q week.
What would you do with III.
There are fine houses to buy, elegant furnish
ings for them, fancy eqnipnRes; there are starving
children, shivering women ana desperate men, all
looking Tor relief. There are eDjoyments OF the
palate and luXurlcs OF dress tempting on one side,
and poor people In the slums, whose Ignorance
and poverty lead to crime, disease and death, call
pend this vast sum for your own comfort and
pleasure or would you try to benent your fellow
creatures7
Perhaps the best way to determine what people
would do with n million Is to carefully observe
what others have done. The first thought is now
to make IL grow. ''Old Hutch p" and others of bis
class have used the power which q million gave to
force contributions from the people suiicient 70
make other millions. Jay Gould no sooner mac
oht INV thah hS 'eoh ~ y
millions, and that two four, and that four eight
and they went on multiplying until he really does
not know how much he Is worth. But he cannot
sleep o. nights.
George w. Childs ia said to be q millionaire, and
although his millions, like those OF otner men, con
stantly augment, yet II does not appear that they
accumulate on his hands. lie seeks where he eau
do most good ana tighten heavy hearts and ease
the burdens Of those who struggle under lfes
weary load. Would you do az he has donef Would
you corner wheat or scatter sunshine 2 Would you
form a Trust or build a hospital 2
Perhaps our readers would like to know what we
would do were we suddenly to become possessed
Of this mythical million. In the frst place tue
Craftsman should have o home OF It's own; II
should be enlarRe ed and printed from the best ma
terial on the most improved machinery. The
ablest writers would be employed and the circula-
ton pushed In every place where the English lam
Ruape In spoken. Would we furnish the paper
face? Oh, no Workingmen are apt 70 prtze TOO
lightly what they get for nothing. We think we
should the rather raise the subscription price TO "
per year, and then raise the wages OF all our en-
ployees In order to SET @ good example TO other
business men. And then-yeg, the editor should
have q new hat and q suit Of clothes, made In this
country by union tailors. And also q turkey on
Thanksgiving, and-but his dream OF bliss Ia too
bright 70 last. This is the nrst OF the month, and
bills are coming in faster than the dollars for sub
scriptions. We viii resume this interesting sub
ject when when we get the million.