Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-14

Genera al Booth will Publish a Book In
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LCopwght 800 6vJames Gordon Bemett.l

ltOl)WiYNt iSD DVJdnl&uOftDh Bennett.
LONDON, Sept. l3.-TNew York Herald
Cable-SpeCial to The BEE. l--General
Booth ofthe Salvation army has underta AIKEN
to osettle Offha and, ina book he is about to pub
ish most of the great social Ques tions that
have perple xed philosophers, theologians and
political economists for ages. In a ecentin-
tewielvi in the Chronicle the general set forth
at some len 9Th his IDEAS, from whi ch select
the fo lowing; 'sYes,'' remarked General
Booth, "the schemeis big one and L hope
also one likelyt to do some good lam glad
and encou ragged to find emineut men
sympathetic tOwardit. have had inquiries
about it tfrommen like Cardin al Manning, the
earl of RoSeberry Lord WOlsley Henry
George, Michael Davitt DIR, Clifford and
Others whose names L do not at this mo ment
remem mbcr. The functions of our social sys-
ten, as they appear to me, seem to work
wrongly. The idea of reformation does not
seem to oentcrmto the most Of our cal cua-
tins when dealin g with aviciOus POPULATE
Ifa man falls and becomes a social wreck it
is either the result Of his own fault
or he is the victim Of misfortune.
The purpose Ofmy schemeis tohelp that man,
whether he has fallen on account of one
cause orthe other. If aman's poverty and
destit ution are tn G resultof vice on his part,
you must change that mans nature, for if
You do not hewill most readily sin k back into
his old cond iOn. Likewise, if man is the
victim Of circumstances, you must lift him
from those circumstances andput him in the
way of beginning new life If man is
Starving If he sees his wife and children
starving he flies to the gin cup to drown his
care. The result isincreased deg radiation
"In cities ,ve shall have in dustrial refugees
and homes for the immediate reception ofour
people. From these refugees and homes they
will, after little time, DO gradually distrb
uted to rural settlements to agric ultural vii
lagos and con- munities which we hope to
settle in the country, and from these
again to settlements in the colo
nies- settlements which may who knows.
be the fou In dation Of another empire Again,
an instance on the other line on whichthe
scheme would work-I may mention the res
cue of women, "A work In which the Salvation
army has alpady done much. That work
could be extend ed indefinitely. The women
COULD, by gradual sy stem ofcare, protection
and training, be made respecta 5le me nbers
Of society again. Perhaps some Of them
might 20 a broad and enter into suitable serv-
ice, while Others might be thoroughly re-
claimed at home, From the status or scrv-
ants they might rise to the higher
level Ofwives and mothers, forgetting their
past and proud OF their present.
"My latest work has teen upon part of
the scheme in which perhaps special interest
will be taken-I mean great matr mOni al
agency, How many thousands Of men are
there in far away parts OF the earth who
would be glad to get good wives and whOcan-
not get tthemi How ulany women are there
in the ranks Of home society who would make
the best of wives, but who remain spinsters
Wouldlt not be touching our social condi-
tons intimately II these two classes by some
proper method, could be brought within reac h
Of each otheri This may seem a surprSin g
notion to some people at hrstsight believe
me, there isa great deal in it,"
Speakingo of the negro the general said ;
The negro perS Onally Is asyet an unknown
quantity. His character intelle cual ability
and spiritual capacity are as yet compara-
lively undiscovered We sec him only in a
savage state almost, Just emerging from slav-
cry, but even now, where inindividual cases
he has had equal opportunities, he will IA
vorably compare with the white man.
quite possible for us to
| argue, therefore, that after years OF
| civilization, education and Christian
influence he will equal, if he does not actu.
| ally surpass thewhito man in those things
| that now make the latter so much his super.
! iOr.'
Such are fewof the ideas that General
! Booth will set forth in a book, the title OF
| which, singlarly well chosen, is; Darkest
England and How to Get Out" This curious
work will appearin October