New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-25

himself ana MS IdInll,' II P'
trary is offered, proof that cannot DC sa'hSdio'
in dozen instances or a hundred 'heSe are
believed altogether exceptional cases anu the
or;u;on of great body OF people regarding
canital. the press and the Church remains ABB
solutely unatered.
Whose fault is it? For there is fault some
,ybere an opinion so deeply rooted ana SO
stubborn and withal so sweeping IN It's con-
domination and often so unjust, cannot eXSt
,,;tbout great blame on the part OF somebody.
IL there is to be found any reasonable excuse
Gov Il in the conduct Of the great majority OF
those condemned, they arc to blame. But II
tbcre is 10 reasonable excuse the people VINO
hold such thoughts are doing great injustice.
T. If the fact that the we'll TODD, most of whom
have risen from poverty by their own eXertlons'
combine to tramplc on others who strive to
rise? Is it the fact that newspapers as a rule
suffer the interests of the wealthy to sway
their columns against the interests OF the poor!
Is if the fact that the churches are losing their
hold upon the mass of men, so that iniidehty
snrcads with socialistic ideas like pestilence,
because the sacred house is made comfortable
for the wealthy only, and they only are well
come there?
When men think of these things dispassion-
atelv they are forced to admit that there IS
wrong on both sides. In part the complaints
arc well founded There are employers VINO
opnress the men and women they hire beyond
endurance and beyond dccency. Neither press
nor Church excuses them and they are not the
majority. but how arc they treated by Chris
,ian community? Do worthy men and women
refuse 70 trade with them, and force them to
realize that public sentiment VIII not toicra'o
their acts? Or is it true that thclr ouSillcSS
thrivcS. and the stores where their goods may
be sold are crowded with the respectable people
of every city and town, only because they can
sell chcaply. having robbed labor OF part OF
ia inst reward? j. it true that good society
and the Christian men and women OF New
yorl, refuse to buy from those who wrong tho
workers. male or female, or to associate win
tboso whose wealth has been made by inIus-
ticc?
But when all this and much moro has been
admitted il must yet he said that the prevail
ing prejudice oe the poor does great injustice
n q large proportion Of those who have sue
cocded in life. Wealth is not always nara or
cruel rs thousands of employees well know.
Riches arc not always nor generally employed
10 Cypress if they were, prosperity "ouIu n"'
he nossible. 70 ,ay nothing Of the private
generosity which ahoundS. or of the hospitals
or schools or Organized charities almost with
ont number. ono must acknowledge that there
is = crcot number Of citizens whose treatment
~ others is honestly governed by the golden
r,lc. Neither can il be said that the spirit or
,caching of the Church is generally or even
often. against the true interests OF the labor'ns
peorlo or the poor. but, on the contrary most
clcrcvmcn labor increasingly 10 make the Ia"
If love supreme in human life.
Tho weakness Of mny newspapers : 'ha'
tboy court the multitude too much. FOR ever!
ono that hahitually crrS by leaning unJuS'IH
,o,,,rd me side OF wealth there can he i"uhd
hundreds that pandcr to the very prejudice ny
which all newspapers are indl'cnmna'e'H con
dcmned. The wcll-to-do are few ana inc
millions make the press prosperous. ne per
no,u,l tomp,aiion i, 10 forget tho night Whch
II il, the cause Of the few. and 10 speak SoitIF
81 tho wrong in which millions have snare
Rat the cheap dcmacoguc keeps himself alive
Nv abusing newspapers, churches and all men
,ho.a success has been earned by merit II
Is ono crying OWL Of the times that too many
li.tcn 10 his words.