New-York tribune., 1890-08-07
ARISTOCRACY OF WEALTH.
THE AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE AN IMPROVE
MENT on TIE EUROPEAN NOBLE.
ADDRESS BY COLONEL n. w. uIGGINsON AT
CHAUTAUQUA-pLANs or UNIVERSITY EX-
TENSION-TuE ROUND TABLE.
fpy rrrrcP.pu TO THE TRIBUNE.

Chautauqua y. y. Aug. G.-Coloncl Thomas Went
worth Higginsou charmed large audience this morn
ing by talk d" The Ari>tocracy Of the Dollar. lie
bore hard on the vulgar display Of wealth and pointed
ont the dangers to he apprchcndcd from IT, easy ac
question: but reached The optimistic conclusion that
america which won thr respect Of tl' world in the
civil War will never forfeit At in times of p'ace.
The aris;ocIacy OF b'rih,- he said Is dying out.
Three quarters of The English pccTags date back no
further than to tlr American Revolution. Ihc power
Of the House OF Lords IA, gone. The only question
on which it darcs To assert it, rights l. mat oi te
marriage of dccca ed WIGS sister. The principe
Of hereditary Hesitation it is not generally kno" H.
wa, tried in our early colonies. There were laws of
entail and primogcnturc. College rolls wcr' gr'dn
ard according 10 the social position Of the students
Camil.e But all thai disappeared and the ari"tofaN
cf the dollar coar,cr louGer. often more ignorant h"
less attractiv, threatens 20 carry all before IT, 80"
this new afi~tocracy has some married adVahl1-'''
European castles peal, o. human suffering al" '"''
centra;cd cruelty and OPPRESSION Tine A'her'"'h ~
ten rcprc,euts things that bring people toS'hc'
railroads, steamboats, factories the works "t pea'e
and NOT of ho,tty. Il represents good deeds hcip'
thc world while the arstocracy Of birth threatens Z"
DESTROY il by violence. II does not impose "W'''
Difference for wealth cannot forget IL or|''
81 an, q tr.,-:cc Of three budirg~ at Cambridge
Mass which have been erected h' f""hf man W"
sbc Pacific C,i,t at q cost of s1oon'o. a. -i' ~
gratitude 10 ll~ naive IjWi' ~ ~ ''' '''
of sympathy. which such do'd' J. p'e>'"' i '''''"
that anarchy will have any tcrrol'.
I'm ,,o.t,, a man recently got % Iich thh h'
,,,l,,.t ,r,,rd T., nay hi- taN bill =" ne "ch u HIS
,,ti,o village paid al it, running expenses n"'
.,vcd 10000 by the operation ever !F"' i"''
town i, now the bet lighted and h'' 'h" "'''
, io Massachusetts but ,uppo-ius that 90 on.
and cv, ~ town becomes virtually ~" T'TN -, VIZ
rich man How much wonm BE- pa"'lc'lN -" 90
tle Declaration of lnIcp .ndcn'c III Wis d'h-''
- ,ic ,ti.to,rycv Of the dollar is mot in d. i'll
mediate mower hut IN the Mc, tla' ~; J. I'"
tis,r M. un~-ed Il cputopndN all So a. '''' I" "'"'
Pore Tran va. a cob5rr iu his "dN \''''' anu
took a ,,hI.r- tool, FOR hi- coat oi aln- '"' ''
i'm Nr-,pnrt for t,clv" y~t"~ and never 80" %"
single ,.tr!a-c q rrcoQnit"n "f the f"l H''' d
owrcr didn't iuh.rt n wath from 'c'eH 3'"'"
lion. ol crowned heads. ~til believe that H'
ir.tocl.,c, uf tlc doili- prepares the way i' '''
tu, better NAT Sire ar.>tocta'y OF so" nIli'"" VIII
ay. v.,y T., the ari~tocIicy oi The m'h'n .N''i ''
tlr.c j, = vast principe Il '"mi'n '''' ""''
emf uatnc /, i-ut the quantity of t"'nI-' "" INV
ou,lit, Of enjoyment. that malice tl" difference
5cw,cn man aud man. and 80 'dn'a'"" s"''''' J "i'
learn lo value money l'e-.
At the University Extension Conference thi> "i'o'
noou. Dr. ~ r. Harper presided. tnad'0'ua p'"
po,c- thu yca,." Do" ..t. Z" r-iib,''h ".i. w.,
tension '"ur-c, u ten or '"rn' ,' ,,t o." '. -, ,
state c-pc,iLllv wh're th''r l- %" "' 90
.,ytiyc other, 100 connect Fitl - M''N I''"'' '.
,,r,.- pn-~tilr. g'd To- iNNI' th' '" P'' '''' "a
snail college Ne d'-lr. 10 conduct ~ ri.i .i''
G..tuc' rour-,, oi STUDY. and ucAl scar i'.' wa Z m
~, ,tt.,.ut ia .,f rp -iiil ,lu~cr ri'"u between
nn.vc.-N extension aud -Dmmr7 Co.. .n'" -. L','io,
p.v4 already been delivered here under ir- - '''n
'Itr .-,., .ur.r,-" Professor s. l.. Nc'imt"'N 'nl
Dr Frederic. -iarr also spoke.
81 tr~ Round iah" N.--i'r' W'i' p.','" i',f W.
.--.., .- DID,. tttava. Kan. Mlr'Ha !..'. VI. ii.
~onth l.ru.u-nar. Mass. silver L1a'. e. b.. '.'i"
Nrh ,rd -.uort- were received rom IH'-' t''
,~i. uIc f. dly Iueul'i au afternoon r'i'r'
- winch Mis- Ncllo Brown Pond read. asa ''' @'.
bert Lusijottc -tu-. AID 'i 'vt1ih- p'f'iI"'' ''
,ii, ,,cI .irt Tthl .i. t0ut'uf- .,,
There have arrived Mr. .. H.. i9tc Hr" - t..
samuel HUNT; &.nGpnatu l.,i, M,, ~ y W.. .'"