Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-18
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The Episcopal Church Congress.

The Episcopal Church Congress.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18-Tne Rsv. Reese
F. AIsop, D D., Of Brooklyn, N Y, opened
the second day'a proceeding of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church Congress this morn.
Ing with an address on Socialism. he rsp.
Idly ske:ched In outlines the theories OF
Henry George, and the delightful dream OF
Belamy, and pointed ont the differences be-
tween the most noted advocates OF eocIals.
tic lheos'ss. Qlotiog the fable OF the man
who killed the goose that lsid the golden
eggs, he urged the addiction to !he present
sfstsm OF SOCIAL aoouomicz, and bed thst II
labor forosd chsnse, IL might kl! ths gocee
and lose the golden eggs He did not bs-
leye that tha present conditions Wer) 90
bad az they were made cut to be-. Tmift
had i's reward. enterprise rarely failed 10
reap Its pref. L.bor. tnrlfs, OF pl'ai and
enter price had wrought wonders, seconded
by inventive genius. Somebody must be
thrifty II capital vas TO BE- saved. Were
savings male vauelesa, was he interest
bsariog power CT moasg des o I'D, Why
should any ono save? The great maas OF
men would loee the Incentive TO thrifs, and
there woud be dimunition 10 the produc
tive power of the world. Every one of the
| socaistic au,hors we're bitterly opposed to
| observation-disclosures IVES thu leader in that
movement. To expect thrift and we'll be-
| log TO result from such theories would
be 20 expect the stream t., riss higher
| than liza sourcs. Indivldual Industry was
| to be dismissed 10 the limo of die.
ca!dsd past. Was there not danger that
The supply Of golden eggs would fail
There were blitsr complaints of the pres.
ent system oil wealth distribution and 1t was
asserted that Its tendency was to enrich the
few and impoverish the many. Was that
true? Adam Smith hundred years ego
had shown that 1t wae not ard the facts of
to-day bore him out. Interest was steadily
dimin.shing and the profits Of many lines of
trade were 80 low that buairess would be
i'm practicable II not conducted on go large
ecale. Labor prof1ted at the expense OF CAP
its. It was not true that the rich were
getting richer and tho poor eating poorer.
The laborer of to-day had pianos cad pic
tu.es; lad we'll supplied table AID epjo7-
ed luxuries that we're not dreamed of by ,hs
lsborer hundred years ago. The tendency
oil capital was to push down prices and 60
help the consumer who was the laborer.
Out Of every hundred eggs the goose sid
80 per cent, at lsast, went 10 the workman
aud not more than 10 to the capitalist.
There were abuses under the system such
ss vast monopoiee and trusts that led to IL
legitimate profits. But they were the dis |
ease of the system sud to eradicate Ii would |
not be to destroy the body.
Professor Gould took the place Ia the PRO |
gramme assigned originally 10 Rev. Pascal |
narrower, of Staten Island. N Y, who was |
unable to be present. Professor Gould |
held that competition meant that two per. |
cons or more were trying to get the same
thing; In business It meant that one man
| was trying to get all and leave nothing to |
his competitor. That vas not the proper |
spirit OF self love The community Which |
coaeumed the dealers products was steadily |
pressing for cnesper prices and the dealer |
gave them cheap products-cheap and |
nasty. AdulteEation vas general. Nothing |
could be bought for the house or the
home that was not adulterated.
The great evil was not that party OF the |
people were msds to be poor, but that those |
who cams together In the churches were 40 |
poor in spirit. socialism sought to have
the community take all business into Its
own hands. There were certain weighty
advantages in that. l. would give employ.
ment to all, erd how many rich mems sons
were unemployed and growing mp to no
purpose The serious evil In tho soc!slIslic
system was the destruction Of Individuality.
IL was a question whether It was proper TO
substitute one evil for another.
Rev. 81. a. Bartlett Of Montehonin, D,l, de.
c,red that given Christianity democracy was sure
TO come. After democracy social SIN xoald come 1t
only within the present century tho worlds
fourth estate-lsbor. had come to be appreciated.
Always the first to feel the str.ss OF evil times,
always the last 10 appeal against their hard lot.
Among the members CT this estate Christianity
had first taken root. Now it demanded q fair
distribution Of the worlds wealth. It was impos
sible to say what forms socialism in its develop.
ment would take. 1t might be sometimes ridicu.
lnus and sometimes dangerous. That had been
true Of religion and OF al reformatory growths.
Other addresses were made By Rows. P. w.
sprseue, OF Charlestown Mass. VIM. Prsll, Of
Detr cit; DR.. KirKus Of Bal imore and ]. o. s.
Huntington, of New York.
Rev. r. T. Ely, Of Johns Hopkins University,
Oh account o. illness, and Mr. Henry George, OF
New York for domestic reasons, did rot mako al
dle5ses, es expected.