New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08

course. That keep their capital in business
as they labor for capital j. the tool by WHEN
they work wonders but beyond the capital necessarily
20 employed the aim Of the millionaire should be % |
die pJOr The Of surplus wealth foi objects WHO"
commend Themselves - the administrator ~ the best
calculated to pronot. the genuine Improvement oil Ms
fellows is believed to be the best possible solution oil
the question Of wealth and poverty. Those INTO |
whose hands surplu, wealth flows thus become irn'-
tee. ard administrators oi the Public ,., 8. "a, |
pabe of dong public good than II 1t had reIhatu
scattered In the hands Of thou-aal, pr"9aDN - oi
FILTERED away. TO establish a Cooper lhsutuls VI
New York. Pratt Institute OF Hrookyn a pTeAHGJ'
Institute Of Philadelphia. the Pratt llbfaIie, o. nai'
more, To be,t0w a public park or hospital l''lul'o'
great sum. which di,buIscd among the mdnsgg>'
make bold to say would be prcNuctvs hard Of one
who considers himsef the trustee OF the poor an" e.
In the admnisroi Of surplu. wealth IT /; earn
esy 10 he hoped that wisdom will prevail l"e ,I -
something far more injurious 10 o nvery thousand
dollars spent upon sOcalcd objects 81 clild' !,
IS not az oyereStimate t. ,ay tit m'e II is 80 given
a u to encourage IN. growth OF those evils from which
a "a in most Of the fmi,cry Of human life. The re
to benefit one class almost inevitably Operates to me
injury OF another The latter being the gown VI
natural causes, Is by far the most important - P'
The more one studies the question OF weal,h amn
poverty the more difficult does II See r !" nvnriahlc
iice,Imonv of those noblc men and women who are
living today i'm the slums Of New York ana lnhu i
lcf ' that ' the chief oStacic to Improvement With
which they have to contend i: indlscrimnate II
of no less than twenty three fraudulent charity
organizations In THIS cy III of W sSa n too care
less to weigh whether they are not promo''"s wa
and disconnhng what is good {. ., administer It
carefully in helping and women TO heip ,"S
selves lie who gives to beee1r oil WY" t ,, ",nr,t
he knows nothing probably commits on. Gt , ,n wo en-
actions OF hi, life for he has In all pro 20 much as
e hnS rrcouraccd these he ha discouraged sobIiey
ana industry he has rewarded vice and pn1SIhJ,l i
heart, TO saw nothing OF his Judgment 1t Is done 10
and must rank thoroughly selfish 'o'' u'"' "
violation OF the dictates II stern duV.
ART1CAL CURE PROPOSED.
Tho question arises How are the hoarder' WIZ
cvade the gospel OF wealth TO be reacneu- ''o''
fail T. administer their surplus as tili'' Ipr INV r
Of their felowsl The greatest care must De "
rot 70 impair the forces OF acquisition. me NAM
.prinr 81 enterprise is still selfish gain The huiin
,einc uust not he restrained from gathering ana
LAYING nm honey in the social live. for The community
f. NOR, nteres ted in the accumulation o. wealth. "i'
the individual who Acquires II, for uHdcf P'rse"' '
d,lons wealth IS the slave Of genuine lCgreN'' We
must let the worker alone during Ms me- pu' nv
death tie state should step IN ana dciahy Txatiam
~ ls hoard through a graduated system 81 tN,'io ~,
Every fortune left by hoater should anYntS
,I,a Sat. I'm proprOtlOn to IT. size sih'll
ie,t 10 those dependent upon the d"ccdent m,hs ~
emit but the scale rising by sep, mmum VII" bnuId
mc.lS fortunes reaching INTO MANY n'ig }, fr. If
BE- Gccrccd that "onc-lah zoe, to the pFVy c"e'' ."
The H,aG c proportion which the laws Of vcnic" cx
acted fr5m her -hyock. Onr modern snyi2ch, sH'u,u
he made 10 conribut" at least u, mn1' w. In in
his country. but have for 'I'tit iHlUl' ~ :,
TO about one thousand million dollar per iI,, I,i
must De- at least fifteen hundred hui, nun wcr. col
us Assuming that only On"lith Oh I'M, wv, nr,,,,
lcctod by tho state. we have th"r ,t -, pay The
dollar, per annun. sum innl'o :nv.rninort Every
ordinary expenditures OF the ,'o''I 1',i1 in M.
dollar Of taNes rlHlrcd miS, io eaoi with the
,orcc, which tend to the development oi th' co,,,I
through ne prGGn,i9n c II ,ls II he nd that ,uc
take. would b" cVaded 10y men ul,,ilo"linN nj -
wealth before death. 80 mlch IN" u'',,' l'' ,.cb
the very end We have In Vl'w l.r We t ~ hrr
mon ~ become their own executors "l Pr ~ III
wealth and eacr ana Gr,", and PR Scau"ata to
those I; cannot benefit II th" dl't1bnu'h 49, "'''o
som. conntcs already COLLECT large sums Trough
such tayrs In Great Britain 10" rF'hur from "t,"N
and succession duiic- In l-9o 2noit,d " r', nr
irs;nnlrc 80 far q, have been able o ~, ertni "n
thre state q our Wcn Ia'g nrp 1 mpon Lcs-h
,nrc, that ihcl, H. an amount u undevcnp'H W'9"n
n n".G TO Tor as Ir,c orccon II easily be made :?
pr0ducc more tlan any po,Sib" ,hs'' w "I,' ,1t
mgG t T '' Who can We .rar- IT,. ani 'pcahlnc
generally only upon tho h.ni~.S WI" VII, ~ rnuch
beN Wi ' MAN., n'ce.si,lcs ard the desire for wealth
have up to this ume. and are today. tn' Pr9lt ~
centlve and man.pfine Of pr'.rc'~i Ngs a., fame.
Lighcr motive than that 4 gain IN tho breasts am
mated 10y ambition. the de7lir Tor "'' ~. II. -,
pl1co We have lawyer superior I" con,i.eiu''", f
i,ro,jtr. we have few judge, who ar not 80 M'l
who choose tho noble career 81 en,hihS 'an n.y.
,nov.ucd for self ancc1on and devotion T. In h"y
can lie ri the alienation II human nl,cy. ,h
:, = rcr:sln NAT a man anxious {" become wealthy
would never choo.c the minister profession: Ia Ih
~ have already risen beyond the low PLAN Of tiir
who find their incentive IN the desire 10 "''"''"''
SIN higher than this Sc rejoice TO hal the dawn
o. dy nish,cg,G 10y wealth l, mor f,mc but or the
good they accomplish. There are g'i''" , can
~ cr,Il me- tIlowi1enf aid who devote their liy,'
to such service fcw gircf nature, ~ cNS"'- tr,n
M ,,,cy can look down upIn the temptations OF
wealth. and even Of iam". a. men
Nor heed the thunder following AFTER
Nl,m me-" .ii ,m.fy II, IN believing that
uobI@r incentive Than wealth r. fame may ultimately %"
found for the entire race but II -, II NlI work
producing great fruits. The race = liirn Wv Ii the
ceptonal individual II Is Tue ulL ~ Tho risinw sun
and where these most gifted and exceptional na'ns
now arr. may hope the great M, WILL Fn'' i
take care not disturb the foundation upon Whm Tc
stand until another and secure iouhu'''o" y '''
TIE OUTLOOK \ BRIGHT ONE.
II wonld indeed be a bad sign If earnest men anu
womcn to impatient 70 walt, were not 'IS'"- w
oil ,,ound rs amcuting and draOuncng The evils VI
70 day including the unequal distribution o. wrath ann
the fact that some Of neither fed cot"n
nor housed rs they should be: that many are poor anu
without The advantages calculated 10 lehhtiiy ana
gladden. their lives. When man Is Haus"e" VIZ"
,hircs rs they are and ceases labor ana 10 hopo
for things that are better, the shall have begun W
return march 70 larbarsm and decay To the advance
vet 10 I've made the true evoutionst Is fotutacy ~
~ eet no limit and ~ hope for the greatest, even 10
Inc coming Of the millennium upon cnrtl fNtiS 'mns
mat the most angulne has hod Tor ~ ms p' ~
r. heights undrenmcd Of to-day even by the "l"e''
dreamer. .oto.y 4. mn
The man who believes that human society = an
organism which holds within Itself the gcTn ~ '"i
tnuous Imprnvement. and In th" tendency "l'In ~
NOT ourselves which make, for righteousness uthir9
not 10 himself the pleasure II those dreams Which Nv
trusts 20 become realities 10 lOh, hS ~ ,ir