, 1892-03-18

the Lackawanna would cooperate in con-
trolling the market-has raised among
the spectators the query as to where
the increased dividends are to come from.
The answer to this question is always
the same. The consumers of coal will
be compelled to pay more than the al
ready robber prices, and the miners will
be asked to take less than the p~ittance
they now receive. In each case the
burden consequent upon fatteDing the
pocketbooks of the thieving barons and
their gambling cohorts will fall upon
the poor; the heavy consumers, II re-
quired to pay an advance, being able to
get sven by adding the increased cost to
the selling price of their products.
Should the attorney general Of Penn
sylvania, under the prodding OF Messra
Cassatt and Powderly, declare the COM
bine unconstitutional and it thereby be
oyerthrown, it does not follow that the
coal barons will be prevented from
making prices for coal and from reduc-
ing wages so as to cover the call for
dividends on inflated stocks. One thing
Is certain, however: the miners are work
ing now for as low a rate of wages as
they can accept and live, and If an at
tempt is made to reduce them below the
present starvation line there will be
trouble-as there should be. 1t is to be
hoped that in such an event the guilty
alone will suffer.
Jay Gould has made an investment on
the other side. Recently there was held
at the Fifth avenue residence of the rail
road king a meeting of the Church
Extension Society of the Presbyterian
Church. Prominent clergymen and lay
men were present, several of whom made
speeches. The prime object of the meet
ing was to raise money for the Extension
society and Mr.. Gould subscribed SO, 900.
As is usual in financial transactions, Mr..
Gould set the pace a little too warm for
the other investors, and though million
aires were very thick at the meeting,
none of them save the host got beyond
the e 500 mark. The "wily wizard" is
famous for his perceptions and Is noted
for seeing a good thing at a glance
and getting in on it early, but in this
case he has been a little slow, for he is
no longer q young man. However, every
good man and woman will be pleased to
learn that he has at last realized that all
his railroads will not carry him safely
across the dark river, but there are many
who say that If he expects to squeeze
through the eye of hat needle he will
have to duplicate his recent investment
many times over.
One clergyman who did not avail him
self of the invitation to participate In the
meeting at Mr.. Gould's says he wants to
know where that $40, 900 came from be-
fore he applauds the donation. Where
did MI. Gould get that money! he asks.
The men who have been wrecked on the
stock market by the shrewd speculator
may be able to answer that question. II
they can't do it probably the underpaid
and Pinkerton bulldozed employees of
the Southwestern railway system can
or it may be that the overworked ele-
waited trainmen or the telegraph opera
tors a throw some light on the subject
That 800 o represents empty stomachs,
weeping eyes and broken hearts, as do
most of the millions possessed by Mr..
Gould and others of his class. He may
not think 80, and will tell you that hc
made his money in business" but it is
hardly likely that his kind of business
will be looked upon with favor on the
other side. whore his late investment
was made.
And, talking about Church extern
sion" there are many good Christians
who believe hat If the Saviour was on
earth today he would point out a course
entirely different from hat followed by
the church leaders. DR.. Day, of Calvary
Methodist church of New York, says;
The great trouble with the church Is that It
Is all for itself-its church services, its Sunday
school work and Its prayer meetings. 1t gives
nothing To the masses that need 1t most. There
is nothing in the particular church that is for
the public. or course the masses are invited
to come and worship; to listen to the preach
Ing; to pray and sing; but the very people who
ought TO be reached do not wish to sing and
pray and hear sermons. Let the churches pro
vide an attractive resort for the masses with
out forcing religion In any form upon them
Let Thorn provide 1t within the church build
1t free, open, inviting, cheerful,
bright and hospitable, and these worry people
will by and by, instead of frequenting places of
OWL, recruit the ranks of the church.
The following from q recent article in
The Herald bears on this subject:
What would you do with Sis, 900 per annum
u you had It over and above the current ex-
penses of the church9'' was a question proposed
week to a number of clerKymen In this
The answers were varied. DIR. Faunce,
Of the Baptist church, would have q magnif-
cent choir and everything necessary to making
the local church service attractive. DR.. vir-
gin, Congregational, while despising the word
Institutional and roprobating the east and west
chapel system, would yet, In close con-
with the parent church and under tho
same roof, have all necessary ~adjuncts for the
many sided and various work OF the church.
DR.. Schaufier, of the City Mission, would
adopt any plan that would prevent the ravel-
ing out Of churches. He would employ .
large force of both laymen and women for the
knitting In process. DR.. Edward Judson would
put his $1,000 In bank and use 1t only rs e1-
perience might demonstrate the wisdom of a
policy.
The extension Of the church" too fire.
quently means the erection of palatial
church buildings upon valuable ground,
buildings that are opened only once or
twice each week, and then only for a
short, stilted service, from participation
in which the poor are barred by one
means or another. And for another ex-
ample, take the Trinity church corpora
ton of New York. Its extensions"
usually take the form of acquisitions Of
real estate, principally resident property,