The Progress., 1893-07-08

d ~ Many hfarb An AWiul orTr.
APE CHARLES. Va, July Re-
Thomas Dixon, Jr., ha, closed ,u, 'pt-
fa-e hero for July ana August ln1 re-
moved, with his family. to Cobb -
Ind, on The seaside. Cobh's island l.
t,c next island to the south from BroIl-
water, the fayorite resort Of P'ns'i ~
Cleveland on the Virginia coast. = =
nercly Il strip Of sand. with the orr1n ru
one side and Broadwaier bay OF Ee .ro-
or 1t has been a famous resort for e
)rIG number of years for hunters and
t1~ fishermen. 1t Is the center ot n"
lanting ana fishing district of t''- ri-'-
s,l shore of Virginia.
iir. Dixon began today series u -nr-
l-.oas. TO be continued through Julv and
hIgust, on the question Of "Mon-F and
Christianity; or, Tho Modern Problem If
t',o Almighty Dollar" The introduction
10 the series was delivered this morning
ii The Methodist church at Cobb'~ island.
through the months of July anl August
H0e hotel and cottages are crowded. with
guests from every part Of the "oVnjry
Fac audience WAS q vcpresantafir" on.
composed Of men of every class ana ,.a-
J,on in life, bat includcd large 1Inhrr
Of country people in Northampton puu-
- who have grown TO know Mr.. Dixon
turing his residence on the cape through
,He past spring months.
the text chosen was Exodus xxi. g.
-: "And al fhe people brake 1T the
Golden rings which were in th"ir olrs
,nd brought them unto Aaron. And he
received them at their hand and fashioned
li with a craving tool and made II
molten calf, and they said, These be shy
gods, o Israel, which brought tha- up
1ut of the land of Egypt
MODERN ISRAELITES.
The children of Israel. if they war, .he
iirst 70 make golden calf and worship
i'. certainly have not been the last ,,eo-
o,o guilty of this desertion of the true
Sod for the image made with human
lands. The problem of money = the
problem of the latter days of the nine
Jcenth century. The problem of money
10 IN fact the problem Of modern life. IL
- the one question with which we are all
ultimately concerned from the very be-
gaming Of life TO its close. T. ,os;s
money TO be born into the world. anl
Pilder present tariff schedules II costs
more TO die. From the beginning - the
end it is this everlasting money question
nth which mortal man is confronted.
The money issue is the one magnet
sround which all other problems n last
10 center. Mans interest in money
seems to be the power by which ne can
BE- tested both physically and morally.
The French government uses this magnet
. The power by which mans capacity FOR
The armyis frequently tested. When men
,ro summoned to enter the army, they
;rc often afflicted with varioas diseases
d sudden development. Men are stricken
iumb and deaf III most unacccuntabla
ways. A deaf man appears before the
Wrench tribunal as a possible army re-
c"uit. lie Of course can hear nothing
Tho lOudeSt word of command makes no
impression on him. He declares through
Signs that he cannot hear it thunder
Akter Che examination is completed and
,ie edIaa been discharged as unfit for sery-
. ~. as he departs from the tribunal an
J'Ticer follows him to the street anl
irops y gold coin behind him on the
ngyement Instantly he turns, attracted
~y the magic ring of the coin, to pick II
mp. He is at once arrested and forced
INTO the army ranks. lti test of mans
character in a thousand ways. i Is
cost of "a nations character. 1t is the test
Of The nature of society as well ~ of in
lividusls ard nations.
! FARMERS ALLIANCE.
( Our own nation is most Intimately
concerned Just now with this tremen-
,ious problem and its possible develop
ynents. We are in the throes Of a posi-
DE panic that will be an epoch making
went in our history. Men are studying
thc money problem rs never before, and
they are studying it from the bottom 70
the top. The question Of money involved
m the problem of gold or of silver as a
standard opens finally the broader Ques-
zion CT the right of money to exist. We
arc brought face to face with The theo-
yies promulgated by the great French
and German socialists of the past cen-
trry. In the theories of the Farmers
Alliance and its allied parties we arc
brought face TO face with the reincar-
sated doctrines Of Karl Marx and Rod
bertus.
These problems of money standard
and of the question of intrinsic value go
TO The very heart of the social problem of
the century. They will not be settled in
a day. They viii not be settled IL one
administration or in two. This money
problemis destined to make and unmake
parties and statesmen for the next quar-
ter of century. 1t is the problem of
the hour. In the world of politics it is
the problem of the future for the pro
fcundest statesman. In our introduction
TO this study we do not propose 70 enter
1pon the discussion of these profound as
poets of the money problem. We shall
discuss rather money as the unit of COM
mercial value. and therefore the stand