New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-26
SOCIAL REFORMS NEEDED.
RICHARD T. ELY POINTS OUT A FEW DE-
SIRABLE CHANGES.
GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL OF MoNoPoIEs
URGED-GIRL> SHOULD LEARN hoW TO
sTAND-TuoMAs A. Eds on. JR..
OUT or DANGER.
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Chauauqua July c5-Dr llerrck Johnson cap
turcd and held the attention OF large a"oehoe OF
minister, and laIty today In lecture on Preachers
and Preaching" Preparaton ecoa 'o".' common
sonso ,,l,s nlontv Of brains DR.. Johnson's
ouirements for pulpit efficiency. Ripe scholarship
was insisted upon.
Leon Vincent. in Scholarly lecture on Shakespeare.
showed how Puritanism had cpcrn'ca among o'her
causes TO destroy evidence referring 10 'ha"'SPafe
The speaker Insisted however, that there Is as exact
knowledge Of Shakespeare a Of Johsoh Vi ANY Oh MS
contemporaries.
Mrs Coleman F. Bishop. instructor IN Amcrlcanzed
nl.,rt. cul,nrc in a lecture before the Womans
Club this morning said that II girls knew how 10
sond one.half Of their physical weakness would
vanish. Mrs Bishops chief rule Is, :" Put BACK your
oips elevate the chest and LEI the shouihcrS ',ke
care OF themselves The certre oil gravity shVL'd
be- directly over the balls OF the feet. L'ie church
never take bad po,c until they become seico'ScouS
The base Of the Delsartc philosophy Is mat every
emotion Of the mind finds expression IN the Dolly
Anxiety, fear. anger, and all II 'lhu ie'i's' u'e"S
impede some function of the body.
Dr. Richard T. Ely ended the series VI ieotues
an The Distribution Of Wealth" his morning. lie
eo,d that prlvate property Is social INSTITUTION es
iabshcd for social purposes, ana III te "oiu' VI al
eminent jurlst II finds lis nni'a'ohS III 'o "'Aaie
OF society" Upon this view only can ps o'seu
RECITATION OF Henry Georges theory Vi "c Puohc
ovucr,hlp OF land DR.. Ely holds Win John stuart
Mil, that the institution OF private properly, tile
corror Stone OF the present industrial system, mas
,cvor had a fair trial, fact which SOCIALISTS ana
otbors who advocate It's abolition have no flght 10
overlook. lie proposed some nivdi"'auo"S vi o"'
mescnt industrial system which would tend 10
mora eouitable distribution OF the products OF In
dustry namely: Public ownership and control OF such
natural nonopoIcs as railways. telegrnphs, street
picin
ing thc enormous wastes OF competition, largely mat
Of litigation and beneng the public 10y cheaper ser
ytce also n modification I'm the laws OF Inheritance
suggesting that estates of from Sl20OO t. 100000
be taxed l per cent; from 100000 TO S2V'ooo' :
ner cent from 5000 900 TO 100000 per cent from
300 900 TO $500 600 per cent, and so on according
I'm a constantly increasing scale. DR.. Ely holds that
the prcseut laws exaggemtc the Importance OF re-
Iationship In case OF death ithout Will he pro
noses that an estate should not pass 10 third or
fourth cousin whom the deceased had never hhowh
nor cared for but rather 10 the town or State Ill
which the man had lived and been Interested
In his lecture recital /. V. flaglcr spoke on Bach,
Beet hovcn Mozart and Mendess0hn, ana played Sc
lections IRON their works. 49,, "A
Al The G. l.. :. {. Iound-tablc ~ . o'clock al
dresses Were made on Prophecy ana freaicioi N
President william X. Harper DR.. lierrick Johnson
The game between the Chautauqua and Lakewood
mines to-day gave score OF "a to III favor oi inc
Chaulauquas. ,
Tie outlook" this morning further discussed the
ideal home its floor coverings wall decoratohs
hangings and furniture. ,
Thomas 4. Edison. IT.. the sixteen yehrold son o
monia AZ President Lewis Miller's cottage. was To-
day prone unced TO be out OF danger