New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-05
CONGRESSMAN WALKERS sPEECH.

CONGRESSMAN WALKERS SPEECH.
The Hon. j. IT, Walker spoke on classical Po-
htical Economy" in part as follows
remember reading H. that most ancient OF an
books the Book Of Books, that great b0ok "i .rue
economies "Seest thou a man dliisent III ousuitSs
he shall stand before kings ne sha hV' s'S fnrtnne
aatherers of the country. have actually made it
Cheaper for the poor man 10 roe tha1 TO WWaIn .
blest worker NIL take him from the Atlantic to
The PACING when 1t would take him more than
Wages Five cents in the street Will take
man miles. leaving him time TO earn tWice ny. i've
in the time saved In the diHere"'e !" e''''"s
from point TO point. , ..A ,o..or Inv,
These men are not In their places by letter. out
nv merit The manufacturer elects OF whom ne
will buy his material, as the seller does as TO
whom he will sell the Jobber eiects Oh Wha' niae
OF the iobber. and the consumer OF the retailer.
the seekers for such service fails 10 do So re,
mains in the place he has gotten. or Is aeposeu
lives as recorded in Bradstreets and Dun's re-
ports. We these elections and deposltlohs from
made every day And yet such is the practical
effect upon young men OF the teaching OF political
economy in our colleges that such men are heId IN
little esteem by the average graduate; - 900
noSed 70 touch what should be matters Of everyday
experience and yet al this MS chg pEi an OF
preference for ones own family deVeiop,
broadenng into patriotism. is evidence OF mar
row mindedness that the choice of one man. FAMILY
fr%c,nn n righteousness that through It the
truth might be illustrated to and enforced on az,
since the morning stars sang together, was an
wrong. The comforting OF specia, au'1 ts,sd of
reaching many by constant change lays me Great
Teacher open to criticism. The Partially shown in
snendine so much more time at the delightful home
OF Mary. Martha and Lazarus than az other nre.
and disinterested action That he should think one
who provided not first for MS own 20 tS
Observation-Disclosures and cosmopolitan action recon-.
mended by teachers Of classical pohtcai economy
TEACHING A DISMAL SCIENCE"
Many professors Of the dismal science notably
those OF Yale Williams Chicago and Harvard. are
agreed that such practical doing IS favori,ism IN
Jehovah and all wrong for US. They are equally
agreed upon and teach. in sharp contrast to these
ancient ways that It is restriction upon that per-
sonal liberty of the citizen guaranteed TO every man
inen TO put restriction whatever upon the free
exchange Of any article OF re- aDo,SeT conn
try for the purpose OF educating our own CITIZENS
IN the art OF producng any article whatever or Of
m,ointaining a scale Of wages in any occupation
above those OF any other country Tor the same
are different wage levels in countries Of the same
economic development They have not discoveTed
that the same number Of units or product per Gay
are produced to each worker In one country and
in another country with widely varying scale 1 OF
wages to the worker In the two countries ny ny
have not yet learned that the tota! OF an H. me
products In country IS Glder IN spb 'Io erso1
is 10 the total of all the wages and income OF the
country. and hence high money wages are De-
The man who never had to do with horses would
not mistake the fact that II would be an iinper-
thence to tell a practical horseman that ne knew
nothing about handling horse. No one would
had seen or had any practice with disease No
college professor other than a teacher OF PontcaI
economy would think for momen; OF telling MS
fellow graduate MANUFACTURED OF cloth OF boots ana
shoes leather. etc. that ne did not Know me con
dItons necessary TO successfully compete with his
neighbor next door or across the ocean All iacts
pertaining 10 each and every other department
lpnI T1olV a
fed and each consigned 70 Its appropriate place as
added Mace The nSact opposite is true Of
this science" Any student who undertakes TO Oh,
serve and reconcile with his teaching In political
economy. in factory, or marketpace. such Facts as
he learn of college graduates In factory OF
of law in law offices and the courts. Is subjected
10 ridicule in the classroom by ms professor ana
dtstry. marsnalling millions Of better paid men than
are bastards and no sons allen to the plaudt they
have honestly Won OF We'll done good and faith
5ni TbeT are cad mont by
OF Harvard's most accomplished sons. and Amer-
can sharks by the Southern gentleman most popular
with Harvard. These strains are caught up an, anu
e eGoSea Out Of their teachings have come
the economic fallacies Of the day, with all their
Wise than these teachers OF economies 10 enrich
Eng,lshmen. have evolved fat money. communism
Ism. As its legitimate fruitage. Nothing shocks
these teachers of political economy any more than
the five talents and the one talent Inc waste OF
the breaking alabaster boxes OF TO-DAY oppressfss
their Just spirits even more than II ola the oD-
'eWSvbnegn Teachers Of political economy make it
form 70 the actual facts OF the dongs OF men, and
aim to make it Christian rather than English, they
will deserve and have the respect Of those whose
doings are It's substance, and not before.
President NJ Woolsey Stryker Of Hamilton Col
lege spoke on THE Duty Of Enthusiasm which
secration True enthusiasm means devotion and
hope that what should be shah be- and a striving
10 that end.
ADDRESS OF MR.. M'KELWAY.
The Hon. st. Clair McKelway 10 have spoken
on "Cities and Reforms" but changed the title Of
hi. address 10 "The Sale OF Law" Some OF the
salient features OF what he said were as follows:
The making and administration Of law have be
.o M sfected by a money interest The movement
e o his evil must become affected by a moral
interest This wrong and this duty lie at the basis
Of any consideration of our times OF the sac Of
Jaw when being made the evidence Is not wanting.
either at Washington or a; many state caIStal
have been crowded with the disclosures Of the SAFE
OF law In its making ami OF the sale OF law In IT'S
accompany us work Of forming bills for revenue
with investigations Of the re.atons OF us members
TO favored combinations The heads OF those com
blnations have sworn that they or their agents have
been continuously at Washington; impreSsng me
National lawmakers win theT vicNs ana claims
and inducing them TO exercise the supreme or SOW
ereign power OF the Republic. the taxing power. for
the benefit Of the Ticn ana ieV agains that OF ne
many ana ,b poor tho Xai,5nal Treasury s6a be re-
rarded special partner In their business, these
men have tried TO justify their "ork on the ground
$,,nss Of both organizations. and hence had right
10 the votes OF the representatives. of both in the
Federal Legislature. IL VIII be regarded the
wonder OF this time that witness and TO In
ouistor was offended by this declaration. There
ssnneared TO neither OF chem anything wrong in II.
THE theory was not artagonzed IN the committee
that campaign contributions were wrong when com
ing from those who must DE paid back out OF tariff
taxes what they gave In cod cast 10 politicians.
law must be sod. The significant feature OF the
disclosure TIE pnssonlsss opportonment OF this
money 10 whichever party prcdOmlnated in the
various States in which the contributing powers had
fnteres, affected by saable law.
The transaction is cold, cunning. polite. secret
and sordid IT is dramatically defended by sophis-
try or II is reasonably denied by perjury. Those
who cannot demonstrate ~ by personal knowledge
are defed 10 do so by those wno could-and do not.
But Tor circumstances. which are Gods detectives.