New-York tribune., 1896-11-16


IN. House of Commons As Benjamin Kidd expresses
II in his Social Evolution The two parties in the
process OF social development are tne power-ho''ns
classes and the people-;ne Haves ana me haNe
Nots The powerholding classes are in rerea peiore
,be neop!e' The fact of times. which over
hoaous all others is the arrival OF democracy. but
I, &c a new democracy. based on great ethical move
ment.
THE TRANSITION STAGE
..va .rs now IN the transition stage. The rae, OF
,,,ar dis,op,en. il 700 evident 70 need PROOF. ne
average workingmar Is unable to support Ms ann.
With increasing intelligence. ms neeoS 'n0'
,ul road with horror Of women VINO make t"e'Ne
shirts for IS cents. and furnish incir own '''
- chudr.n who work twelve hours DAY ior
dollar a week The November number OF the h"'e
Tin OF the Department OF Labor LOT 1850 s''' ~ "''
ling statistics. approximately correct u '''' '
caused by strikes between 1851 and 1894 IN th' co"h
,rv alone The number OF wOrkmen or empioye'
,nrown ont of employment by strikes ana Jock
outs from 1851 10 1894 were ioSle" The loss on ac
count OF this occasi)ned 10 employees was 'he eno'
NOUS sum Of 1858 sO s6s while the loss occasoned 10
the employers was So. 59o3ss.
The dynamite ot the Anarch.s;. the torch OF the
ncendiarv the constant conflict between capital and
labor are but the surface agitation OF an influence
which rushes toward the desired goa-tne einahc'
patton OF the people and their rise 10 supreme po"e
on until equality OF opportunity. honest ~ork 'or
all who desire work. and a living wage FOR every
wage-earner the heritage Of every creature OF
God. Tennyson said. long before this.
yet doubt not through ages.
one increasing purpose runs.
And the thoughts Of men are ~idenei
With the process of the suns.
This result inevitable. When Christ came. In
Of list. gluttony universal slavery. ne came
: a babe. born OF d woman. he lived as humble
carpenter. and childhood became sacred womanhood
exalted and the Gospel OF universal brotherhood
changed the condition Of the world.
AN AGE OF REACTION FROM DOUBT
But again. ours Is age ot reaction from doubt.
We have passed through period OF great unrest.
| Science. as expounded by Huxley and TyndAll:
philosophy, by Carlyle and Emerson. history. by
| Renan and Froude iction. by lola Hardy. George
! Eliot and Mrs Humpnry Ward. poetry. by Iecone
shadow Of doubt upon the face OF literature An
article in The Nineteenth Century for October 1895.
| says:
With sorrow and reluctance IL must be confessed
that the majority Of oxford and Cambridge under
graduates are without or at least, profess 10 be
| without, any religious belle. al all. Intre are or
| course. many exceptions. Exceptions, however they
remain. certainly great number are Gaiieos ~
| far the Cnurcn IL concerned
But the reaction has 'R"action, says ono.
out OF the OF doubling age toward the Cnrs-
| tianltv Of Cnrsi and faiin In immortal love.
! TennysOn and Browning sing Of returning faith and
| Destlny o. Man show tnat the theory Of true Chris
tan evolution demands recognition OF the spiritual
iure OF man and belief ~ intelligent personal
| God A statesman Ike sanor crispi does not hesi-