New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
"SOCTiL WRONGS AND DISCONTENT"
DIR NEWTON DEPRECATEs THE TNDIscRIMINArI
DENrNCIATIoN OF CAPITAL.

DIR NEWTON DEPRECATEs THE INDIscRIMINArI
DENrNCIATIoN OF CAPITAL.
Social Wrongs and Social Discomfort formed the
theme Of the Rev. DR. r. Heber Newton's morning
discourse in All Souls Church. Madson-ave. and
Sixty-sixth-st., yesterday. He said, among other
things:
Below our social discomfort to-day there Is the
feeling that there wrongs in our society. the
conviction that the structure running UP
does not square with yhe laws justice. The
81 wrong. however. may be exaggerated ana need
modification. 1t may charge upon society wnat are
take the misfortunes Of society for faults There
need for discrimination rather than FOR inVecuve
Through these weeks past to listen 10 the denun'
caions Of the disconenied. would be ed 10 BE-
lieve that bankers were all Shylocks planning lne
misfortunes Of the people. scheming FOR their op'
preston. sucking the blood from the body polite to
feed their bloated veins r.r
II Is not for me to extenuate the sins OF Wall
Street. They are neither few nor light. but Mai .aa
Street Is no such foe TO the plain folk OF the and
as they have fanced In theSe " wb Se Ssion
for the part only the speculative VINO engage;
only the Spectators who suifer II me ahVs 10 ,S S,
venture into the ring It is their own fauit tne!
come out sheared of their wool. We have heard
equally indiscrmnate denunciations Of idle holders
Of idle capital Wealth can Only become cap'.a "a =!
setting labor at work Wealth always wants 10 De-
capital 1t opens mills. not out of altrulsm III
but ou, o. senshness but the mills are opened an
the same The rich people are the last people On
the face OF the earth 10 put their money ava! ~
old stockings Capital Is never idle save In tne
presence of the fears which labor itself excites
rithcr by it's lust claims or It's ignorant demands
The higher nobility OF wealth that Is coming upon
the earth will be true 10 it's responsibilities WIZ
not be content with employing labor. nut VIII x ne
content alone when ii employs labor hralthluy
happily. holly. and not In works "hich ues'"
body. mind or soul. 49,.
This smoudering sense Of wrong fires az tns
words "A conspiracy Of the rich" Conspiraces o.
rich mon there doubtless are; combinations 10 Sc
cure yet riches. schemes whereby larger lo,s
.ures can be built up at the cost OF the Psopie
buccaneers OF business there are; consciehCeIesss
adventurers preying on the legitimate commerce VI
the people: robbers disguised under the euphenlsm
OF society. But the mass OF our business men a.e
honest. legitimate workers for legitimate rewsius
not be classed with such buccaneers OF CUISINES
There is a crime OF suspciousness rs crinlilai Ia n
It's measure 3 other crimes. but more Vigorous,
condemnation OF the few conspirators would diSpe' 1
this suspicion Of any general conspiracy ins ms
smouldering sense OF wrong In the hearts o. n .me
people fires up at the mention OF the "ord .sp'
ital" Labor, say many or its champions, ply n,
duces the whole of the production OF indus,f!" ,-r
should have the whole of the rewards OF ihuusu!.
As see IT, of the larges, factors In al pIouuJu
ton is not the labor OF the men whom We Va' ~
workers but the labor of the brain OF the super.
Intcndent OF the inventor. OF the machinery M'V ~
represents the accumulations o' capna! Il htsh
no wrong i'm the highest rewards going 10 the hls".
EST services Doubtless these elements get ihole
than their fair share and every siich tact % %sohsu
tues "A wrong that needs 10 be righted u ulsVor no
tent Is Disappear but this fact conStitus.,s ~
foundation for .hc indscriminate indictment ~, u
capitaL Suppose that labor. through seli-uena, a.
and thrift. cooperates to supply me cap,a W e can.
labor would return the rewards now going 70 Cap
ital Suppose that labor organize ana eou.S.s ~ Sc,
itself to become It's own employer. then 10 '""''
go the rewards OF management 49,. 4.
What is needed In this aspect OF the subject S,a, y,
not SO much denuncation definition: not the hea
OF passionate invective. but the light OF Aho"'
edge. l., w soc,al
structure is clearly and consciously wrong mS @
is chiefly the wrong Of individuals. We neeu 81 81
wrongs and armed with the terrors OF public op'n'
ion. to scourge the wrong-doer