The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-23
DIR. NEWTON on CAPITALISTS.
Dennition. Not Denuncintlon Wanted from
Labor's JawsmIths.

So"
The Rev. DR.. R. Heber Newton talked in his
morning sermon yesterday at All Souls Church
OF Social Wrongs and Social Discomfort" He
said that listening to the demonstrations Of the
disconnected in the last several weeks might
lead one TO believe that bankers were all shy
locks planning the misfortunes of the people
and sohemin for their oppression. The clergy
man continued:
at is not for ne to extenuate the sins of
Wall street. They are neither few nor light.
But Wall street is no such foe to the plain folk
of the land as they have fancied. In these wild
speculations. which fascinate the imagInations
OF the nation, it is, fol- the most part. only the
speculative who engage, only the spectators
who suffer. II tine lambs will venture into the
ring It. is their own fault If they come out
sp@e&WSs s have heard .ouo,v ,ndt.cr,u,r.,.,
nunciations of idle holders of idle capital. The
rich are the last people on the face Of the earth
TO put their money away in old stockings.
save In the presence OF tho fears which labor
itself excites. either by its Just claims or It's ig.
norant demands. The higher nobility OF wealth.
that Is coming upon the earth. will be true to
It's responsibiiity will not be content with en-
employs labor BEAUTIFULLY. happily. holly, and
not In works which destroy body. mind, or soul,
,vo "This s@1n!dsstnI 81 sense ,ss Of wrong fires et the
OF rich men there doubtless are: combinations
TO secure yet more riches; schemes whereby
larger fortunes can DO built up at the cost of the
people. buccaneers of business there are; con-
scienceless adventures preying on the legiti-
mate OF the people: robbers dis
guised under the euphemisms OF society. Hut
the mass OF our business men are honest, lcgiti-
mate workers, for legitimate rewards, not TO be
Classed with such buccaneers OF business.
There is a crime OF suspiciousHess as crimi-
nal in its measure AS other crimes. but a more
vigorous condemnation of the few conspirators
would dispel this suspicion OF any general CON
%spirncy.
Labor. so say many of its champions, pro-
duccs the whole OF the production of industry
IT should have the whole OF the rewards OF in
tors In all production Is not the labor OF
the men whom We call workers. hut the
labor Of the brain OF the superlnteu-
dent. Of the inventor, of the machinery
which represents the Accommodations of capitRI.
Doubtless these elements get more than
Their fair share. and every such fact constitute,
IA wrong that needs To he righted, II aiscunICntis
q disnppear; bGt this fart constitutes no foundn.
tiun for The in~dl-criminate Indictment Of cuuItnt
M always tI DIoiting labor. suppose thai inLur'
through self'dtnlai and thrift, co0prratrs ~
supply tho capital, then to labor would return
III" rewards now going 10 capital. Suppose that
labor organizes and ed ucates itself 10 become
irs"wn emnl"yer; then To labor goes the reward
OF manage meht,
what is needed In this aspect of the subioct
il not 70 much denunciation as definition: nor
the heat, or passionate invectiye, but the lIxht
OF knowledge" "