The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29
HIS IDEA OF SOCIAL REFORM.
Prof. ZeubIin Summarizes the Needs
of the Country.

of the Country.
A large audience at Plymouth church
greeted Prof. Charles Zeublin at his
last Sunday afternoon lecture upon the
religious side of the social problem
which ran through his standardization
Of the five previous lectures which had
preceded. He said much; much that in
deed is commonplace in the facts stat
ed and not rev in his treatment; but
he said much that was revolutionary
to the great mass Of the people who
listen to the young apostle of higher
civilization.
His summary of what can be done in
a practical way was full of suggestion
to the reformer 1t included: Danish
married women from the factories and
workshops because they are the pros
pectiVe mothers; Danish young children
from these institutions. because the
interest OF the state demands that the
people must all be educated in order to
insure sound morals; furnish employ
ment, not only for the tramp class, but
also to those who live in palaces; re-
strict the employment Of people in dam
gerOuS occupations, with special refer
ence to the railroads and sulphur
match factories, in which there is now
opportunity for much Improvement
check the rural exodus, at least until
more people; abolish the brothel and
the saloon, although it may not be
possible to abolish the drink habit
abolish speculation, although it will
not be possible to abolish the element
Of chance in business; reduce competi-
ton, although it may not be practical
to abolish it; educate for life, rather
than for business; institute some be-
ter scheme for promoting the social
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in social intercourse, and bridge the
chasm which separates the social
classes; stimulate the idea of family
life by the settlement among the peo-
pie Of educated, sympathetic people;
promote better conditions in workshops
and factories so that the worker may
be permitted to take pride in his work
and his surroundings and can give ex-
preston TO his individuality.
There were other ideas in his SUM-
ming up suggestion, but these are the
leading ones.
Among the features of the lecture
was the applause which broke out
from all over the house when the pro-
fessOr expressed himself upon the doc
trinas of protection and free trade He
said he did not believe in free trade
any more than he believed in protec-
ton. but he insisted that the protection
to infant industry and to the American
workirgman was a mere pretense; it
was the great monopOlieS which were
being protected because they had the
largest influence in the committees.
After the lecture proper had been
finished the professor offered an oppor,
tunty for questions. Thomas Lucas
the socialist leader was In the gallery,
and in an interTOg2tiVe way proceeded
to make five-minute talk. He wanted
to challenge the proposition that the
people should be kept in the country
as much as possible. because he said
the farmers were already producing
more food than the country could con-
sumo. He had not completed his sylIo-
SiSm before another man with a net
Idea broke out from a seat under the
gallery. He wanted to know whether
much of the evil that the present social
system suffered from was not due TO
the fact that the state built great IN T.
sane asylums instead Of sending the
people into the country. He told fro.
his own knowledge how the insane
persons could be cared for in the homsz
Of country people for $50 a week
The professor put a climax upon the
situation when he asked whether there
was any one else in the audience who
wanted to get into the hree-cornered
fight. No one did, but a brass band
at the head of some fraternity parad~
ing through the slush and mud of
NicOllet avenue interrupted the pro
ceedings and relieved the situation.
1t is proposed to start social science
club to follow up the teachings of the
professor.