The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-02
WARFARE OFF COMMERCIALISM
What 1t Means Carried TO Its Log
zeal Conclusion.
o the Editor Of the Globe

To the Editor Of the Globe.
1t is gratifying in the extreme to find
cosmopolitan daily which aims to grant an
unbiased hearing to a layman who may differ
In opinion with the policy of it's editor.
While agree In measure with your
editorial Of today still maintain, in obed-
fence to the divine law, that the aim Of our
civilization never be attained SO long
we are content to submit in silence to the
merciless warfare Of modern commerciahsm,
which must inevitably, when carried to It's
logical conclusion, consign every man to the
street and every child to the store workshop
or factory. Call this "sentimentansm" IL
you please; the tfact remains, nevertheless,
that Is is dawnfng upon the mind Of the
most bigoted oPtimist that there Is such
a thing as JUSTICE Applied Christianity would
place every chiidtin the school, every woman
In the home and ev cry man in the factory, Of
fee. store or workshop And why is 1t not
applied? 1t is certainly advocated enough.
You seem to assume that because things are
as they are they must be right. Christianity
refutes the proposition. Christ found things
in his day were being conducted TO the salts
faction Of the fortunate, as they are today.
He taught that such conditions were wrong,
and had his pretending followers practiced
his teachings WEI would not be facing such
Industrial conditions as we are today.
1T Is better tor give than to receive and
do unto Others as We would have others
do unto you is the law OF Christ 1T is bet
ter to steal than to starve'' and DO others
before they get q chance to do you is the
law of modern civilization.
l prefer to accept the former for my ideal,
life and actions. If my ideal conflicts with
the law of progress, my preceptor, and not |,
must take the blame. l maintain that the
laws Of trade should conform to the laws
of God. 1.-The law of compensation" from the
standpoint Of the political economist, Is
fraugm with deep significance. To the citi-
zen DESTROYS OF eliminating the present condi-
uon of widespread poverty and despair 1t
is but 'glitterfng generality -
Must mankind starve in order that the
laws of trade and compensation may remain
inviolate? Is there no higher ideal in human
existence than that OF SELF Is Christianity a
myth and its teaching a de.uson? say
no; emphatically mo- So long as there Is
who has less than enough no man is entitled
to more than enough.
While this statement may conflict with the
theory of the political economist 1t certainly
uan spirit of life, do unto others as you
would have Others do unto yon -
AS you assert, my quarrel is not
Progress the department store Ny
quarrel is with the system of society VIII oh
creates such paradoxical conditions as con-
fronts the world today. Millions starving in
the midst of abundance. What a satire on
our boosted progressive civilization. My SYM
the department store, but extend into every
sway sway. "'''' - - - y "''O D'Sp"'' H0iuS
Darwin's law ofethe Survival Of the attest''
IL no longer considered an economic axiom.
1t is paralleled nv the ancient theory that
might made rights' To your concluding
paragraph take no EXCEPTIONS believing
as l do that when the masses realize that
they must fight fire with fire. they will
fn8fgtfate a fsgime of cooperation as out.
Again thanking you for the courtesy Of
your columns and the practical suggestions
contained In your editorial, I respectfully,
Louis Nash.