The labor world., 1899-06-10
IS IT TRUE 2.
With Present Industrial Conditions Man
Who Marries May be Said to be Committing
a Crime?
BY PAUL WILLIAMS.

Dy FAOL
O.-.-.>-e-e-e.e- 49, 80
We had been studying the geo
graphy and considering the future pos
sibilities of Africa. when I asked DR..
Penrose what he thought of Cecil
Rhodes.
"a great man, a great man. re-
1 market the Doctor. ''The man that
could go to that far away country, gov
ern so many people, institute so many
improvements, get absolute control OF
the diamond industry Of the world, de.
velop gold mining and other enter
prises peculiar to South Africa, must
be a man Of remarkable intellect, with
his thought centered very directly up
on the great projects in hand.''
Speaking of greatness, Doctor, how
do the feats Of great generals who win
fame and Immortality in an hour,
compare with the greatness Of man
like Rhodes 2" z2..5# 4a5.:=3 81 .5.i5a
They are NOT to be compared . re
piled the Doctor. The one is largely
the result of fortunate circums tances,
the other is the result of great intel
lect, long and intelligently applied.
We would not wish to take an iota of
the glory from the fame Of Dewey,
but his reputation principally rests on
favoring circumstances outside of him
self
But you must give him great praise
,sffQr his superb self command and his
bravery while he stood on the bridge
t,of the Olympia, the fig being shot
down over his head as he stood there
giving the commands. which annihil-
ated the enemies feet ~ 2? s@sz
es, give him ali siitiie credit
for his bravery, /, his GOODNESS, his ability
and his modesty," replied the Doctor,
but nevertheless his match1ess achieve
ment at Manila was largely the result
of fortunate circumstances beyond his
control 4 4 i
How So" enquired.
.ssWell,' said he. ..in the first place
another officer was slated for the East
er1i squadron when Senator Proctor of
Vermont and other friends Of Dewey
interviewed Mckinley with the result
that the preside dent appointed him to
the command. That circumstance,
combined with the fact that a war was
on in Spain, that Dewey was put in
command Of very strong feet. man
ned by the best of sailors, that he was
sent to Manila, where there was a
Spanish fleet to be destroyed Span
ish fleet weak enough to be easily
overcome all. those circumstances con-
spired to enable Dewey to win. With
& out any one of them he would be in
the position Of many other officers in
the army, who would make able com COM
manders and would be; equally famous
under as favorable circumstances, but
have no opportunity to become dis
tinguished." I" 3.. 2sz# 81.
sCecil Rhodes had no favoring cir
cumstances to aid him. Through pure
intellectual force he has acquired i'm
mense wealth, has laid the foundation
Of great prosperity in Africa, and has
just perfected arrangements for the
building of a five thousand mile rail-
way from Cairo to Cape Town, which
will open the heart Of Africa to civil
ization. The rapid advance Of Africa
in civilization is largely due to Cecil
Rhodes" "
Swell, Doctor, we will grant all this,
but when I asked you what you
thought of Rhodes, 1 had a desire to
know what you thought Of his views
relating to women and his opposition to
marriage"
"Rhodes in this is peculiar and un-
natural,'' replied the Doctor. ''The
proper destiny of the human family is
marriage and the populating Of the
earth''
r. 'How then can a man be truly great
and oppose one of the evidently funda--
mental laws Of nature?"
Rhodes has his reasons. He has
always claimed that talking: with q
woman was a waste of time, that any
thing that would particularly interest
women would have no interest fol
him."
'.rhis is one Of his reasons for aver:
( sion. Another is THAT courtship, mar.
riage and duties pertaining to family
life tend to divert the mind from grea
purpose. For that reason he neye,
wants amarried person in his employ
Ills course. Of procedure would b