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that II has savings fund managed by
the company without charge on which
the depositor receives Q per cent. inter-
est per annum, irrespective of the COM
pany's profits or losses. Lectures, music
and the use Of libraries. gymnasiums
and grounds for outdoor sports are pro-
vided for nothing or at nominal charge.
The Edison Electric Illuminating Com
pany pays It's employees at the holiday
season dividend ON earnings, after de-
Quoting from gross returns wages. fuel.
depreciation charges and s per cent. In
terest on loans and share capital. which
last year was equal to 8 per cent.
dividend. The rate Is per cent. on the
total years wages for first-year men, Q
per cent for three-year men. 3 per cent.
for five-year men and per cent for ten
year men.
These are but two examples out Of
many OF the "souIiess corporations
good work. Mr.. Gilman holds Justly that
the function of employers on q large
scale Is still so modern that 1t has not
had time for full humanization and
naturalization; that viewed on large
scale II has not yet been sufficiently
moralized.
One shrewd observation of Mr.. Gilman
Is that the employer who has made a
fortune out Of a regular business is COM
ing to be held by the social ethics of
America responsible for the spending in
his lifetime of some part Of 1t for the
benefit of the workers who co-operated
with him, or more generally to the COM
munity In which the fortune was made
Another most admirable dictum of Mr.
Gilman, and one which should be posted
In the sight Of both employer and en-
ploye. is that. 1.-The employer is. first
of all, man; next, citizen; and last
ly. workingman'' So broad 30 orig
inal, SO reasonable. so comprehensive
and sound, so full of common sense and
| so readable IL Mr.. Gilman's volume that
| 1t 10 hard to repress a tendency to quote
literally If the loud-mouthed labor agi-
| tator and the INSCRIPTIONS employer
could be made to read this book and to
take Its lessons to heart the result would
| be OF incalculable value.
In strong contrast to so wise and vaiu-
able volume as that of Mr.. Gilman 10
II. II. Lusk's "Our Foes at Home" Both
are socialists. but one Is rational, the other
irrational. One Is practical. the other
chases rainbows. One sees many sides Of
the relations Of labor and capital, the other
sees but one side One sits in calm judy
ment. the other strides about in loud de-
nunciation. Mr.. Lusk Is apparently for
eigner, or, at least, has lived SO long in
New Zealand that he sees but little good
existing in American institutions. and
measures this great Union by the procrus-
team measurement Of a Little Pedlington-
ian. Apparently Mr.. Lusk's idea Is that
all Americans are blind. that he can open
their eyes and that the precious ointment
which is to perform this miracle IL to be
made by adapting the state socialism of
New Zealand, although there are authori-
ties as high as Mr.. Lusk who say that New
Zealand's experiment is by no means an
assured success. The real value of Mr.
Lusks book is in showing what New zea-
land has done. not in what he comments
upon it. AS sample of Mr.. Luslxs COM
Hlents may be taken his assertion that the
remaining public lands of the Uniteu
States are unlikely at any time to become
of value;" that the general condition Of
the Western farmer Is one Of poverty
that nine intelligent Americans out Of
ten are convinced that matters both social
and political In the country are in a criti-
cal position" Such sweeping and inaccu-
rate assertions at these show how narrow
and obtuse an observer like Mr.. Llisk may
become; and they cast doubt even upon the
assertions ne makes about the one subject
with which he advertises himself presum-
ably familiar. Doubleday & Mcclure
Company. publishers.
''The New Pacific" by Hubert Howe
Bancroft. published by Bancroft &c Co.,
New York. Is. as might be expected from
its authorship, an extraordinary pro-
uuCtioH. 4AC Cidlm ID uldQ6 InAI
here for the first time are presented the
countries around the Pacific ocean as
an entirety, resources, industries. history
and romance. together with the events
leading to the present active development.
The claim thus presented is fully justified.
The volume contains 73S large octave pages.
packed full with every possible kind Of
information. from the record of the year
1898 to romance from ''Amadis de Gaul"
published in 1870 The climate of Acapulco,
a description of Boring strait Chinese la
Dor. Pacific Mail Steamship Company's his
tory, Vladivostok, war with Spain and the
Yukon traffic, with nearly everything in
termediate, are treated with voluminous
energy. As sample of the fullness with
which Pacific subjects are treated, Seattle
may be taken. Mr.. Bancroft gives our
steamships and railway connections and
prospective Importance; our industries.
commerce. exports and imports, climate
and resources. Mr.. Bancroft's volume is
up-to-date. He gives SO recent a state
mentf as that Of the agricultural dtpart-
ment concerning agriculture in Alaska The
volume has many minor inaccuracies which
might be pointed out, but for general and
comprehensive view of a broad field Ii is
fair to say that no such volume has yet
been presented, and no other Is likely to be-
1t Is marvellous production, and one
which should be made widely known in the
interests of the Pacific coast, In spite of
lts petty 1aults. Inc price Is as astonish-
Ing as the material. being only $780,
- -
DR.. George H. Gilbert. of the Chicago
Theological seminary. is both devout and
learned. In 1.-THE Revelation of Jesus"
published by the Macmillan Company, he
presents comprehensive study of the pri-
mary sources Of Christianity. following the
| scientific method of historical investiga-
| ton. With the exception of translation
| OF Prof. Wendt's work, DR.. Gilbert claims
that there is In English no scientific dis
| cussion of the entire subject of the teach
| ing of Jesus. DR.. Gilbert has sought to
| get at Jesus point of view and to observe
| the proportions which different subjects
| have In his teaching. A hasty glance at
the volume. which must appeal only to
limited class of readers. will convince a
| lay reader that DR.. Gilberts work is thor
ough and mastery in effect. His style ia
ais