New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-29
CHAMPION OF THE HOME.
BISHOP POTTER DEPLOREs ITS THREAT
ENED DISINTEGRATION.
NOVEL REASON FOR BOER INDEPEND-
ENCE-DECLINE OF BRITISH TRADE
AND GROWTH OF UNITED STATES
TRADE IAN MACLAREN
RAYS AMERICANS.

that the Church should fight what II coii"''.''
called the divorce evil by lifting up and saie
guarding the approaches to matrimony Is anpn-
fled and fortified by the Bishop In an article III the
October number OF THE North American REVIEW
called Some Social Tendencies In America
Bishop Potter in his speech took the posluo" '''"'
a refusal by the Church Of remarriage 10 perso"S
divorced for any cause whatever which arises ai'er
marriage would be an exceedingly drastic meas
ure and one that would prove disappointing In its
results and that better remedy would De lou'u
a restoration of that now old fashioned respect
for authority which formerly enabled parent
guardian or pastor nstll into his child OF "a'u
or flock an Intelligent understanding OF the opsd-
lions to be assumed through marriage and whoe-
some fear Of undertaking them without the reason
able precautions Of forethought inquiry ana pup
city.
DIsINTEGRATION OF THE HOME.
The Bishop goes on to argue that the decay OF the
sacredness OF marriage In these days Is In meas
ure due to the decay of the home and In his article
In The North American Review he declares tha'
this melancholy disintegration Of family hfe'
which IT must be frankly owned is CHARACTERISTIC
Of our modern society Is the product Vi
that enormous exaggeration OF indivduahsm Oh
which our own century has seen the Development
and which has brought with II In its train "hole
host Of evils" BY 'lndividualism' Bishop Potter
means the modern tendency to throw off the earlier
forms of authority and sacred tradition, ana let
each person act az his own Judgment Dictates so
long rights OF others are not curtdiIed there
by While he admits that in the spirit Of indivd-
ualIsm the historian Of the future perhaps dis
Germ the mlghtiest force Of this age, the Bishop
holds that has had disastrous effect upon fam
lily life and through the family upon the nstitu-
lions and obligations Of marriage
FREEDOM DIFFERS FROM LICENSE.
Bishop Potter says:
The struggle for individual freedom has issued
In more tnan one direction IN the triumph OF
translated
free love; and the restraints of august and eter-
nal sanctions have under the pretext Of the
rights Of the individual been thrown down and
tramped under foot. one illustration OF this Will
P Sq ndSsnas or b nay pnent TS
TO the sanctity and perpetuity Of the family; one
OF the large movements in the direction OF lndi-
vdual rights which have occurred In our day IS
that in behalf Of the rights Of woman Inc
Independent single woman, with her own menage,
however simple and microscopic, mistress OF hcr-
self and of her time when the task hours Of the
day done, and Of her own person all the time,
presents tempting contrast to her married sister
paired health. narrow means ana II may pc a
selfish and brutal husband Under the unnamaoie
situation Is not greatly changed. and the modern
her happily employed. falls prey 10 false teachers
and foolish dreamers who are continually finding
Of human society than that on which the Origi-
mating Mind has rested f.
truest friend Of the Republic who strives to rebuild
the Home ana recreate me Pa h ovg bse
tory has given to US here, high and noble IDEAL
The question FOR us is Can we reproduce 1t?
POVERTY OF THE TRANSyAAL.
There was recently published in these columns
synopsis Of the views Of clever American news
paper man upon the -character Of Dom Paul. and
his people. The author had been travelling In
South Africa and had acquired high opinion Of
the Beers and thought they ought 10 be allowed
10 run their country in their own way be-
cause they jolly good fellows II for no better
reason. The October number Of The North Amer
lean Review" contains an article by Boer news
paper man. called "A Transyaal View Of the South
African Question" which advances a argu-
ment. The author IS Dr.. F. '. Engelenburg. Editor
OF the pretoria Volkssten." After review Of
the long standing difficulties between the Beers
and the British. in which DR. Engeenburg proves
to his own satisfaction. anyway, that the latter
were always In the wrong. he puts forth the novel
plea that the British would DO well TO let the Afri-
kanders run their country because II IS so
poor that after the gold mines exhausted It
will not be worth keeping.
BOERs WILL 0UTLAsT THE MINES.
Here is the way he puts it.
The white population Of this part Of The world
amounts in round numbers TO- two millions ,er "a
Of country larger than France Germany anu
the outside world. not merely for the products OF
technical industry but also for those OF agricult-
ure We import potatoes and frozen meat from
Australia wood from Canada and Norway, eggs
and butter from Europe meal and mules from
off, a large portion Of our white and other popu-
lation would simply starve, or al any rate be
deprived of the comforts OF lie. only the SOers,
who exc out frugal existence on their secluded
farms and have not yet become dependent on
frozen meat European butter. American meal and
Australian pOtatoes-Only the Beers, VINO. with
rare endurance (the heritage Of their hardy race
boldly face years or drouth; rlnderPest' ioSusts
and fever, could survive such a collapse or the
with by nature AS long as the gold mines and
the diamond mines can be worked and made TO
africa preserve it's balance. but soon as South
Africa has swallowed up It's capital 10 the very
last bit Of gold the Outander Will have TO seek
for for fresh delds for the exercise of his nervous
energy As long as the Boers allow the modern ra
vaal soil without heavy impOsitons, and TO have
free hand in the administration Of the country
and the government of the native population 1t
will be found that the best business policy VIII De
10 leave the Beers in undisturbed possession OF
their country.
FIVE YEARS OF AMERICAN PROGRESS.
Michael G. Mulhall. T. s. s. has article in
The same number Of The North American Re
yley'' called Five Years Of American Progress"
The author gives a large quantity OF statistics.
clearly arranged in tabular form a. TO prove easy
reading even for those who not mathemati-
callv Inclined Some Of his conclusions are as
follows:
Population has advanced at slower pace than
ever before recorded.
ha iT,lP risen n8 by sico ' S ~
Manufacturing Industry hppears 10 nave grown
prodigousy. the consumption OF raw material
showing an Increase all round Of about % per cent.
Agricultural interests are prosperous as regards
tIlage but pastoral farming seems TO have suf-
fered the number OF 1--we stock failing 25WD,c0
Mining shows "A great increase In the production
OF gold copper and petroleum
Public debt has risen s2JO.N00O since 1923.
Banking business has increased 80 per cent
The gross receipts Of railroads fell sS3oOooco; the
net profits s2l.WnWo
The tonnage OF port entries has risen 80 per cent
but this has been entirely in ships carrying foreign
flags The merchant shipping OF the United states
shows a steady decline.
DECLINE OF BRITISH TRADE.
Mr. Mulhalls article is followed by one on The
| Decline OF British Commerce" by Maurice Low.
which is gloomy reading for Englishmen. Mr.. Low
j hoo