Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1900-12-07
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1900

WEALTH the WORST DANGER Of
THE NATION.
IF you want to find the dangerous
classes in the city, do not go into the
East Side, among the ignorant, the
criminal and the poor; do not 60 into
the Tenderloin to find them, OF any
other like locality. You would not
find them by going to Tammany Hall
or to the Chief Of Police" Laughter.
"But II you had stood at the doors OF
Delmoico's last night, 40 the members
Of the Chamber Of Commerce filed IN 70
sit down to the annual dinner Of that
organization; or had you stood on the
streets Of this city when the SOUND
money paraders passed BY, you would
have found them, guilelessly innocent
that they were, but none the less tne
most dangerous classes In this city ana
in this republic. Ernest Crosby, AZ
the conference on religion In All Souls
Church last night
what is needed" he said, AS our
next step in civilization 10 to break
hole and make 4 window, that the
public may see into the great corpor-
ations and trusts, and what IS just as
important, that the managers may see
out and recognize the sentiment OF the
public
There are men to-day Waitng ana
wanting to act, TO throw of the snack
les Of the modern bandits but they
dare not alone; their trusts are too
great What is wanted is q group of
men, high in position, great in power.
who, at great cost, ii need be, will
stand and say. thus far up to the lines
of the incest honor, shalt thou go, and
! no further Bishop Lawrence. OF
Massachusetts,. at the Chamber OF
Commererce dinner at Delmonicos,
I Tuesday night.
! These startling statements were made
in this city by two earnest, thinking
| men within tWenty.four hours OF each
! other.
1 The speech by Bishop Lawrence. Of
| Massachusetts, was addressed to . COM
pany Of men worth in the aggregate
one billion dollars-the members and
1 guests Of the Chamber of C0mmererce
dinner.
The speech by Ernest Crosby. son Of
4 the late Rev DR.. Howard Crosby. re-
4 former, ex-member Of the legislature.
, was delivered last night in All Souls
j Church, al Twentieth street and Fourth
i avenue, before the New York State
1 Conference of Religion.
The millionaire diaers at Delmonico's
applauded-politely. Tho sober. ernest
! religious Of the conference, app!auded
Mr.. Crosby's words enthusiastically.
/ The church was we'll filled when the
chairman, the Rev. Josiah Strong,
arose and said thas, owing to dis
| astrous fire in one Of tho university
buildings. President Schurman OF Cor
nell, would not be dble to be present.
His place in the discussion Of THE
Dangerous Glasses IN Republic
would be taken by Nr. Crosby.
The young reforner plunged into his
subject with . force and precision OF
fire which showed that he had studied
deeply. But his words electrified his
hearers.
.'Seven or eight families In this
country own one.eight Of its entire
wealth." he said. This was not so
twenty years ago. Tho larger the
wealth Of this country grows to be. the
fewer the hands 1t gets into. The cry
is, Let us have prosperity, no matter
where 1t comes from
.They forget that true men would
rather earn $lsa day ~ freemen than
$5 day % henchmen."
Mr.. Crosby declared that the rights
Of the people were being yielded up TO-
the favored few. Supreme selhshnessj
underlay the passion for wealth and
deadly injustice w1s done to tndtv1du-
ais and races. This was contrary to,
the spirit and traditions Of the Anglo
Saxon race.
The above is fron the N. Y. Journal
Nov. %. Mr.. CEosby's theory il s>
beautiful one. '.thst true men would
rather earn 81 . day - freemen than
,t5 day a. henchmen." Mr.. Crosby
knows little Of human nature - exem-
plified in the recent election. The 81
. day man was nowhere in sight, while
the S5 men were withent number, and
oerhaps nowhere in tAe United States
were the five dollar nea more numerous
thsn in his own CREST city by the
H~dson. Mr.. Crosby oaght to prove
his assertion BY going out into the
muititude carrying Il ID lis left hand
and s in his right and seying here
you man. / will give you ooe dollar .
day to work % freeman. or $5 to
work a. henchman, which do you
prefer TO do - . great and glorious
American citizen with the Bunker Hill
monument befor your eyes, and the
surrender Of Yorktown visible in . |
cloud of patriotic gloryi" Give me
the 8 job and d-n the freeman" Mr..
Crosby 10 sentimentalist, man who
prates about things which might have
been but are not; about conditions
which ougth to exist but have gone
into the misty past ~ certain a. the
love of money-the ruling passion,
passion that will, as 1t has in all ages,
destroy the liberties of the people.
The love of money destroys the love
of liberty and justice, and while we
know this to be true, . most lamentable
fact, there are still some who love
liberty above all things on earth. The
spirit of the people is bowed before the