Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-16

lis bad for him and for those who bestow
1t. 1t Is wrong for four reasons:
First. 1t is unjust to the worker. He
Is entitled to his living in return for his
work. and when he does not get it he is
robbed of his due.
Second. 1t is humiliating to the work.
ingman. He's put in the position of a
mar unable to make a just return to
society for what he receives. He is made
to feel that without the assistance Of
others he cannot provide for his needs.
He is forced to be grateful for what he
should have as right.
Third. 1t %pauperizes him and robs him
of self-respect. Getting something for
nothing makes him tend more and more
to shift his responsibilities upon other
shoulders.
Fourth. 1t gives the donor a puffed up
sense of self-righteousness. Though he
has gained his wealth from the labor Of
others, he prides himself upon his benev-
olence in bestowing part of it upon those
who nave enriched him. It is as if a
h~ighNwayman should rob a man and then
kindly return to him 5 cents for street,
car fare.
All charity, no matter of what de-
scription, has these drawbacks. The
only way that free baths, dispensaries.
ETC., can be given to people without in
jury and degradation to them is by their
being duly provided by the state or city,
Ihen each man pays his share toward
their maintenance in taxes. and what he
receives is a right, not a favor"
DR.. Pentecost insists that if all charity
could be done away with, the condition
OF the working classes would soon he
immensely improved. They would then
have to have such wages as would keep
them. and they could not work for less.
Knowing we'll that they must be main
tanned or die. In other words. he be-
I1aVGC thof oh pifyv I @ ci,,p n - .z~41- A
concealing the results of unjust social
conditions; that it is a thin veil that COW
ers a terribel wound: a tom-cat that
browns the cry of despair.
GOOD POINTS
While the mass of people may not
agree with DR.. Pentecost they will find
some points of interest in his argument.
Already he has brought his theory to
some of the most famous students of So
cial affairs in the world and the matter
is being discussed by the most able So
cieties. Whether they will accept his ar
guments or reject them remains to be
seen.
DR.. Pentecost who ha sthe credit for
having in~augurated this unique crusade.
is himself a man of many unique charac>
terfstics. He is both a clergyma nand a.
lawyer. He has preached in many pul-
pits and he has practiced law. both with
success. AS he is a man of independent
means. the socialistic tendencies that
have cropped out through all his SER
mons and writings hav not been cheap
bids for notoriety. He never has courted
public attention and what he has lone
has ben the result of his faith in the JUS
tice of his own convictions.
Several years ago he came out as the
open supporter of Henry George and DR..
McGlynn. to the detriment of his own
position. but the knowledge of this fact
seemed to have no effect upon him. In
other words. there may lave been tines
when people were justified in questions
ing the wisdom of his position. but they
have never been able to question the
honesty of his purpose.
STRONG SAYINGS. 7
In presenting his new theory DR.. PEN
tecost has again resorted to the unique
methods that distinguished his support
of all former theories aud reforms. For
instance. he called DR.. McGlynn the new
Peter the Hermit; Henry George the
new st. Paul. Among other expressions
that have helped to make him famous
are: There is not much in trusting God
when a few men w the earth. I haven't
told a Door man to trust in God for some
time. If Jesus Christ should come to
earth again he would preach the doctrine
and join the anti-poverty society, and
then he would be black-balled sure,
This nation consists of so, 600, 600 people,
mostly fools"
DR.. Pentecost was born at New Han
over, Ind, in 1S4S and began to preach
when still avery young man. He was
first a Baptist, then a Congregational
list and later an Unitarian. While pas
tor of the South Baptist church in Hart
ford. Conn. he married Miss Gattling,
huadtger them -wo.fl IN amg. et-.n
the daughter of the famous gun maker.
He is the brother of Rev. George r. PEN
tecost. the renowned revivalist.
During his career as a preacher. author
and lecturer. DR.. Penterost has attracted
attention to himself by his support of
many so-called adical causes. brut none
of the theories that hehas advocated has
attracted so much general attention as
his present anti-charity crusade.