The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-19
The Man With The Hoe, The Pen, the Purse
and The Idea Considered.
IMPORTANCE OF EACH TO THE WORLD
Each Mans Wolk IS Valuable in lhs PrOpor on
Thai ils Mixed vi h Ideas Letter From Dr.
H5tsi kexicn on TIusls.

New York Feb. l9.-Cooper Union
was filled last night with an audience
to hear discussion on the ethical basis
of industrial organization under the
auspices OF the Peoples Institute. Prof.
Charles Sprague Smilh presided.
Rev. W. IA. +. Faunce. II. d.. pres
ident Of Brown University, was the
principal speaker OF the evening. He
began by saying in order that we
may study the human brotherhood
more closely. / want TO consider with
you. four men. the man with the hoe
the man with a pen, the man with a
purse and the man with an idea."
He then went on TO say that the man
with the hoe had been immortalzed by
Millet. Without the labor OF the man
with the hoe. all the other labor OF the
world would cease, and TO lift that low
~ teller is t. lift the world The man
with a pen. the speaker said, was ike
wise toiling in the service of the world.
Without him all the great thoughts
and Inspirations of the world would die
almost as soon as spoken The man
NANti O. HNA'N 10 a - ~ 80 hNiANN 'N'Ns
whom we can readily discern. The
question is what is he doing with IL. II
he Is using It as the mere minister Of
luxury and personal qualification then
he Is a man without "A conscience and
SO foe TO the society which has made
his purse possible. If he is using it as
a trustee, believing that God and men
have called him TO take charge of what
he must soon surrender. then he may
be another Peter Cooper.
The man with an idea, the speaker
said, Is one that cannot be so readily
/ portrayed, but behind purse pen and
/ hoe lies the idea, the vision. Every
mans work is valuable just in proper
/ tlon as il is mixed with ideas. Unin-
| telligent labor simply damages raw ma
| terlal and defaces The beauty OF the
world. We should then value the man
! with the idea. II may not be our idea.
but give him a'chance TO express it.
Prof. Smith then read letter from
DR.. Heber Newton. which was in part
as follows: II do not quite understand
! the tithng OF the subject. But I take
| u 10 mean what is popularity known as
! The Trust rhe medieval system OF
! regulation OF this business world by
( great guilds broke down by It's owr
I weight. Then followed an era in tht
! 18th century and the beginning of the
| 18th century OF pure individuallsm OF
! almost unchecked competition This. In
turn, is breaking down OF it's own
weight. labor organizes; capital or
I ganizes. ~apital is organizing
g.
! we have this monster develop
ment OF the corporation and the trust
az we see them on every hand. A host
Of beneficences are made possible. on
the other hand, great dangers attend
this development. These dangers are
plain enough 10 every thoughtful man
Unless labor can organize on the same
gigantic scale. il viii be more at tho
mercy Of capital than ever. Hosts OF
mon will be thrown out OF employment
The market being i'm the control OF
few hands. prices can be forces up
Taxation beyond the dream OF the past
can be laid by private hands upon the
whole community the entire nation
The enormous power OF aggregated
capital can corrupt and debauch oui
city councils our legislatures. our con-
gress
What "A revelation OF the spirN OF
)ur modern corporation has been given
In the lasl few days in the astounding
statement OF the profit OF the Carnegis
company last year and for the preseni
year \ company expecting to make
from $40. 900 600 10 $50 600 600 in the eur.
rent year on capital OF s25.000.000. tI
what extent water we do not know
asking the state 10 tax the whole ma
ton under the puise OF tariff that II
may De- able 10 Increase the wages oi
it's workingmen' No more revo tine
story is told than the tale OF the
standard oil trust as Henry ID. Floyi
has given. Regulation and control must
be assumed by the state and pushed
forward as fast and as FAR as needful
The end OF that control is not Go break
down the high organization of capital
but to safeguard "a from its own greed
and rapacity. to-. humaniZc 10 ana tc
naturalize u and ultimately To- social
ize. The ultimate outcome OF the trust
| seems To- me what is practical in the
dream OF socialism"