The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-16
ADDRESS BY |. ". CURRY
HE Is ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE.
AlIusiOn Made to the Killing of the
President-Views Concerning the
Great Corporations.

L. w. Curry of Baltimore Nd, assistant
secretary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
1. o. o. F., delivered a sermon last night
at Central Christian Church on "The Needs
of the Church and Fraternalism." Owing
to an oversight at the morning service at
Meridian-street Church the announcement
of Mr.. Curry's talk last night was not
made. To this can be attributed the fact
that so few of Mr.. Curry's fellow-members
attended.
Mr.. Curry said in part: "A careful study
of existing conditions presents some very
perplexing problems. We have with us the
optimists and pessimists What we want
to do is to be able to take care of our
selves, be masters of our own frames We
must have confidence in ourselves We
must be Optimists.
ALLUDED TO ASSASSINATION.
1.-The assassination of President McKin-
ley was a dastardly crime. If | were
pessimist 1 do not think 1 could have given
joyful utterances, as some have foolishly
done, at the deed of the Anarchist Although
l greatly deplore the act. l could not sane
ton mob law. This latter subject is what
we of this country should carefully study.
In all cases let the law be supreme. If
study it would dispel any thought toward
crime of this kind, no matter how great
the offense committed.
The wisdom of God in throwing this
country into deep sorrow at the loss of its
chief executive for the third time will some
day become apparent. At the beginning of
the Christian era the people were loath to
take up the teachings of Christ. The blood
of Christ and the martyrs of the faith have
Dpp ne Of no In
istence. 1t may be that the blood of our
Presidents will be the seed planted for the
advancement of our great country.
1T is for you and L. dear friends, to look
carefully into the diabolical methods of the
business world. Look into business condi-
tions not as they appear, but as they
really are. During the years OF my life |
have thought assiduOusly of that great
text, DO unto others as you would that
others should do unto you. That is all
right, but when l pry into the methods
used now by the great majority of our bust
ness men in conducting their affairs L begin
| to appreciate the wisdom of David Harum
when he said, Do to the other fellow as
he would do to you, but be quick and do
it first
GREAT CORPORATIONS.
Look for example at the workings of
our great corporations which are styled
trusts When crowd of men band to-
gether for the purpose of crushing their
felIowman out of business or perhaps the
world, they are guilty of a serious offense
In such cases il is always the rich man
that succeeds. The poor man is always
confronted with the words of St Paul, AL
ways be in subsection to your superiors >
This Is not meant that because you are
employed by man you have no rights
and are his slave. 1t is this very thing
that the sugar trust the cattle and meat
trusts and the Steel Corporation have been
banded together for The sugar trust acted
in violation Of the laws of the country
when 1t issued bonds and stock certificates
10 the extent of SS500O.O00 when it's real
value was $4,000 The cattle and meat
trust has raised its capital stock up TO
$OOOO,OOO and the steel trusts capitaliZa-
ton is over one billion dollars Russell
Sage, in the North American Review. SAYS
that we are on the brink of a serious
collapse on account Of these great corpora
tons watering their stock TO such great
extent. OF the steel trust Mr.. Sage says
that the capitalization represents the total
amount Of money in circulation These
corporations with their unfair methods are
guilty of all sorts of crimes. When we
dealers they have crushed from the mar
ket, the homes ruined and the lives
wrecked, we charge the officials with muir
der and outlawry.
1T is time for us. the middle men. to
take this subject in hand and try to remedy
the evil. 1t is for this purpose that the
church was formed and the object at which
fraternal organizations are striving. Ii is
| the duty OF every minister and every fra
ternal society TO grasp this situation and
work hand IN hand to overthrow the pres
ent condition OF business affairs The only
way IL can be done is by the words of the
Bible. where we find the foundation for all
truths. If this book were studied more by
our fellow-men the country would be bet
ter"