Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-29

HON.. JOHN
Who viii ee the Next Chairman Of o
II Is Gods business. in this world
every human Is linked to some other
human. and we IRE all linked to God.
You cannot lnjure yourself without In.
Turing your neighbor or relative or
friend. You cannot injure your neigh.
Dor without injuring society. You can
not injure society without injurlng God
Almighty, the author Of society.
President Patton Of Princeton declar.
ed before his recent resignation that
our national conscience Is In imminent
danger on account Of the great desire
for luxury and wealth which Is pervud.
Ing this country to the detriment Of all
other ambitions. 1t cannot be denied
that prosperity has Its perlls and that
a dulling Of the conscience as to the
means and methods Of gaining wealth
Is not the least among them. It Is
doubtless true that the mere published
statements Of the vast sums Of money
accumulated by certain individuals In
these days and the still vaster amounts
represented In the capitalization Of Ger.
tain trusts ana combines" have the
effect upon some minds Of ar0uslng DIS.
content. inordinate desire. and reckless
ambition. The cOrOllary OF all this
would seem to be not to make an end
Of prosperity or even Of large accumu.
latlOns Of wealth. since these things, on
the whole. work for good rather than
evil. but to press forward more siren.
uOusly than ever In the development OF
higher ideals among men. In the IN.
fOrccment az sound morals ana pure
religion. by which men are taught TIM,
the highest ana most enduring happi
ness comes not through riches. hui
through right living. II we IRE "a
fOrtify ourselves rs a nation and d
people against the insidious workings
Of that spirit Of greed. selfishncss aud
sOrdid commerce .allsm. sprlnging out OF
the possession Of wealth and It's lux
uries. 1t can only be by still greater
insistence upon those forms Of educa
ton making for the development Of Tho
spiritual nature.-Leslie's Weekly.
The statement IL made that Andrew
Carnegie Is putting over $0,OOO,OOO an
nually into public libraries and propose.
to keep up the gait indefinitely. Few
persons will lind fault with Mr.. Carnc
giles liberality. He has the money and
lie might easily spend II for wOrs.
things than books. But why should
philanthropy so often take the form Of
luxuries? Books are education Of d
higher form. They IRE the high school,
and the finishing t0uches-good things
but not all.important. The common
school education Ii necessary. To ever,
human being should come at least til,
rudiments Of education. We want tn,
libraries and We must have the schools
And that brings III to condition thai
Ii u disgrace In almost every city ant
town In the United States. There ar,
not enough sch0OlhOuses. Children ar,
born and reach school age faster THAI
school facilities multiply. Thousand.
upon thousands obtain education ut thu
expense Of health and ambition. The!
are taught In Easements, In Railways
In ramshackie buildings. In quarter;
where the surroundings reek with vicn
They are crowded into rooms ill.httel
for their uses. Teachers are compelled
to handle double the number of pupil
that they can teach well. I'VE nee,
more buildings, hut there Ia no money
That Is cry that Ii heard from Main,
to California. 1t IL rs old as book edu
cation. and time doesn't seem to wOrl
great Improvement. Why shouldn't tn,
Carnegie brand OF phllanthropists d,
sOmething-usurp the duty Of the mu
inequalities II necessary and built
schoOlhOuses, big, modern. sanitar!
structures, where health might be pre-
served ana learning become more of
pleasure than duty? Really. 1t 4
worth thinking about.
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| The issuance OF Accident Bulletins
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion In Washington Is notable step
not only In railrOading but In the his
tory OF government supervision. 81
vast Is the network of railway track!
In this country, and so great Is the vol
ume OF business. that the accidents
although perhaps not large In proper
ton, are numerous In the aggregate
In 1901 more than eight thousand per
sons, passengers and employees wer'
killed on the railway, and fifty-thre'
thousand were injured. The number,
| exceed the casualties In battle of thu
first magnitude. Yet this was after ,
law requiring automatic cOuplers hat
considerably decreased the accidents
due to the Old-fashioned hand-coupllni
OF freight cars. Experience Is thu
greatest teacher. but her school Is al
expensive one. From the experienc,
Of the railways. carefully cOllated an(
analysed In these bulletins, It will
doubtless be possible to do much I,
lessen this volume Of misfortune. Al