The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-04
MAN CAN'Tl|VE
ON 5000 YEAR
PROFESSOR CLARK ON THE COST
OF EXISTING.
All Benefits Of Modern Progress out Of
the Reach Of Such an Income.

All Benefits Of Modern Progress out Of
the Reach Of Such an Income.
Is $500 enough to live on?
Professor j. Scott Clark of North
western University, who teaches Eng
lish week days and presides over the
cooperative class at the First Congre-
gational Church on Sundays, three
months ago made such a statement.
But now another professor Of the
same university denies the truth of the
remark. He is Professor J. H. Gray
of the Department Of Political Eco
nomy.
Prof. Gray, in speaking of 1.-The most
glaring evils of the present social and
industrial systems and the remedies in
sight, commenced: ITO say that a
laboring man can live on $500 n year
and enjoy the benefits Of modern pro-
gress is fallacy. He can exist If he
doesn't meet with the various vicissi-
tudes that surround him.
Zone Of the first evils of the social
conditions is the lack of parks. The
twentieth century ought to furnish the
laboring man with a park system, but
he could not get it on 5000 a year.
'Child labor is another evil of the
day. It is a GROWN evil. It should
make us blush with shame. 1t isn't
decreasing in proportion to ethical
progress. In the south in the cotton
mills the progression Of child labor is
appalling.
with the introduction of more COM
plex machinery we are becoming
more liable to accidents and loss of life
through them. The South African war
was waged five years, yet the total
number of men killed in that war was
not ais great as those killed in the same
time by the railroads of this country.
In addition to the number killed we
must take in a corresponding number
who were injured for life. And yet we
have hardly any redress for the
MANNED.
1.-The German states show that one
half the accidents are due to no ones
carelessness. Now, wish to call at
tention to the fact that $500 year is
not enough for the workingman in the
face Of these accidents.'
At this point Professor Clark inter-
upted with: II did not mean that 5000
was enough to provide for such emer-
gend( Yes. I was talking Of able-bodied
men,"
II an not advocating a murder" f"
continued Professor Gray but the only
is the labor union. Give us the labor
union th j all9Yit IS 2brut talitys until we
G,t s3ea;
3
Ebad. When the labor union Is asking
for an eight hour day IT" IS asking Tor
life. Then talk about: four or five mur-
ders in a strike.''
"In regard to the remedies, there is
only one remedy for human affairs.
The conditions must be found out first
and then public sentiment must de-
mand that the conditions be changed" :"
what are the weak points in the
single tax question:" asked Professor
Clark.
There is nothing that can be said
against single tax" declared Profess
or Gray. There is nothing in the law
piece of ground should profit by other
mems labor. It was given in justice to
the whole. AS soon as it fails to per-
form it's mission it should be taken
away"
In the meanwhile an attempt to live
on 81 a week, combined with too close
an application to his studies OF the Gar
rett Biblical Institute, and the deliv-
cry Of two sermons every Sunday, is
ascribed by his fellow students as the
reason for an attack of temporary in
sanity suffered by G. w. Carlin, a
young "theolog'' attending the insti-
! tute.
The young man, who is one of the
brightest students in school, was sud
denly stricken with insanity Sunday
evening while studying in his room in
Heck Hall.
For several weeks Carlin has been
ill as result of his alleged efforts to
live on $500 week. He was unable
to allow himself a sufficient nourish-
ment to properly sustain him.
This, with overwork in the divinity
school and the ministry, is believed to
be the cause Of his temporary insan-
ity.
Every Sunday, the young man, who
is not of a robust constitution, has
been accustomed to preach in the
morning at Cardiff, ILL.,, and after
wards walk nine miles to a neighbor-
ing town. to preach in the afternoon.
AT the Evanston hospital it is said
that with proper nourishment and a
complete rest the young man will be
al f~ h;