Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-08
GOES FOR CARNEGIE.
Labor And Capital in Deadly Clutch.

in social conditions, Rev. DR..
James Nj. Buckley, the fearless
Methodist preacher of New York,
sees gloomy times ahead. In u
sermon, Sunday, in Montclair, n.
j., he said:
'I don't fancy Carnegie's way
of distributing his millions. His
wealth has been amassed in direct
contradiction to the Golden Rule
and the preaching Of Christ. Why
did he not go into profit sharing
with his employesin instead of giving
his money to libraries? While |
believe in making knowledge free
to all, the cities of America had
provided for this advantage. Car
negie's temples, with his name
blazoned conspicuously thereon,
are superfuities. There was no
need for them, especially as there
are so many deserving institutions
to be assisted. Why has he not
given to the hospitals, the homes,
the sheltering arms which reach
out for the young abandoned to the
streets and who will perish unless
Christianity comes to the rescue?
In dozen directions this man
could have accomplished infinitely
more than by the erection of libra
ries and imposing increased bur-
dens upon the taxpayers to main
tain senseless splendor.
'Lately l have been looking
into the unionizing of labor, which
has been a party to business dis
turbance and to the impairing of
public confidence. / believe in
the principles of workingmen COM
bining to wiring their rights from
constituencies employers, but the
methods of applying the corrective
employed frequently this summer
| am strenuously opposed to. To-
day capital and labor are in a death
clutch. 1t does not require pro-
phet to tell US that within three
years-yes, two oyears-this country
will pass through terrible crisis
if there is not an immediate
change in the relations of labor
and capital. 1t seems as if both
have thrown Christian conduct
and common sense to the winds,
Things have been going from bad
to worse, and labor unions have
now assumed SO arrogant an atti-
tude that q great crash is almost
inevitable. You have only to
read the history of Rome changing
names and dates, to see what this
country is coming to.
"Instead Of trying to settle the
vexed questions of capital and
labor along Christian lines, you
have great organized selfishness
opposed to great organized selfish
ness. The most arrogant trust is
the Labor Trust. 1t is officered
by irresponsible walking delegates
who pursue a policy of rule or
ruin. Conditions in great centers
of population are only growing
worse, the number of poor is on
the increase and we are getting in
immigrants, not as formerly, from
northern but from southern and
eastern Europe. look upon this
change of supply as one of great
and unmixed evil. The Italians
and the Hungarians and the Poles
and the Russians bring with them
the frowsy Anarchist and the red
handed murderer and the sneaking
brigand. Our papers are filled
every day with their cowardly and
bloodthirsty crimes. | tremble
over the future of my country
wheu [ see these Latin races TAX
ing the place of the hardy folks
who come from the north to fill
the waste places. These fire eaters
| join whatever union will let them
in and their un-American senti-
ments are imbibed all too freely by
those whose ancestry is on a much
higher plane.
'It is a time for thoughtful
men to face the future with earn
est prayer, for it is time to try
mems souls. A great crash is
coming and many rich women
who have horses and carriages and
are leaders of fashion will be
brought to want. History repeats
itself and we connot SOW the wind
and hope to escape from reaping
the whirlwind.
"The only solution OF these labor
problems is inthe practical applica-
tion of Christian principles. The
rich man must regard the poor
man as his brother and the latter
must serve the rich with faithful
ness, diligence and sincerity. I'm
less wa anplv tho Simn1a trutbc nf