Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-21

utCattON OF wrong. some OI tIle HO-
blcst mon and best enterprises have
failed. No longer ago than 1900 the |
big brokerage firm Of Price, McCor.
mick & Co.. went to smash with lla- /
bilitlcs amounting to S13.WW.WW. Price |
paid ~ cents on the dollar and was
discharged In bankruptcy from further
legal obligations. But he voluntarily
assumed moral obligation 1t Il now
stated that tho last dollar necessary to
square the big account has been paid
or course. Mr.. Prices action has had
many precelents. Mark Twain sup
piled one of them. 1t Is course that
indicates standards of commercial hon.
or that cannot be too much encour-
aged. We need more of the manhood
that dcnOunccs dishonest and unjust
methods In spite of their success and
less Of the wOlfshness that tears to
pieces the man. good or bad, who falls.
II know men and women" said
Thos. A. Edison the other day, "who
are food drunk all the time" Food
drunk" IL a new term. But It ex-
presses an idea that Is old. It de.
scribcs a condition that is notorious.
Few Of us indeed but know people who
are constantly gOrged with food, with
the result that their intellects are oe-
| clouded and their bodies benumbed
just as truly as II the excess had been
liquid instead of solid. The man who
has his stomach full of food Ia more
or less stupcied. His mind and mus.
clcs work reluctantly and sluggishly.
His faculties are dullcd and his feel.
ings deadened. His condition differs
only IN degree from that of the man
drunk with alcohol or Of the snake
that Is gorged. 1t Ia q common say
ing that IL you are going to ask a
favor Of a man first feed him well.
The philosophy Is good. The well
fed" man is In condition to grant any
thing rather than dispute about 1t. He
will not question or deny or haggle.
Take anything from him but his re.
pose. and he will not object. Every
one has experienced the mental dis
turbance produced by occasional over
eating. 1t Is easy to see that the man
who Is continually gorged Is continual.
~ of his mental balance. And II the
! proportion of us who continually gorge
were actually known we would no
doubt be amazed and dismayed. Thnt
the rich are continually tempted by
dishes that tickle the palate seems to
afford some little excuse In that dircc.
ton. Hut those who have specially oh.
served unanimously declare that the
most of the Overeating Is among the
poor. There the stomach IL overload
ed with unassimilable stuff in ortle,
that the necessary nutrition may be
gnined. 1t IL quite possible that We all
might live comfortably and better than
we do now on half what the average
ihan now consumes.
~
One Of the things which marked ths
late Senator Hanna ns man OF strong
Individuality was his consistent belief
In the practical value Of the work done
| by the salvation Army. Though hi
, gifts to the army were without ostcn
tatiOn he did not hesitate to publicl!
proclaim his sympathy with the pui'
4 poses and aims of the organization. Ill
= | advocated Its cause upon every suit
, able occasion. Being u harl-heade'
= | business man. IL II reasonable to as
|. sumo that Senator Hanna famlllarlze,
I | himself with the nature ana scope O
I the army's work before giving 1t sucl
. unqualified support. 4 feature of th'
. work which particularly appealed t.
!. | Senator Hanna and which enlisted hi
n | active support was the farm colony
|, | system which the army inaugurate'
D many years ago and which has spren'
|. into many lands. The bill to create |
n | colonization bureau, which was to hav
i been introduced before Congress b,
( Senator Hanna. proposes metho'
v whereby the Government may appl
the plans and experience Of the Sal
walton Army In putting actual settler
upon its irrigated lands. Whethe
:. such u cOlOnlzing plan. under Govern
u ment direction. would be practical o
not, the measure serves to call publ
y attention to the success of the army
', farm colonies and their remarkabl
- growth IN this and other countries. I'll
primary purpose, Of course, Is to n
- lieve the cOngested districts OF til
~ larger cities by attracting families
unOccupied lands ana giving them a
- opportunity to become home owner
!, under favorable conditions. The ObjeC
"a Of the Salvation Army colony IL ~
n to gather II group OF cranks or adhcl
:. ents of some particular sociallstic q
~ religious creed. nor IL II the purpose
n create u strictly farming population
:. The army starts Il family on Il ten q
n twenty acre tract with u cottage,
10 team, agricultural implements an
.s seeds. 1t advances all this and som
n money besides. The settler pays 1t II
2, back In three or four years out Of I'll
j. earnings from the soil, and IN Ill
" meantime has the benefits that com
" from living In an organized cOmmuil
D. ty. Farm colonies under the supe
Is vision Of the Salvation Army hay
le been established in South Africa, Au
fc tralia and England. In Rhodesia 3,W
acres have been turned over to til
army. ana western Australia has 81
apart 2O.OOO acres for its use. In til
q country the army has established farI
- colonies in California, Colorado an
"a Ohio. At Fort Amity. Colorado, Il