The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-05

henefactiOus IL l. an ideal that relates
more to the manner Of making money,
less to the manner OF spending money.
This. / believe, was the real meaning
Of the recent protest by Congregational
ministers against the acceptance Of the
Rockefeller GIFT Twenty-Five years ago
this protest would not have been made.
There was no question concerning the
good that the money would do If IL
had been merely question Of the prop
er spending Of the money, there would
have been no complaint, nor did they
dispute the mans legal title 70 the mon
ey he had given away. It was the moral
title that was called in question. If
he had no moral right TO the 100000
he could transfer no moral right, and
it seemed to some a fearful thing for
the mission board to accept a sum Of
! money, 60 which its moral title was
doubtful 20 say the least
The moral title was regarded with sus-
picion because Of the manner in which
1 the money had been made. Had It been
made JUSTIFY Had it been made hon-
estlyi In the production Of the for
tune, from which the 100000 came,
had hopor been sacrificed, had brother
hood been despisedl This new ideal we
disregard at our peril For the same
reason there are some who hesitate to
give to the remarkable Scotehman, Car
negie. the honorary degree Of doctor OF
philosophy His ,Wethod OF spending
money Is admirable indeed. but how did
he make his money! Those who have
visited Pittsburg and have seen the
\ houses, not worthy to be called houses,
where his wage -earners live with THEN
families are disposed to shake THEN
/ heads. Was he Just, to say nothing
Of his being generous, to those who lab.
ored with himG
For we have at last reached that per
iod in the evolution Of society when
/ the significant question is not. How
/ does man spend his money!, but
/ "How does he make it," Has he beer
fair to eompetitions Has he been Just
| to wage e-eaFners? Has he employed
methods that raise or lower commercial
standardss Is the nation blessed BY
his personal SUGGEST Or are the FREE
institutions placed in peril? Yes, justice
in the making of money, not charity il
the spending Of money, Is the new ideal.
i Aud ii this shall mean, as it appar
emily does mean, a reduction Of wealti
for the few and an enlargement Of wealth
for the many there Is no class Of soeiet!
and no individual Of society itself tina
will not be the gamer.
Political democracy has come Edu
cati0nal democracy has come. The de
mocracy Of wealth Is coming. And e
those who read the signs OF the time
| in the shorter period Of rapid progress
it appears also, and only less clearly
! that We are approaching an era who's
! watchwords are fairness and humanity
1t Is an era in which the great productiv
! enterprises of mankind are to be carrie
/ on with Justice toward all and malic
! | toward none-an era, indeed, which
to witness a closer approximation
(, the democracy Of wealth.
I And the great herald of this golde
age Is the splendid demand, whose volt
r is growing Iouder and grander as Il
t DAYS 20 By; that not d dollar shall !
made in commerce OF industry that
: not made honestly, Justly, humanel
i with due regard TO the rights Of othel
q and the brotherhood Of man.
5 And even as the pen is mightier tha
E the sword, the chief instruments Of Il
!. peoples advance are the printed essa
Z and the platform speech, rather tha
j the deed Of violence, the boycott, or u
i strike.
d 1t is significant to men that the gre
bulk Of those who protested against Il
IS Rockefeller gift We're students Of soeio
e ogy; that in the White House there /
II sides a president, himself student
d sociology, who is frankly and manifes
le II, it may not be always wisely or CO.
ID sistently, but frankly and manifest
4 on the side of the masses Of men; thi
e the real leader Of the opposition part
4 himself student OF social seienc
s. those twice defeated at the polls al
r differing from the president Of the Uni
&. ed States in many Of his principles al
is policies. is quite as frankly and qui
as manifestly on the side Of the mass
n. Of men.
Il sAnd it Is more than oil signifcar
" If YOU will permit me to say II, thous
Il much of my life, training and associ
q. ton would seem to lead me otherwi.
It lit is to me deeply significant, as | NJ
I self have studied the evolution Of socie
Z. and the facts Of social life, that | ha
n found myself inevitably and even mo
re NutNpiHttlN EAfAit@ " AI9 hNAAt -
pathy, not to the classes but to t
Il masses ST my felIowmen
Il 'fYes, the pen is mightier than I
10 sword, and all that the sword rep
ae sents. There y no power in the Wi
Ia earth so splendidly irresistible, as
Ii statement, single, clear, convincing It
u statement Of the truth.
Ia ut has been q world of strife q
e bloodshed; it has been 4 world of suff'
ne ing and sorrow; filed in every age vi
Al injustice and oppression and mans
ne humanity TO man; but from the We
dawn Of history to the present day
d. has been world Of progressive mo-
rs ment toward a splendid goal, and tt
4 goal Of progress, toward which the VIII
he creation tends Is the greatest goal :
at Of you and not Of me, not Of this y
at man nor Of that poor man, but alwa
Il. of the human race
he 1t is a progress that we may
nd sure will not cease. In truth it gath'
mi momentum with each succeeding ye
II. It's pace increases, and we may eelebra
this Labor Daythis one holiday Of
se day whose meaning il prophetic and !
~ historie-rwe may celebrate this Lat
he Day and do it heartily and hopeful
the advance of the people Of their owl
Il. The committee which had charge
rit the days celebration was composed
nj the officers Of the Central Labor unii
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