Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

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leves. can be effected with the pos
session Of productive equipment Of the
best order. Able-bodied and able
minded teachers and students who have
the free use Of land and capital. work.
ing half time. living modestly and re-
ceivine the whole proceeds Of their
labor, should be able 10 produce their
own maintenance Incidentally. u ls
designed to test the feasibility Of self
supporting education under favorable
conditions. II this can be shown here
there are men Of means and educators
who will join hands in establishing
such institutions.
mo student will be under any obii-
cation; he is supposed to honestly pay
his way with his work. Whether II
does so pay is immaterial. This pro-
vision for free advanced education IL
made not in order to get rid Of money
not as a charity to the helpless, not as
method OF gierlfication, but simply
because It is believed to be a good and
proper thing to do. NO one can come
to this college and pay his way in
money. Work and earnest effort are
essentials in the scheme. All will be
on precisely the same footing, whether
their father be captain Of industry
or a farmer or ditch laborer. TUT
tion, board, medical attendance and
washing are free. Clothing and inc-
dentals for the first six months must
be provided by the students"
The college is perhaps best described
as manual training school, flattering
has been the success which has attend
ed its foundation. II see nothing at
tractive in the idea of accommodating
wealth or in leaving vast piles of 1t
when | die or In endowing institutions.
II q would rather endow individuals
While l am still living / want to use
my money for those purposes which
consider most needed
This is part of the philanthropists--
he dislikes the term--worlting formula,
and he is carrying it out to the letter.
Many Forms Of Charity
Mr.. Nelson's charitable activities have
taken other forms. For example. he
has at Indio, Cal, camp for consump-
tives, asthmatics and other invalids. At
first the plan of having no charge
whatever was tried, but 1t was soon
abandoned, and now tri1ing charge
is made for rent, while those who de-
| sire to be boarded are cared for at
cost. Work for those still in physical
condition to labor may be found OIL
| M -. ,oI, rlv or on
the Southern Pacific railroad. The To-
cality is an unusually healthy one, and
since the camp has been opened there
has been but one death recorded, al
though patients have been received
without regard to their condition.
For two decades past Mr.. Nelson has
been one of the most active men in the
field of philanthropy in America He
has avoided publicity, and many of his
acts have come to light only through
the announcement of the innovation he
Is making in the business world. That
he has not been without admirers in
the work which he has chosen is at
tested by Robert Hunter. who. in amin
terview with The Herald, spoke an en-
thusiastic appreciation of this quiet
] and unostentations westerner.
Division of Profits
"I am in thorough sympathy with
Mr. Nelson's newest form of philan-
thropy," said Mr.. Hunter, land SO must
al men be who admire the work of the
head and the heart. He has always
enjoyed the esteem and respect Of all
| a. I,{~ LAT
benefaction comes as natural Sc
quence for Mr.. Nelson has long held
pronounced views on the labor ques-
tion.
Employers may be roughly divided
into three classes" continued Mr.. Hun
ter. There is that class, unfortunate
Il Ivy too numerous, which APPARENTLY
holds that the workingman is able to
earn his daily pittance solely through
the kindness and generosity of them
selves These laugh to scorn the idea
that any one but they have rights
which are bound to be respected 1t is
this class which is largely responsible
for labor troubles.
1.-THE second division, should say,
is composed of those employers who,
while willing to allow their men what
they call square DEAL nevertheless
believe in 'divinely commissioned class
distinctions, and, while they are willing
to give labor a degree of credit for
what it accomplishes, are convinced
that 1t should be kept in its proper
place, although they never are quite
sure where that is, beyond a general
belief that it is somewhere at the bot
tom of the heap.
1.-THE third cla9s-all too rare-realize
the fact that il is labor which produces
their profits and are not afraid to show
an open recognition. 1t is in this cate
cory that would place Mr. Nelson, al
! though he is far more advanced than
that description would imply. l believe
that he has hit upon a most happy
thought in the plan which he has an
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