Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-28
MANY SCIENTISTS.
Continued from Page One.)
to for the absolute security ana ei'irt
convenience of the country.

to for the absolute security ana e'i'ire
convenience of the country.
henry Laurens Call OF "as''i''s.o"'
ID. C.. read paper on the "Cohceii,'".
ton OF wealth." in which ne siiu 'iids
% years ago there were not 10 cN'ci
% hhiilonaircS in the whore "
United States ana their coinpi,iou ~,
tunes probably did not cXceed Sioo'V"'
oVo or per cent. Of the then aSsie5"'0
wealth Of the nation.
Sixteen years ago tho c'ilpiiIcu ~
lures OF This class were estimate" Ut 9""'
'n."N"o or . per cent. of OUT hh'i'i'"'
wealth. Today 4 bare per cent ci our
population, he said. owns prdc'ic"'iE ~
per cent. OF the crtirc wealth oil the M
ton.
AS a result Of this wealth conccntra-
ton" Mr.. Call said. industrial society
is practically divided into th" TWO classes
pf III" enormously rich ard the miSerably
poor: our 1S,0tNO wage carriers receive
an average of but $40 per year; nlnc-
tcnthS of our business men are Iaiio''S'
our clergy receive an average annual sal
airy of about 500; the average Tor inc
educators Of the land is even lower ana
the income Of other professional men III
proportions; while of our b,00G,ooo farmers
one-,hird arc tenants the homes 81 one
rhird of the remaining two-thlrds are
mortgaGcd ana a debt burden is almost
universal.
Our public and private mortgage,
bcrd and general Indebtedness alone
reaches Il probable total of 100000 o0o,0O).
= ST. amount equal u
49, times our per capita money circula-
ton anG 80 times our savings bank dc
pests.
These conditions are not normal nor
The result of national law or cauSatlon.
hut ere instead the result of Il monop-
ely Of laEI and mineral resources OF
money. OF transportation and other pub
lie utilities as also of industry.
THE corporation should Nct be made
cooperative instead Of, as nov, the m
strumcnt Of private greed. The owner
ship of public utilities, such as street
railways should be in the public as also
the control and distribution Of money.
liz his complex situation manifcStly III"
most just. as well as the most feasible
solution would he to fix some maximum
w said t. have acquired honestly or
which h" coUld have acquired under Just
cnn,litiolS, all above such rcvcrting to
the public from The holdings i'm the cor
pnrL.:ons."
Or. c. NJ. Woodward Of ST. Laais also
spoke Mr.. Woodward agreed with 9TH
crs that there was no valid distinction
between pure science and applied Sci"nc"
ard pointed oUt that q healthy and ti:,"lT
growth and development of the brain
was TO be promoted by an education in
volvinG Il great variety Of activity, skill
fully adjusted as 20 quality and quantity
TO the mrrtal and physical status Of the
child
Il see now here" he said. in either
ancient or modern times 4 people whose
youth liav" been trained as our Am"ri-
cans should br trained. Neither Greece
nor Rome with their rinnaclcs of cultUr"
resting on the barbarcus foundation of
human slavery. nor the hlooded aristo-
Gratis Of modern times, can teach us how
IL educate, train and ordain an American
citizen. We must not expect all our stu
dents to rule, nor Vet al to be ruled: to
direct. nor yet to be directed: to employ
nor to be employed. They must h" cap
able of all these things. No narrow,
selfish aim to prejudice or caste. 70 false
claim Of high culture which scCrns ser
vice. must mislcad the growing, expand
ing minds
From . o'clock until II o'clock Prcsi-
dent Butler Of Columbia received tho
members Of the association. and Their"
WAS Il smoker also for the members of
tie association at the Faculty Club.