The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-28

ated Academic Principals of New
 York by Dr. Lyman Abbott-yyhat in
 Needed is to Bring the Corporations
 Under Government Control the same
 ms Banks--Labor Unions should AIso
 Broaden Out.
 Syracuse, N. Y, Dec. 27.--That the United States is passing from an age of individualism into one of fraternal- ism into which the government will take added responsibility for the well fare of the people, was the contention Of Dr.. Lyman Abbott, of New York, who addressed the Associated Academic Principals in this city tonight. He took for his subject "The Coming Ages
 "In industrial activity" pr. Abbott said. We are moving from the prin- ciple of every man for himself toward what I call fraternalism, where the common good is the main consideration. Upon this country, God has poured out untold wealth, and we have said, GO in and get it. and men have done it. A man of whom I knew put $60, 900 into a gold mine, and in two years, without doing a stroke of work or using his brain, took out S2,OOO,00O This system is not just. and we are going to leave 1t in the rear. When I say this do not mean that we will I3ave it in the rear by socialism. Socialism assumed that all functions can be done by the government. This may be so. but 1t is not proven. So we do not want the state to own all the tools of production, put we do want the characterization of industry, and the control of industry by the people for their own good.
 "A corporation is in it's essence, a democratic contrivance by which large number of men combine their money, and share in the distribution of profits. If corporation was honestly administered, it would be beneficial. The thing to do is not to destroy 1t, but to make it serve the purpose for which it was intended.
 What we want to do is to bring the corporations under government control, the same as we have the banks. A labor union is a fraternal organization We want to make the unions broaden out, and realize that labor and capital are partners in a common enterprise. ThA individualisfn which has inspired our country in the past has led to vices of self-conceft, self-will and greed. The Fremedy lies in the recognition of soci- I ety as a unit.
 1 There are three streams running so- | wards fraternalism, religion government and industrial activity Religion is not a purely personal affair, as those who believe in individualism would have us t believe. It is not true that a mans re- ligion is no concern of his neighbor Most of the commandments have to do with the relations of men with others. Religion is social. Individualism has broken up the church into 300 denomin- ations. We shall not get unity of the church of Christ by going back to the state where a faw men determined our religion for us. That is paternalism in religion.
 Tn government, too we are getting away from the old individualism. The old idea that the only function of gov- ernment is to protect life, and liberty, and property is wrong. We no longer regard government as simply a night watchman. Municipal government owns water and lighting plants, and exercises sanitary functions. The state educates the children, the federal government widens harbors, and does many other things for the welfare of the people.
 The state is an entity which has d right to do for itself whatever it can do for the advantage of itself The world has never seen more inspiring sight that that of the laducation of all chil- dren by the state."
 The report of a special committee on the subject, Teachers Salary Affected by the Increased Cost of Living" was read at the meeting of the State Teach- CTS association to-day by William Mc- Andrews, principal of Washington 1rv- ing High school of New York. The re- port was based on figures taken for the city of Elmira, N. r., by a body of professional men.
 It was shown that for a married man
 living at Elmira, salary of $2,731 is merely enough to moderately good liv- ing, while for an unmarried woman,
 with only herself to support $1,000 was stated as necessary. Comparison with the salaries paid in Elmira showed that men were receiving an average of S59S per year, and unmarried women $42S.
 Figures from thiEty-three towns anu cities in the state showed practically the same result. According to Mr. Nc Andrews the increase in wages during the past eight years had been twenty nine per cent. and the general increase in the cost of living had been about forty-six per cent.