The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-18


 Mir. Henry Clews. banker and author of ''Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street.; he spoke on Capital and the Social Unrest" He said in substance: The interest shown by all classes in important sociological questions and the willingness to discuss them fairly is a hopeful sign, and believe proper remedies for existing evils can be found without changing our present social system. It is through the exer- else of his mental powers that man becomes restless, endeavoring to ac- quire reputation in business, distinc- tion in learning or improvement in his fortunes. It is this iaudable aspira- tion which incites human progress, produces bounteous harvest, builds cities, bridges. factories and other lines of human industry. This is a noble unrest, but it Is not from this class of workers that we hear of so- cial unrest. No, the shadows mur- mur while the deeps are dumb; and it is from the socialistic class that we hear government decried and capital and competition assailed. l say. down with the assassins of law and order" cried Mir. Clews. This was the trend of his long defense of capital, in which he cited the aid rendered the govern ment by men of great wealth during the Revolutionary and Civil wars. His attack upon immigrants seemed rath- CT inconsistent as he admitted he came over from England at an early age. Though MT. Clews must be about 70 years old, he is as alert and vigorous as a man of 50, and presents a trim appearance. He wears side whiskers, and his skin shows healthy coat of tan. One side remark of MT. Clews was of special interest to us from the South. His casual mention of Mir. Bryan brought forth an instantaneous, and unexpected, round of applause Mir. Clews stopped short and said sharply: You can applaud Mir. Bryan all you want, but he'll never be President. Oh, yes, he'll be nominated again and
 the Republicans will have to put up Mir. Roosevelt to beat him. but, mark my word, Mir Bryan will never be Pres- ident-"
 As Wall Street Is suspected of hav- ing some say so in these matters, and as MT. Clews may be said to represent that historic thoroughfare, his unpre- meditated opinion is given for what "capitaT' one, but had the title read Tips" the audience would doubtless have been even larger.
 Speaking of crowds. the increased proportion of men in the audiences this week was very noticable; some one ex- plained that men were interested in socialism. while women are interested in socials.
 MT. R. R. Bowker, editor of The Publishers Weekly and The Library Journal, spoke on Corporations and Social Unrest" He discussed the &C., tua1 and legal aspects of large cor porations and advocated their more effective control upon suggested lines- MT. Bowker is said to speak with au- Vtkx hn was Vice. President of the New York
 Edison Company and it was proposed to water the stock to double the amount invested, he promptly resigned. At the conclusion of his speech, a motherly-looking woman was over heard remarking: Well, now this matter has been explained so that even women, babies and fools know the dtf- fefrence between watering stock on farm and stock-watering in cities" The corporations were defended most | energetically by Col. S. H. Church, Secretary of the Penn Lines. and also of the Carnegie Institute. Colonel Church thinks many of the evils or our industrial system are rapidly ad- justing themselves. but that Socialism is not the remedy to hasten matters. Men require some incentive and in- equality is inevitable. Some wag sug- gests that Colonel Church's title was bestowed for his chasing Carnegie
 Rockefeller, Flagler etc, as the Homeric Saints of Industry.
 Melville F. Stone was to have spoken l on ''The Relation of the Newspaper and | Social Unrest" but. to the Intense dis | appointment of all, he was prevented | by a slight attack of heat prostration
 in New York City" MT. Stone is the l one man in the world who sits in his office every day and feels the pulse of it. He has men everywhere and knows pretty near everything" said Erman J. Ridgway.
 Mir Ridgway, publisher of Every
 body's Magazine spoke on the connec-
 tion between Journalism and Social
 Unrest" For a calm. clean-cut. pro-
 sentation of interesting, pratical views
 and their logical sequence, Mir. Ridg- | way excelled many of the more fa-
 nous speakers in this notable aggrega- | tion. He contends that the influence | of the present day press is exerted l through it's news stories more than | through it's editorials.
 "John D. Rockefeller" said MT.
 Ridgway. Knows the secret of news paper influence and when he wishes to | impress us with the fact that he is
 really human he doesn't send for 8 l great editor. but gathers some report CTS about him on the golf links and
 hands them out a few homemade
 homilies and wooden witticisms and | pulls the game"
 As the publisher of Frenzied
 Finance it was up to Mir Ridgway to defend yellow journalism, and very | ably he did so.
 Wednesday the center of interest
 on the Unrest program was that
 unique couple. MT J. Y. Phelps | Stokes and Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes. 1 The story of the young son of rich and influential family devoting his life | to settlement work among the poor in | New York's slums. where he met and | loved a poor but talented Jewish girl
 named Rose Pastor. their marriage and | continued devotion to philanthropy-al
 this is too dramatic and recent to need l rehearsing.
 MT. stokes spoke on ''The Principles | of Socialism," and Mrs. Stokes on "The
 Evil Effect of Ostentatious Wealth"
 Mir. and Mrs. Stokes undoubtedly l command the respect due all who are
 brave enough 70 live their theories.
 but neither of them makes happy i'm
 presson on public platform. MT
 Stokes. tall thin and gangling. pumps
 up his ideas by bodily contortions, and
 Mrs Stokes's weak voice and peculiar
 utterance make 1t impossible to hear