New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-31
CLASS FEELING AGAINST WEALTH.
Samuel Harden Church Says Cutlery Should
Cease

Cbautauqua. y y. july ao-An address was De
liyered here to-day by Samuel Harden Church ~
Iittsburg. upon DISSERTATIONS Wealth. and class
Feeling" In the course of il nc said
The most persistent manifestation Of class feel
ing found IN general cutlery against corpora a
wealth. The public ycNaton has been fully JUST
fed by co, poratc abuses which have become in
tcruatioual scandals. TIL" insurance malpractice
need recital here and il is 10 the credit Of the
IA tioual conscience that they have been effectively
stopped IN the operations Of other corporal" bodies
the law has neeu invoked non" too soon There has
been stock watering thcr" has o""n stock Jo6blhs.
there has been juggling with statistics. there has
been unlawful lending Of funds. there has beeu
nepotlsIn "nrichnS whole iafnll'S against inc
rights OF the public. there has been dscrimna ion
I'm The granting of rates and fdyoritsm In the Use
Of facilities which have built up dishonest fortunes
there mas been official plunderlng under the forms
law until some OF these men have gone mai
from Arrogance And Yet. Notwithstanding all
these owls, the great majority Of corporations M
America are conscientousi} obcHlnS inc Law opt''
in their letter and spirit, while the great majority
Of the men who manage those corporations are 50
constituted that in their rcctitude and dccency the"
are the pride Of their country.
Now it is highly necessary that corporations
should be controlled. but they must be controlled
IN, uisa and lust laws conceived in the righteous
spirit in which President Roosevelt has pIoJecte"
~. our, Drincples into the permanent constructiv,
craftsmanship Of country. Much OF the legis-
lation which has been passed or attempted, has
heen bveterical much Of it has been malicious.
But would it not be better. instead Of frettin
against the ostentaton Of wealth, 70 adopt ihai
sensible and only form Of socialism Whlch a fa.
tional man can look upon without detestatloh'
Would It not be better to say, 10, me common
wealth of All industrious men, in whatsoever they
may he has filed the earth with beautiful Things
appropriate to the uses Of mankind, lei Us thefe-
fore enjoy these things and endraNor before W
depart TO add to the possessions OF society as a
1,,tvment for those which ourselves have en-
loved There is a certain socialism which Is wise
and sane and this Is provided by the state Tor an
men to enjoy. Libraries and parks are good
form of socialism ard pictures and statuary should
be the property Of all
While the social structure 81 our land IS sun
marked by sharp contrasts American sta s.snan-
shin is mitigating these evils rapidly As the MAJ
,,r.I ovoIufj.n Of the nation will permit " TO %
done And let me suggest that the real statesman
shin OF a country IS the aggregate wisdom ana con
sciancc If the people written into their laws
class feeling. working upon undisested pity, has
dictated some laws which are not wise, some whr'h
az, not tho frI,it IF conscience II has suggested
- "a VS. which would bring the deluge. 1t is
,t,,,o that this war on wealth should cease"