The Washington herald., 1908-02-14

'4'D II u-t9 VI t-la idDJiS. fI0QUci OF
labor belongs TO those who participate
in the making.
Earnings should be equally divided
among capitalists. directors. and -
b5rers.
The question is how ~ effect an
equabie division. I do not attempt 10
answer IT,"
This was the expression Of opinion Of
Or. Lyman Abbott. editor Of the Outlook,
in 4 speech last night before the Re-
ligious Education Association.
Capitalism was born in the first part
Of the nineteenth century" he further
said. Il DO not believe it will live until
tRs inst half Of the twentieth century.
The country is awakening. While /
cannot say they are responsible. L viii
say President Roosevelt and William
jennings Bryan have contributed greatly
TO the movement
Denunciation of Trusts.
Dr. Abbott made the principal address
at the closing session of the ffth general
convention Of the association. in the First
Congregational Church. Tenth and G.
streets northwest
Dr. Abbott Vehcmeruy denounced the
trusts. The subject Of his address was
The significance Of the present moral
awakening Of the nation"
Man has owned man." he said. "for
/ hundreds Of years. IN This country, how
ever, thirty years of dissension and
/ political strife. followed by four years Of
civil war, has convinced the people that
/ one man cannot own another
"An men are born equal In this coun-
/ try Of democracy The spirit is that tina
man shall be recognized. whether black.
white or yellow"
beginning Of Land Grab.
3Ir Abbott discussed tie law passed IN
] 1852 allowing to any freeman I69 acres .of
/ land. Tina. no said. was the beginning
/ Of great land grabs The act provided.
/ he said that man could get the land,
if he was strong enough. by fair means
/ but did not define what fair means meant.
/ The immediate result of this" he said.
/ rs that the valuable timber lands duslly
! fell into the hands Of few powerful men,
/ the coal lands fell into The hands Of a few
/ other powerful men. great tracts Of lands
were given for railroads, and the trust
/ controlling the output Of kerosene OBJ
tanned the oi! lands.
/ "3I0nop0lies control all the lands Shall
we say that they are the result of this
/ law passed 10 teach the people personal
/ -f---rgt,fr, grf
/ Regarding monopolies, DR.. Abbott said
! the Supreme Court has held that man.
/ or body Of men. cannot own or control a
river and. therefore. IL seemed that if
carried to The point, the trusts can no
more control a mill stream. the valuable
forest lands mining lands. and oil lands.
] The speaker denounced gambling as a
+ polite way of violating the commandment,
Thou shalt not steal" Gambling on
small scale. he conceded. is d matter for
/ the man to decide whether he should in
dulge in or not. Gambling on large
scale. such as he declared operations I'm
the stock market 70 be, carried on by a
/ few. affect however. sthe general public,
whether they gambled or not
Gamblers sense of Justice.
"These gamblers sense of justice is like
that Of the definition given Of justice by
Carlyle Grab all you can get without
! goins 10 jail
/ DIR. Abbott declared the belief is held
by many business men and corporations
that labor is nothing more than com
modify TO be gotten as cheaply as posi-
/ bic. Such he declared, is not the case.
! In closing. Mr. Abbott declared that
State ownership as advocated by the So
cialists would not solve the problem. Then
he Iauded President Roosevelt and VIII
liam Jennings Bryan
/ Addresses were made by Daniel B.
Purington. president of the University of
West Virginia and Rev. William G. Bit
ting. of st. Louis. The Right Rev. Charles
/ B. Galloway. bishop OF the Methodist Epls-
copaI Church South who was II have
made the closing address, was unable TO
/ BE- present
/ Rev. Carter Helm Jones. of LynchbUrg.
! Va. spoke ON "The demands OF the Chris
tian ideal on the nation Dr. Jones en-
! livened his talk with quaint anecdotes.
Resolutions Of Thanks.
The committee on resolutions. composed
] OF the chairman he(- " NluiaHl l. DlttihE.
! Of St. Louis: George Albert Coe, of North
western University. and Frank knight
Sanders, of Boston Mass reported 10
/ the convention through their chairman
/ The resolution read by Rev. DIR. Biting
/ thanked the y NJ c. A for their gener-
Gus hospitality, and the First Congrega-
tional Church George Washington Uni-
versity. and local committee for assist
ance and kindness.
! The resolution, in closing. spoke Of the
/ need of teaching religious education in the
universities saying:
In view of the pressing need Of leaders
who can properly instruct Sunday school
teachers and others in the principles and
methods OF religious education. I'VE urge
the universities to provide in their depart
ments OF education for specific training
/ with reference TO such leadership.
! IN the task of industrial and social
reconstruction that is now upon our civili-
zation we must rely for competent leader
ship upon men and women who are not
only trained IN the analysis of facts but
also inspired with ethical idealism. We,
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