The Washington times., 1908-12-13
RABBI WISE CHARGES
TREASON OF PEACE
Critic o. Croker Dinner
Guests ASsailS Standard
Officials.
WAR INCITERS
ALSO SCORED
Says Real Lawbreaker Is Man
Who Buys Law
makers.

BOSTON, Dec. 13.-"UnIess the letters
from one Of the heads Of the Standard
Oil Company to members Of the Senate
and House Of Representatives. which
were given out during the recent po-
hucal campaign, were fOrgeries, the
Standard OIL Company stands convicted
Of treason TO the largest interests OF
the nation
The treason Of peace is not less alb
hOrrent than the treason OF war. The
purchase and prostitution Of servants Of
the state is treason" said DR.. stephen
s. Wise, rabbi of the Free Synagogue.
Of New York. during an address be-
fore the Twentieth Century Club on
'MOral Bankruptcy"
Hit at Croker Guests.
DR.. Wise has been conspicuous in the
public eye for several years. and was
one Of the leaders in drafting a law in
the interest Of child labor while rabbi
Of synagogue in Oregon. He was the
founder of the Free Synagogue in New
York, and last week was again brought
prominently before the public by rebuk-
ing the judges who were preesnt at the
dinner rendered to Richard Croker in
New York city.
assets and our moral liabilities has
caused the moral bankruptcy which OBJ
tains today" began DR.. Wise in his re-
marks before the club. 1--WE need a re-
naissance that shall stab us awake. We
need to deal directly with what has
been called long range sin. No one is
badly hurt when the misdeeds Of the
standard Oil Company are mentioned.
Ihat Is az imDersOnal corporation. and
much Of th- Ausiness today is con-
Quoted imperscnaIly. We must go back
and get the men behind the souIIessness
OF the soulless corporations. We must
nave a moral reformation.
May Mean Hobson.
"A man may be killed by the State for
Staying another a thing the State has
no nght TO do But what shall we say
or man who goes up and down the
land deliberately inciting the nation 10
war! lie may be an admiral Of the
navy. il there should be a war. Such
q man is infinitely more guilty than the
drunken wretch on the street, who does
not know what he is doing.
Almost equally culpable is that spirit
which has brought about delays of the
law The captain Of the steamer SIocum.
which went down in New York harbor
is IN prison, but the men who made the
millions out of the steamers business
IN New York, and the men who filled
the life preservers with lead, are in
Newport yachting. The real Iawbreaker
is the man who buys and sells law
makers.
Moral Bankruptcy.
Child labor Is one Of the incontro-
Teruble signs of moral bankruptcy.
Men should seek to safeguard their
moral and spiritual life we must
augment our moral forces. First.
through the schools. But the schools
can reflect only the moral tone OF the
age in which they are.
The press can be a great moral
agency if it will 1t commands a larger
influence than 10Th the school and the
pulpit The yellow papers are not the
papers dubbed yellow. but those ruled
by the yellow of the counting room.
I'VE must limit the value and power
OF money, lessen the purchasing power
Of money, 50 that money alone shall not
be able to purchase for men respect and
honor"