The farmer and mechanic., 1909-10-26

was chiefly eulogy of Mr.. B. n. Duke.
who had given large sums of tobacco
trust money to the college: a criticism
Of the Chicago Uniyersity's freak ways
an institution supported by Rookie
feller's Oil trust: and a praise of the
rich and condemnation Of the selfish
ness Of the poor. The following is
the report Of DR.. Kilgo's speech as
Dublished in the News and Observer of
October 9Th:
'Jn President Kilgo's address to-
night he spoke in high praise Of Mr.
Duke, who was not present and de-
..lared that if all rich men lived as he
did, there would be no problem as to
what We should do with our million
aires. With that generous mans
gifts to the college he declared there
was imposed a sacred responsibility to
live to his high ideal. Right there
he declared Chicago University failed
of the mark. AS he walked Chicago
streets recently and thought of the
social scandals and political graft, he
could not help feeling that with it's
s4O,000,0 900 Chicago University should
allow no such evils under her shadow.
Yet every word you hear he shout
ed, is a freak word, every utterance
some insanity, till you feel that it is a
part and parcel of that very scandal,
an incubator Of the things that happen
where the University exists
DIR. Kilgo declared that it is re-
corded $60,000,00O went to education
last year from rich donors and al
though Wall street may be the scene
Of traffic and strife. out of that mar
row canon more has gone to the
schools and libraries than from any
other source, while only the State is
compelled to resort to the power of
the sheriff to support it's institutions.
America is not SO much in danger
Of being hurt by the selfishness of it's
rich as the seltishness of its poor men.
There is more stingineSS, more lack
of beneVolence in the men of common
means than the men Of riches. And
there is no city so unique for its splen-
did gifts our own. The Watts
Hospital, soon to be opened, is the gift
of our own big hearted. generous fel-
IoW-citizen, G. W. Watts. And the
College is the crown Of our citys
greatness"
How would you like for your son to
have Duke with trust money obtained
hy Violating the laws OF the land and
long continued. tax-dodsing, held up as
The model type for emulation? Presi-
dent kiIgo was most scvere--and just
" so-in his criticism of Chicago Uni
Ncrsity, but Rockefeller is as worthy
L. be held up as the ideal type for
youthful emulation as Duke. for the
oil king is a strict member of a great
church and his private life is SO clean
it is above criticism.
ON Wednesday President kiigo de-
IWerod ~ address at the Methodist
Mission Conference in Charlotte. He
is thus reported by the Charlotte OBJ
server:
'Dr KiI2o expressed 4 lack Of SYM
pathy for the man who makes busl-
ness al stirring up sympathy for over
worked children. \ crime 10 work
children? Its strange we never found
it out until recently, i tell YOU am
much more concerned about the
wealthy who are able TO rear their
children in lofty Incidence than | am
about what will come OF people whose
necessities make them work then
children over time. It's Just as plous
TO train Eour children to work rs it Is
TO take them to Sunday school.
"'Another thing I have no sympathy
with IS the Sradaton Oh Nocatlohs
Why is it more honorable to clerh
than to weave? Why is it more hon
"rH}pl, 10 practice law than to spin cot
ton? why is it more honorable to &c
10 the United States Senate than t{
shovel coal or to clOthe the naked o
nlankind2 We must make labor dlS
ni1icd.'
Jesus Christi said the speaker
touched everything and maenified
ana nothing could touch Him ant
magnify Him Robert f.. Lee coult
touch Il kitten and give it immortaht.
walk path and make 1t 31Of1O us
but there was nothing which cOuit
touch him and add to his mobility. Al
honest man, a God-croWned man,
thFiSt-Sealed man can 50 dl3lllg
loom that its music shall become
great anthem that shall make tn