The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-12
THE IDLE RICH
DOOMED TO decay

word and defend the unsuccessful
people in life-those great masses of
humanity, mean, VINO earn their Ii
wing, or what is sometimes a bare
existence-it is a most astonishing
thing that all the critics and many of
the successful people IN life look up
on such a man as a fanatic, and con-
slider he is doing great and terrible
; wrong to humanity in trying to stir
up unrest And if no one gets up and
says kind word for that class of
people, nevertheless, by the process Of
evolution their woes and miseries are
| bound to be heard ultimately, and
their cry for justice will reach to all
ends of the earth; and woe be to the
nation which pays no heed to that
class of people, and which does not
bestir itself b see that they get
their rights and that justice is theirs.
IT find also that the men or women
who have any influence today in the
world must have courage and pluck
to stand up and express their opinions
without any regard to how their fam
lily and friends may attack them by
saying that it does little good, and
only attracts the envy and hatred
and jealousy of those around one.
Ready to Receive Attacks.
"But I always feel the men or wo-
men who, hearing in their ears the
cry of humanity calling out for justice
have courage enough to stand up and
say what they think, who are not
towards, and declare that they want
to do what they can IN their humble
way to help that class of people,
must be prepared to receive all the
attacks of the selfish section of the
world, but they must be as Astrong as
that tree in the forest which by it's
strength attains to height above all
other trees, thus losing the protection
Of the trees which are under it, and
must stand the fury Of all the storms
and gales that come sweeping over
the forest, and will survive them.
II differ from Mr. Lloyd George in
regard to the idle rich in that | hold
there is no room for them in the
world, and that by the process of ev-
olution they are doomed to disappear.
have never met MIR. Lloyd George,
but I can assure him the idle rich
as a class, are passing away. be-
cause their eyes have been opened to
the fact that no matter what wealth
they have it will in a short time dis
appear when idleness creeps in, and
that when few generations have
been living in idleness and neglect
ing the duties of life they find that tho
old adage is true, that it is only a few
generations from shirtsleeve to shirt.
sleeve. The new laws that are being
made in all countries are doing their
work in undermining the idle rich by
taxing their property"
Mr. Martin said his interest in the
problem of the idle rich was first
aroused through watching families
whom he knew in his younger days az
possessed of great wealth. but whose
children today are poor, a change Of
Circumstance brought about wholly AMI
purely through the latter living lazy
lives. During a talk which Mr.. Mar
tin had the other day with his greet
friend, Miss Marie Corelli, the novel.
list asked him what Started him in
this work."
81 replied" said Mr. Martin, I
hear the cry of humanity calling for
justice above the cry of all pleasures
and joys of society, and I am sin
cere in what l say. I want to help
the people and do what I can for them
So that they win know me as their
friend