The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-12

Public Ledger.)
Frederick Townsend Martin, who
has been spending the summer here
sailed on Wednesday by the White
Star liner Adriatic. Soon after his
arrival in New York, Mr.. Martin
hopes to complete arrangements for
the immediate publication of his new
book dealing with the idle rich. AS
mentioned in a previous dispatch 70
the Public Ledger, he has selected
as the title for it, The Passing of the
Idle Rich" which gives in nutshell
Mr.. Martins views on the subject.
Since David Lloyd George, the Bri-
fish Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
the course of what Rev. r. J. Camp
bell calls an Immortal speech" at
the City Temple before the Members
of the Liberal Christian League
uttered warning as to the serious
ness of the problem of the idle rich
in this country the subject has arou-
sed much attention, and it was with
the view of finding out how far Mr..
Lloyd-George and Mr.. Martin agreed
in their views on the subject that
your correspondent called on the lat
ter.
Mr. Martin is very earnest In his
crusade against the Idle rich, and
declares that during the last three
years he has devoted an immense
amount of time to it. AS he says,
during this period he has had unique
opportunities of studying the sub
ject.
1T takes a tremendous amount Of
courage to write as have, and speak
as l do" said Mr.. Martin. 81 go out
and meet people who say, Mr.. Mar
tin, you are writing and speaking
against your own class but I answer
them that for that very reason l am
better able to Judge.
Mr.. Lloyd George anG myself are
thoroughly in accord on one point in
this crusade, and that is that thor
oughly idle man is a great curse to
the community. His days are num-
bered, and he is doomed to pass away
from the face of the earth. I have
studied and thought a great deal on
this subject for many years, and the
result has zeen the manuscript that
have written, wherein I have tried
to prove that owing to the process Of
evolution, there is now no room for
the idle rich, and that they are, as
class, doomed.
Decay Follows IdIeness.
"In order TO open the eyes of
nation to the fact that idleness is in
creasing, and by way of convincing
them that they must do what they
can to stamp it out, l would remind
them that there is nothingso true as
that where idleness creeps in, decay
is born, and the more people of edu-
cation are led to pause and reflect uD-
on that sentence, the more they will
see the great importance of doing
what they can to stamp out this vice.
Moreover, / believe that the great
changes and developments now talk
ing place in the world are forcing idle
people to do something to save them
selves. They are beginning to feel
the magnetism and force of the mil
lions of hard workers around them.
hold that anybody with brains must
see today the handwriting upon the
wall: The idle man and the idle wo-
man in the world are doomed
"And | maintain that by process Of
evolution in life the necessary reform
is being carried out and the problem
solved, and that it will soon become
impossible for the idle class to exist.
Mr.. Lloyd George had a grand oppor-
tunity of dealing with the problem at
the City Temple, but unfortunately he
said very little. Yet the little he did
say has proved the overwhelming in
terest in the subject by the tremend-
GUS criticism it has provoked.
There is one thing have especial
ly noticed in life, and that is, that
when a man who is brave, who has
courage and pluck, and whose con-
science tells him that he must stand
up and say what he thinks, conscien-
tiously thinks, attempts to say a kind