The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-05
REV. DIR. GEORGE w. MDANIEL.

his wife. clothe and educate his chill
dran, and pay the ever increasing
prices in the city of Richmondy 1
sincerely sympafhize with that man.
I have thought over his situation,
have prayed for him, and hope relief,
human or divine. may come to him.
have seen him, with great hesitaney
and against his own desire, thrust
his children eat to work. because he
could not provide for them as they
needed. Everything goes up but his
salary, and the man for whom he
works says land many Of them trnly}
that he could not increase his salary
because In that special line of BUSH
ness the profits were no greateF.t a.
great. and the risks were much larger
than they were under normal conci-
! tiufss.
Another result LIZ the bankruptcy
OF boarding house Keepers. / expect
we feel that when we are paving fif-
teen. eighteen. twenty and twenty-five
dollars month, we ought To get ev-
erything We want. and | am afraid
some of us show petalaat spirits and
are ugly at the table and afterwards.
BE reasonable and kind How can
boarding house keeper pay her gro
Gerry hillg- servants hire sad rents
and Ysrovfde the necessities, nor the
small board that she gets and the
large prices that she pays? 1t re-
auires the courage OF n heroine TO
undertake TO run d boarding house
i'm the city of Richmond under pres
ent conditions.
Cure For High Prices
The boycott La temporary expedi-
ency and partial remedy. 1t VIII
lower prices for the time being for
tYga reasons: first, 1t will curtail the
/ demand. Already yot, have seen the
effects of II. In the city of Washing
ton meat has dropped 5 cents a
| pound II also creates "a sentiment
which will, for the time being, force
lower prices. Some OF TIE trusts witt
not be as defiant as others. They will
see that the people are restless, and
lower these prices.
Another thing ii witt do, and the
greatest good, II will reform personal
extravaganza in living. Those men
who join the anti-meat eating brigade
will live thirty or sixty days withaa;
meat, and will ind that they get along
very well without meat, and they win
begin to practice what America needs
| economy. We consume In this
| country lS2 pounds ofsmeat per cap
ita per year. In Russia they have
meat just twice a year: in Austria,
| four times q year. on the great relig-
ious celebrations. A man writing
back from America to the old country
said. We have meat to eat twice a
week. and his friend with whom he
was boarding said, why did you say
we had meat to eat twice week |:
why did you not say we have meat TO
eat every day." He said. They
would not believe it." America IL
living too high and too fast.
|. The second remedy suggested Is
| the regulation of the great corpora
| tions. / am NOT an extremist. COM
btnations render certain benefits and
they have come TO stay. We may adj
init at least two things in their favor.
| first. that In some cases, prices to the
consumer have been cheapened by
| the corporations. There may be other
causes. such as the discovery OF more
oil, but Il u true that people get OIL
ait 4 lower price than twenty years
ago. Second. practical efficiency 10
promoted by great corporations They
can deliver fresh meats far out on the
railroads BY the use OF their large
rcfrigerators. and they have better
| facilities and can rive You better SER
vice taan you gould get without these
corporations. Admitting this much,
| go on to say that great corporations
| tend to deaden the sense of individual
| responsibility. Oflicers in those large
pieces OF machinery do. In their corr
porate sense. what they would never
| nave entertained In their private cas-
pacity They get lost In the machine
cry and forget that they are men.
| individually responsible to God, the
| government and to their fellowmen,
who are their brethren.
fear. too, that the great financiers
IL ttris country have not learned To
I BE aftruists in the accumulation OF
their wealth. When the money ii
made then they are seized with a
| spell OF iiberality and give Ii out in
| hundred thousands and millions Of
| dollars. X II gratefully received and
the people rightly applaud. but what
We need Ii that spirit Of aifruisn
! that Hlaea they are rising they take
/ others with them. and a. they are ad-
WATCHING will allow those who work
! for them 10 share IN the prosperity
/ OF their business. They are selfish
| in the gaining or riches, phtlAnthro-
/ pir Afterwards M
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