The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-18
DINE THE DEVIL TO KILL HIM
FILI >TONiCHS FOR AZ
IOi In ROfT ~ ERl EIII.
80 Argues Prof. Giddipgs. VINO says Pco-
pie Are BAD and inefficient Only He
cause The, Are Half starved Urges
business Wen to solve Problem.

Give all the people IN the world enough
To eat and the problem Of human better
ment soon would be solved That was
the KEYNOTE of an address delivered by
Prof Franklin II Giddings OF Columbia
University at the meeting of the People :
Institute in the High School Building
Jersey city, Yesterday afternoon. In
speaking on Some Possibilities Of Human
Bettermeut" Ae said IN part
TO begin with. what seems to he a
very commonplace but very material
thing, one of the possibilities Of human
betterment is that all the people in the
world should have enough 10 eat That
may seem very ordinary. but II IL very
far from ordinary There are thOuSan nds
oi human beings who never had enough
to eat IN n world IN which millions and
hundreds of millions worth ot things
are wasted every year Humin beings
who have made II possible To cross the
Atlantic Ocean III i've days. who have
mad" II possible to communicate the
state of the entire world into the edl-
, toridl rooms all over the world every
day and night could. If they wanted to,
bring II about that all persons IN the
world would have enough TO eat
~ l. possible that all persons in the
world could Toe deCently and comfortably
housed IL Is not to the credit of a world
that mas achieved the things il has
achieved in industry, commerce and
finance that on"-third of the people Of
the cities should Ice living IN conditions
whore il isn't possible to make Il winning
hght with tuberculosis on one side and
without common decrncy on the other.
How long are tho able. influential. up
10 date business men of the world going
To leave this question To the people they
call dgItatoros Why do they wait until
IN" radiCals Socialists and all sorts Of
people tax" II up and then talk about
dangerous agltators' II will be the job
ut dangerous aCltaturs until they wake
up and make ii their business and soon
IT l. within the possibilities of human
achievements that IN all parts of tho
world lte and property should be safe
On" OF the fundamental businesses of all
governments /, to make life and property
sale, 10 secure peace and public order and
the observance of reas sonable and proper
law. lite and property are not sat" so
long as the chief nations of the world
regard war a. the chief occupation Tn
less enortS are mad" we will haN" loss Of
life and property and needless hlood~hed
Lives and property are not safe so
long as We do not resolut"ly set about
suppresslng crime and do not resolutely
set about to prevent loss of life and
property through greed and negligence
IL Is our business aS citizens. voters and
a. humane people to say that We can
hardly call 1t a civilized community
which permits men, women and even
young girls to work day by day in places
that are known and acknowledged as
places of deadly peril To life. That isn't
civilization That is barharsm. Why
is It for little more profit business men
who are not the least likely to die in the
poorhouse will maintain such conditions
in their factories and oppose decent
common sense legislation I o improve these
Conditionsy"