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truthfully be called precious. With
out iron man would still be living in
caves and hollow trees, hunting his
prey with bludgeons and stone axes.
Civilization, as it expands and devel-
ops, must depend more and more on
this precious metal.
IF she be wise, Duluth will profit
by her endowment as no other city,
ancient or modern, has profited, and
the world will share the profit.
Hopes for the Future.
But this is only a part of Duluth s
endowment. To live on earth man
must be fed, and Duluth will feed
him. Tributary to this city lies the
greatest foodproducing territory of
the future. Millions OF tons of mans
first necessity must find it's market
through this port, and whose will be
the profit?
1T is for Duluth to answer. Will
She so arrange her municipal avenues
that the golden flood that will pour
in upon her shall flow into every
door, blessing to all her children, or
will She follow the wise old rule, the
good old PLAN Let him take who has
the power, and let him keep who
camp Upon the answer to this ques-
ton rests the future of Duluth.
Relation OF Charity.
1T may seem strange that such a
question should be asked in a confer
ence of charities. What have growth
and Industrial development to do with
charity? They have a great deal to
do with it now, and they will have
much more to do with it in the flu
ture.
1T is as true as ever that charity
| covers multitude of SINS but the
greatest sin it covers and attempts to
conceal is injustice. We pride our
selves on our public institutions of
! charity. Did we see more clearly, we
would understand that instead of be-
ing our pride, they are the evidences
of our shame.
1--WE permit Gods blessings, given
to us all as common heritage, to be
| usurped and monopolized by a few
We tax those whom we have suffered
to be disinherited, to provide grudg-
ing and belated succor for those who
have been trodden in the mire, and
We call this charity.
We Support Injustice.
I'VE support injustice that drives
men and women into the slum, the
prison, and the brothel We murde,
the souls Of their children before the,
are born. We build asylums for the
detectives, the paupers, and the Grim.
inals, that brood under this system
and we call this charity.
Charity under these conditions is
but drug with which injustice seeks
to still the clamor of it's Conscience
Except in cases of accident or sick
ness there is no room in this worlC
for genuine charity. Those who with
hand and brain do the worlds work
do not want charity but justice. When
justice is done, there will be little
need for what we now call charity.
| Proof In Abundance.
1T is entirely pertinent for those
who disagree with this conclusion tt
ask for the proof upon which it rests
For anyone who has the opportunit,
to visit our public institutions of cor
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take the trouble to investigate tn,
sources from which the human stream
flows that keeps them running ovel
and to reflect on what they hear ant
see, it will not be difficult to fine
proof in abundance.
LAS our modern system of industr,
has developed, it has driven peopl,
together in masses, in mines, in work
shops in stores, and in offices. Thu
conditions under which they arr
forced to labor and to live dwarf
their intellectual and moral develop
ment. weakens them physically an,
financially on the one hand, while /
puts before them false standards o
life, and subjects them to manifold
evils and temptations on the other.
Labor Is Crushed.
What more natural and inevitable
than that human being, after lon,
hours of grinding toll under the viii,
and spur of speeding machinery. II
dust and crime and deafening noise
should seek solace, companionshi1
and diversion where it is to be foun
nearest at hand?
Every nerve and fibre cries GU
for human companionship and recrea
ton after this Marathon race wit
steam and electricity, with wheels an,
shafts and betting. And what hav
we done to meet this need? We hav
provided the saloon and the win
room, where liquid poison flows unde
protection of the law or in violation
Of it. s !. =:els ID : Il: 4. JILL /. ssyts
sssi We have provided the so-calle