Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
FORT AUGURS END
or VAST FORTUNES
Progressive Legislation Their
Death-KnelI, Says For
n mer Governor.
GOSPEL s ADVANCE ALSO
WILL HELP, HE DECLARES
.sermon on Mount More Po-
tential for Good Than a
Dreadnought."


PHTL AoELPHIA,J Jan. 2S.-Immense
fortunes, such as have been amassed
under lax financial regulations Of the
PAST decade. will be impossible in the
Future. said former Governor J.
Franklin Fort, Of New Jersey IN an
address last night before the Presby-
terrain Social Union at the Bellevue
strstford Progressive laws govern
ing stock manipula tions and prevent
ing decentralization. he declared,
will make these fortunes Impossible.
In the course Of his address MI
Fort said:
III we can prevail upon men TO
rarry into their business relations
and into their political life the spirit
Of religious teachings. the future is
safe. Our fathers were no better
than We. The patriots of the Aneri-
lean revolution were no greater than
The patriots who fought 20 maintain
me Union from 81 to SO. The man
who decries patriotism and alleges
me doctrine of nothing good in gov
ernment and the people is a faIse
prophet in our day. We have Owns
but we are meeting them. In thls
respect we have a wonderful history
.Trl1e great difficulty in the past
mas been with our selhshness. Every
man has been intent upon getting
Sain. and sometimes without regard
r. how he got It. The years which
have just passed have been the most
remarkable in the history of the
world for financial success ana the
acquiring of great wealth. Fortunes
never dreamed of before are now
existinx. The great prosperity OF the
snountrv in these years have led men,
wise in purpose and sl1rewd IN ousl-
anaas 10 anticipate the future ana
make large profit out OF such antlci-
nation. and the legislation OF the
country helped them to do this.
Laws VIII End Swollen Fortunes
ssnch things will not occur again.
TIE legislation which fostered these
tb3n9s has been modified and the
s,s,r,5I5t,ons have changed. There is
.h.tter spirit abroad in civic matters
<,,sn sver before. Blue sky laws
me those of Kansas will put an end
III tl,e marketing OF worthless securi-
ties Every State will soon enact
1sws prohibiting the sale OF any Sc
cnrities until some State offlcial mas
granted a certificate that they have
TaIi1e. that they are what they are
xenresented to be: that they repre-
xer,t something beside air and water
.arhe Capitalization of futures, out
~ which our great fortunes have
~&eun made. will also cease. The days
OF the holding company are gone. we
shall never again see great wealth.
acquired by any individual such as
mat possessed by a Rockefeller OF
Carnegie. As Croesus lives In the
history of Lydia, as lone name ex-
uressive of wealth; so these men IN
The centuries to come are to stand as
rfhe lone examples in history OF the
great wealth of their republic when
IT shall end, IL end is ever does. Leg
1alation will prevent any more such
cases.
IT also believe that in the churches
che trend toward religious things IS
BETTER than It has been. The human
aide of affairs is receiving attention
Mar is counting for more than
money. and the spiritual for more
than the material. Every one Is be
ginning to take thought upon the
real things of life, rather than the
4ransitory ones. Thoughtful men are
coming to see that we have q govern
rnent worth preserving and that by
properly conserving the interests OF
the people, the future is bright.
what is needed in this country
above all other things is greater
sense Of Individual responsibility
Religion Another Cure.
what are we doing TO better con-
0itions? We have all complained.
we attend church on Sunday. We
give Of our money. We call our
selves religious. But what do we do
for others; what part are you taking
20 make your city and State better"
X is q common thing to hear out
cries against what we call machines
and bosses. There is plenty Of
cause for It. But do you ever stop to
think that We, each of you, are re-
Sponsible for any bad conditions
which exist? Men love power, and
power always takes on. it never casts
of.
II believe that the advance of the
gospel is the only cure for evils with
which we are contendine. The SER
mon on the mount is more potential
for good than dreadnought-and
tie carrying Of your religion into
pubic life is the only sure cure for
the diseases which affict the body
polite.
eve have great problems to solve,
&c mas every other nation. Theirs are
not so difficult as ours. With our
mixed people from every nation under
the sun, who will solve ours? There
is but one answer that is certain, and
that is the influence OF Christianity