The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-04
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Have We liberty? Have we equality?
Have we fraternity? \ judge of the
Supreme Court Of the United States
has said that seven men car control
the United States Have We got lib
erty when that is possible? Is II ut
ertS rheh statistics SHOW that co per
cent CT I'll. male workers do not carr,
enough 10 support a family lie cited
iio!h . statistical report mat the aver
age "@gc oi = steel and iron worker
cas- OF tho Mississippi ia Sal6 year.
''htte1s the United States Steel Cor
poiai'on earns dividends oil $4,000. p0"
per :.nrtuiu instead OF giving the
w"rhihgnan liberty. he said, tho gov
cinmeut has given large oppor:u MY
iot corruption. he cxcoriated the boss
rule Of Murphy, the Tammany leader.
SAVING that he could work through
the legislators u have any corrupt
INA he desired passed by the Legis.a
tire The people are no, bad. he said
Tut the system is false.
Hopes Tnnmnny liz Beaten
tomorrow Ne may oust Tammany."
ne exclaimed. and | hope to God we
VII. There was vocifcrous applause
lie said tina, there was a difference
between Germany and the United
states not because OF the difference
between the Individuals. but because
OF Inc difference between tho ,unds-
hehtdis OF the two governments in
Europe, he said, the governments con-
tfoi tho corporations. Here the cor
poiations control the government II
not the fault Of the individual, but
the system IS false. MAJ the women
get the vote and help US 10 change IT,"
he said. and there was much applause
from the women.
speaking OF the housing probl, n.
Wh!eh hhd been bvousht up i'll the nr-
teiaoon meeting. re said that GERMANY.
has solved it. Erankfor, owns prop-
ertE equal 10 30 per cent OF ncr area.
ara 'Sorlin owns property equal 10 80
PC cent OF her area. This city-owned
.4hF - leased I" poor people, and
ZINES arc punt By cooperative So
'isties on money loaned By tho I'm
peFial Insurance Service. Ii sold by
Ae lessee. the property may be bought
hack by tile city At the original pur-
chase price
some Local Conditions.
-. Bliss had learned, lie 81 Id that the
housing conditions here were bad. and
Sald that !. the people OF Richmond
wished to stop the social evil at it's
source. they should improve the hous-
ing conditions. PORN Your societies"
hcnt. You have ESQ miles OF streets.
ana only fifty of them paved: l3e
niles OF alleys. and only twenty-nine
OF theri paved. DO YOU realize that
your dumps and your garbage are the
homes or tho poor? DO you know that
the child OF the alley becomes tho girl
or inc street? Clean up your dumps
ana garbage. not by associated chart
'ies. nut by associated Justice"
"a fo1
non. asking n IL were true that North
crn capital We're coming South because
or the laNity or the Inconsistencies or
child labor laws. Now is the dny OF
salvation he said before YOU are
cursed With the curse OF Massachusetts.
with the curse of New jersey. and
with the curse OF every State where
they have tho curse OF child labor.
lie said that In Massachusetts, after
the passage OF q child labor law. that
the corporations tried foreign labor.
paying adults child wages. which re-
suited IN strike. because families
could not he supported on such wages
RIO oouidnt blame tho mothers for
lying about their chiidreu's wages
when the men didn't have manhood
wages paid them. lie would blame the
people OF Virginia, Georgia and Cali
fornin II they did not enact child labor
laws.
Urges More Fairgrounds.
AS preventive of the social evil
Dr. Bliss advocated more Fairgrounds
instead or more churches, as tho play
grounds would keep tho children from
Inc streets. And something must be
provided fer the older children. who
need companionship and pleasure. lie
s:id that IT was the lack OF play places
mat Is making scarlet women, and so
the schools should he opened to the
children. y merchant. said he would
not keep his capital idle one-third or
the time, which the nation was doing
with ITS public schools. The audience
agreed with him, and applauSed ga
said that the public school could be
mado the Eastilc OF American liberty
Ana all government power he said.
In closing, must bo aided by divine
power. for the people have been prone
10 divorce God from the community.
Use the government" he said. ito
save the children. protect the home. and
TO give the laboring man chance 70
work"
The conference viii continue TODAY
with an address to women only by
Mrs Rheta ChIlde Dorr at ( o'clock
this afternoon in Centenary Methodist
murch. Dr. !. j. Lansing n distin-
gulshed sociologist and reputed to he
ono or the leading students in the
country of social economics, Will sneak
ut S:1o o'clock tonight in the CITY
Auditorium. John Garland Pollard
Will preside