The Washington times., 1915-02-05
AGAIN
ROUNDLY ASSA|tED
Little Help to Needy Folks,
"ParIor Socialist Tells
Commission. .

NEW YORK. Feb. 5.-Having charac-
terized the various powerful philan-
throptc foundations ~ charitable
trusts" in his testimony before the Fed
eral Industrial Relations Commission,
Morris 1Iillquit. ''parlor Socialist" to-
day essayed to prove his contentious.
He did this by attacking the motives Of
the foundations. declaring that hardly
any part Of their huge funds are sp-
plicable to the relief Of the widespread
poverty, e, misery, and distress Of the
Even the domestic birds are dis
cr1minated against by the Rockefeller
Foundation. he declared. .The tract
OF iand am o purchased in Louisiana at a cost
ton for the international travelling
variety, the migratory BIRDS
He charged directly that the fourd.-
tions. far from being philsnthropic. in
reamty are intended to develop those
PARTICULAR matters which will prove Of
beneft to the wealthy.
our higher teaching institutions" Il.
SAID, occupy themselves very largely
with social, economic and political SCI
reflect the personal inclinatons, interest
or oias, OF their exponents. and when
institutions for the teaching of these
SUBJECTS are created. supported or en-
dowed by individuals with very decided
~
ger is that such bias will naturally com
municate itself to the teacher who owes
his living to the generosity Of the foun-
der or patron.
and labor must be studied. If a COL
iege professor or teacher is outspoken
IN opposltion to the interest Of the ben.
efactor. even though his honest views
exnect sa h'm 70 such opposition. he cannot
and Pr. Eliot have admitted there is a
possible danger along these lines,
IT Is positive danger. The great
haun ihmGustrlai Iaa corporations Of our time
nave robbed the people of their econo-
mic independence. They have estahIish-
ed sort of industrial feudalism. Thev
are now making bold assault on the
intellectual independence of this coun-
Try, ana their philanthropies. endow-
ments Of such assault"
Challenge To Government.
Hillquit declared the suggested investi-
CATION by the Rockefeller Foundation
OF the nature and causes of industrial
unrest Is direct challenge to the
Federal Government. inasmuch as that
1s Just what the sitting Federal com
mission was instructed to do. He said
Una. II meant that no matter what this
views Will not be accepted bv Rookie
feller and those associated with him.
BY pitting his hundred million dollars
asalnst the modest Government appro-
felier shows he intends to overshadaw ; S
sion."
He assailed Mackenzie King, head Of
the Rockefeller investigation. "a "op-
posed to American Industrial. methods
and American trades unionism." Ha
advocated making the present Industrial
commission permanent governmental
body. and clothing it with broad powers
to investigate and mediate In, all in.
dustrial disturbances affecting interstate
business. *
IS Per Cent For Capital.
Hillquit specifically charged that the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company had
paid out during the last twelve years
s5 per cent of its earnings for labor and
S5 per cent for capital. Deducting
salaries of officials, he claimed, the
actual wage given the workers drops to
at least 50 per cent. He assailed John
D. Rockefeller, jr.. for Ignorance of
actual conditions in any Of his proper
ties, and declared that the Ss,3o0.OO
obtained from 'workless direction Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
will be reinvested in some other indus
at is a vicious circle" he said. "a
chain of economic enslavement, every
INN VI .whlch ~ IoIseo oy the fndus-
try Of the workers. and there is but
one way of breaking this circle and
that is by taking these industries out
Of the hands Of irresponsible individuals
and placing them in the hands of the
Government, to be operated as a pub
lie function for the benefit Of the work
ers and consumers. There is not one
potential defect Of Government own
ership, which has not appeared In ac-
tual and aggravated form in the ir-
responsible management Of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company and the
reign OF economic oppression, social
tyranny and political corruption which
it has matured."