Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-05-17
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Former Senator Cartwright in
Inspiring Plea for American
IdeaS---PIan Mass Meeting

Sixty members of the Chemical Club
of the Roessler & Hasslacher Chem
ical Company here, at 1880 O'Clock to-
day heard Former Senator George w.
Cartwright of California give his ad-
dress on The Great American sys-
tenn" or "Americanism." The parior
of the Chemical club house in High
street was crowded and the sixty per-
sons present paid marked attention to
the speaker and applauded him for
many minutes following his remarks.
Former Senator Cartwright was in
troduced by Fred +. Hilton, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
without much ado began his address
which might better be termed q mes
sage concerning the unrests which
confronts America and the world to-
day. Present conditions" said the
speaker, reminds one of the bad. taste
left in the mouth on the morning af-
ter. There is vast amount of dan
gerous unrest in the world at the pres
ent time. which Is the results of the
war. but it is hoped that America is
safe and that the unrest will subside.
For more than 1000 years re-
formers made mistake" said the
former senator II have been on the
wrong side and so have you, by think
ink we can make the weak man
strong by making the strong man."
weak" In other words he pointed out
that we have been trying to make the
sick man well by giving the well man
the medicine. He pictured the tall
man as picking the nice peaches at the
top of the tree while the short man
Is running around the bottom branch
es, but 1t will not improve conditions
by chopping off the arms of the tall
man orr cutting him down for then
hc Af
will go to waste. I'VE have been
trying to cure disease by the wrong
medicine" said the speaker. I'VE
have been ha"1pering and restraining
the wrong man"
NO man however rich can use no
more than his share" was one of the
telling points brought out by the
speaker. There are only two kinds
of ideas in the world, socialism and
individualism; we are fed by individ-
ualism and starved by socialism. He
pictured four persons picking fruit
from q tree: one of these by the use
of his brains got the others to carry
stones for him to stand on SO that he
might reach the fruit on the topmost
branches and in this way got more
fruit for himself. but could eat only
"a certain amount and then the rest
went to the aid of the general public.
With this story he likened the case
of Rockefeller and his wealth. No
matter how much wealth Rockefell-
er has he can spend but only GER
tain amount. The rest goes to main
tain plants In all sections of the
country in almost all towns and
cities. If Rockefeller's wealth was
divided up among the people of the
country each would receive about $40
which would mean that these branch
es would be closed up and people Who
are employed in them would be look
ing for other jobs or thrown out of
work although in order to pay the
$40 to each person in the country
each of these plants would have to be
closed up and sold.
You get out of the world just what
you put in It," said the former sena-
tor. He showed how men reach the
top by climbing little by little, like
the fellow who picked the peaches
off the top of the tree. by placing
stone upon stone. The remedy is not
by 81 campaign among the men and
women of America, long continued
to teach them how to get a
Fat stone and to build stone upon
stone so that they too may reach the
top OF the tree and get he fines.
peaches.
The speaker brought out how we
are all fHu HulNluudliSlS nOW the DeeS, the
ants and dogs work for themselves
The bee fills his own cell with honey,
he ant stores up his own cell with
food and the dog buries his own bone
and does not take it to a common
bone yard SO that all dogs may eat
Socialism is wrong. and the most per-
feet government Is that in use in the
United States where there were no
classes. but each man works for him
self and by his brains can obtain
whatever he so wills. 1.-THE system
nay not be perfect but 1t is the best
We have today" said Senator Cart
wright is closing.
At 3 o'clock THIS afternoon Mr.. |
Cartwright viii address the employesI
Of the Perth Amboy Chemical Com |
pany. Tonight at the East Jersey
Club he will speak to the managers
Of all of the factories In the city. A
meeting win be held tomorrow night |
In the high school to which all citi-
Eens are invited to attend. During |
The day tomorrow and Wednesday he
will visit several of the industrial
plants In the city speaking to the
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