The Washington times., 1921-02-19
By Winston Churchill.

by Winston Churchill.
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GT HERE is no danger. I am
sorry TO say. OF it's being
put into practice at once
said Holder. smiling sadly.
Il hope not" answered the bank
er, utopia is a dream in which
those who do the rough work OF
The world cannak afford TO indulge.
And there Is one more question.
fou will, no doubt. deride IL as
practical, but to my mind. 1t Is very
puch to the point.
You condemn the business prac-
tees In which / have engaged all
my life as utterly unchristiap. If
you are logical. you Will admit that
no man or woman who own stock
In q modern corporation is, accord,
Ing to your definition. Christian,
and. to use your own phrase, can
enter the Kingdom of God. (
Il can tell you. as one who knows.
that there is no corporation In this
country which, In the struggle to
maintain itself, Is not forced to
adopt the natural law of the sur
vival of the fittest. which you con-
denim. Your own salary, while you
had 1t, came from me who had
made the money in corporations.
Business is business. and admits of
no sentimental considerations. II
you can get around that fact, l will
gladly bow to your genius.
Should you succeed in re-estab-
fishing st. Johns on what you call
free basis-and in my opinion, you
will not--even then the money you
would live on. and which supported
the church. would be directly or in
directly derived from corporations"
II do not propose to enter into
an economic argument with you,
<Mr. Parr, but If you tell me that
the flagrant practices INDUCED in
by those who organized the Consoli-
dated fractions Company can be
excused under any code of morals.
any conception Of Christianity, I
tell you they cannot.
"What do we see today in your
business world? Boards of directors,
trusted by stockholders betraying
their trust. Withholding informa-
tion In order to profit thereby, buy
ing and selling stock secretly;
stock watering: selling to the pub
lie diluted values-all kinds of ini-
guilty and abuse of power which
need not go into. "
do you mean to tell me. on the
nd
hence department by itself, that
deception. cheating and stealing
are justified and necessary? The
awakened conscience of the public
is condemning you.
TO LEARN OF CHRISTIANITY.
'sThe time Is at hand. though
neither you nor I may live to see
ct, when the public conscience it
self Is beginning to perceive this
higher justice hidden from you.
And you are attempting to mis-
lead when you do not distinguish
between the men who, for their
own gain and power, mismanage
such corporations as are misman-
aged, and those who own stock
and are misled.
''The public conscience of which
] speak is the leaSen of Christian
ity at work. And we must be con-
tent to work with it, to await its
fulfillment, to realize that no one Of
us can change the world, but can
only do his part in making it bet
ter. The least we can do is to re-
fuse % indulge in practices which
jeopardize our own souls, to re-
main poor If we cannot make
wealth honestly. Say what you
will, the Christian government we
are approaching will not recognize
property, because it is gradually
becoming clear that the holding
of property delays the kingdom at
which you scoff, giving the man
who owns 1T power over the
body of the man who does not.
Property produces slavery. since it
compels those who have none to
work for those who have
''The possession of property, or of
sufficient property to give one in
dividual an advantage over his fell
lows, is Inconsistent with Chris
tianity. Hence it will be done away
with, but only when enough have
been eniancipated to carry this into
effect. Hence the saying of our
Lord about the needles eye-the
much property"
"And how about your Christian
view of the world as a vale of
tears?'' Eldon Parr inquired.
$50 long as humanity exists,
there will always be tears" ad-
mitted the rector. But it Is
false Christianity which does not
hid us work for our fellowmen, to
relieve their suffering and make
the world brighter. It is becom-
ing clear that the way to do this
effectively is through communities.
Ao-operation--throu nations and
BOT individuals.
"And this, II you like, Is prac-
ticaI-so practical that the men
like you. who have gained un-
exampled privilege. fear IT more
and more. The old Christian mis-
conception, that the world is es-