The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-03-04
ARCHDIOCESE Of ST.PAUL
FORTY HOURS DEVOTION.

st. Raphael, SpflnShelu.
st. Joseph's Hospital, st. Paul.
Second Sunday in Lent, March IL.
All Saints, Minneapolis. =.
Guardian Angels, Hastings.
Sacred Heart, Faribault.
Holy Angels Academy, Minneapolis.
Third Sunday in Lent, March 10.
st. Clement, Minneapolis.
Villa Maria Academy, Frontenac.
Guardian Angels, Oakdale.
st. AIargaret's Academy, Minneapo-
lis.
Fourth Sunday in Lent, March IS.
ST. Casimir, st. Paul.
st. Joseph, Delano.
st. Mary. Waverly.
Ember Days: Next Wednesday, Fri
day and Saturday are Ember Days, on
which the usual fast and abstinence
are to be observed.
ST. PAUL.
St. Paul Seminary: A very forceful
lecture on the Social Question was de-
livered to the student body Saturday
afternoon, by the Reverend j. W. R..
Mcclure, c. S. ", of ST. Viator col
lege, Bourbonnais, ILL.,, under the aus
pices of the Social Action department
of the y. G. w. c. Stressing the Bish-
ops program, he laid important en-
phasis on the social question as affect
ha Of 4 W
picture was drawn, displaying the
palatial residences of Fifth avenue.
and the unwashed and uncleansed hui
mainly in the slums of New York: the
mansions of Michigan boulevard and
the Ghetto district of Chicago, with
half the population on the fire escapes
and the other half lying on the side
walks. which picture served TO vivify
the comparison between the vast
wealth of the rich and the grinding
poverty of the poor.
At the present time. Father Mcclure
stated, the United States, England,
France, Germany, Austria and Italy
are facing a situation of unemploy-
ment uneaualed in the history Of the
world. The United States alone has
five and one-half million unemployed,
England about five million, and the
other countries in proportion: and this
at time when there ought to be more
work for one man than three could ac-
complish.
In solving the problem. Father Nc
Guire outlined the, three popular rem
edies of the day, condemning, howey-
er, the first two The first remedy,
Socialism, is of tremendous import
ance, especially in Europe and partic-
ularly in Germany. BY Socialism is
meant the .btactidaf economic fe'ornn,
which would take the means OF pro-
duction out of the hands of the cap
italists and place them in the hands
OF the government. But the fallacy OF
this argument was clearly portraye ed
by Father Mcclure. The great trou
BILE is that the means of production
are placed in the hands of a small ring
of capitalists, which is growing small
err day by day. Socialism would Place
them in the hands of another small
ring, the government One lesson
written in blood and iron on the pages
of history. is that the sequel of liberty
lies in the fact of giving no more pow
er to the government than IS neces
sary. Socialism would give to the
government more power than it ever
had before.
Bolshevism, the second remedy, is
merely phase of Socialism. 1t is the
control and ownership of everything
by the proletariat, the very loves
strata of society. 1t would turn so
ciety upside down. Even the middle
classes would not have a voice.
Industrial Democracy, the thire-an
only effective remedy, means the own
'ership and control of industry by thu
individual workman who makes the in
dustry. Adam Smith, in his "Wealtl
of Nations" states that government
should never interfere with industrial
enterprises, yet today we have mel
who run both the government ana TIL
industries. Capitalists claim that be
cause they invest their money in al
industry, they are the owners of tina
industry. But without labor, capita
can do nothing, while on the othe
hand, labor without capital can accom-
plish very little The laboring ma
also invests in industry, namely. hi
brains. Drawn, bone and oftentime
his life, and is this not more impor
ant than money? Employers cite
state that the workingman receive
his wages, and this is sufficient. b.
cause he has no interest in his Worl
But the workingman's interest in tn
success of industry is greater tina
capitals. For if industry fails. til
capitalist can go elsewhere to 1nye:
his money, but the laboringman mu
starye. In. orderrto settle the eve
growing strife between capital and |
Dor, some scheme must be concocte
in which the workman becomes pa
owner and part manager OF lndustr
Last Tuesday evening, Father st
phen, a member of the Capuehin Y
der, gave very Informing lecture
the missionary work of the Chur'
among the negroes. Father Steen'
emphasized the wonderful opportui
~ Tor converting the negroes. csl
cially in the rural districts OF Il
south, and he deplored the shortage
priests to carry on the work.
College Of ST. Thomas: During Lei
services will be held in the coiiel