Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-03
Materialism Must BE Secondary

10 accomplish this the desires of men
must h" changed SO as to make them want
70 90 the right thing rather than to do that
winch will seem to be the greatest temporary
good for themselves nt the expense of others
ana this cnn only he done when something
H'lrl'unl is brought into their everyday
hving and in their contacts with their fol-
low men, and materialism takes a secondary
position.
There is only one way in which think
TN: difficult question can he solved. aud that
- for few persons to start thinking seri-
o,!s'y about il. They should pass il on to
others and these to gtll others and when
n sufficient number Of persons accept this
truth IN" thing will be automatically accom-
pished.
Our committee has sent out this funda-
mental ldea 10 almost all the organizations
IN the country which should be interested in
the spread Of II. md the results which we
have had thus oarly in the rendv acceptnnce
of the truth Of it and the inclination to
spread IT have surpassed our utmost expecta-
tiOns.
I'VE do NOT pose as ministers nor as
religious leaders; we are simply hard
headed. two tsted business men who want
20 see some of the things which threaten
the weil-beng of our country disposed Of
permanently. And they must be. because il
they ARE not they lead straight to individual
and even national disnster.
An Age Old Truth
There IS nothing aow in this idea 1t is
as oid as the ages. but it Is a truth which
should be reiterated by business men until
II meets with general acceptance, and II
doesn't lose anything because Of the fact
that it Is old; it is simply an attempt to
pull tn" people back to fundamentals with
out which nothing permanent can come.
THE basis Of all great controversies when
analysed. is scfshness. 1t has TO do with
what seems to b" the welfare Of n particular
group and not with that of mankind in gen-
ernl. Take. for example, the recent roal
strike, The miner vas slmply thinking Of
himself and the operator o' himself. and
neither gave thought 10 he man who might
suffer from the cold in the coming months
because they couldn't agrca. This selishnnss
is the element which must be totally climi-
nnted before basis Of settlement satiqfnr.
tory to all concerned can be reached
Nearly nll the associations which sro
now In existence are for the advancement
OF the interests Of some particular grvup,
and must therefore of necessity be selfish
But instead Of this the common good should
he the goal to ascertain the facts and then
TO assist for the benefit Of the greatest
humber.
Autocracy Kills Itself
Any nutocracy. whether It be that Of
politics, money, labor control or nnything
else, cannot continue, because il will fajl nf
its own arrogance. The liquor business wns
case in point. In its arrogance il wanted
to control legislation and exploit the pcopic.
and they arose and wiped It out entirely,
This is the whole problem; tho uJbIi,,
must be taken into account or it will lnke
control OF everything. Public opinion Is fhe
court OF last resort in a republic and This
/" matter which the Contesting parties in
Great industrial industrial disputes might we'll take
easily avoided il the third party to con.
troversy, whether political or Industrial, is
given its just dues