Evening star., 1923-05-24
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL. v. COLLINS.

What specific will cure IL? VIII a.
pension for all do away, with IL?
aow would such pension be main
saimea1 There Is no money in the
from the people. Shalt the masses
20 taxed for the support of those whp
do not work?
**
DR.. Sickle, the sociology expert
preacher. himself Inachinist, was
speaking before q crowd of working
men in Chicago. when he was inter
,rupted by a socialist who told him
and his audience that what the coun-
try needed was to do away with pow
erty. That IL would end all trouble
and do away with all unrightecusness
DR.. Stelzle replied by asking hire
II there were not many millionaires
in Chicago. and whether the socialists
thought all millionaires were ideal
citizens. IL not. he suggested that
troubles by .'abolishing all poverty
might need further consideration.
II +
1t was many years ago that the
wise Agar, the prophet, prayed: !,
Remove from me vanity and iies'
give me neither poverty nor riches
feed me with food convenient to me
Lest / be full and deny Thee, and
say Who is the Lord? or lest ! be-
poor and steal, and take the name Of
my God in vain
n
There are many sincere advocates
Of some form OF thrift insurance.
whereby. out of the productive labcrs
of all. during their active years. some.
percentage might be laid aside for
the relief. either of each individual
OF the particular class, when reach
ing the age Of retirement or when
overcome by sickness, or for the
whole of the semi submerged poor,
whose poverty is not due to thrift
lessness.
The greatest blessing in life is the
privilege OF work. What a disaster
it would be if, in some way, the gov
ernment should say to a considerable
class: You shall no longer have Q
part in production. you shall be tina
drones. supported by the toll of these
noble workers! You shall be para
sites
1t is noteworthy that many men
who achieved success are men whose
boyhood and young manhood were
spent in continuous struggle against
extraordinary handicaps, They have,
been janitors in colleges, that thew
might work their way through
course of education. IN business, they
began at the bottom and worked
against obstacles which developed
their resourcefulness and self-depend-
ence.
Rich mems sons, too. succeed, when
they inherit. not merely the wealth
but the qualities of their ancestors.
Such men are eager for the struggle.
willing TO endure hardship and 70
begin at the bottom" on their own
merits of work.
Not long ago. a European young
man from wealthy family brokw
away from his family remittance and
came to America against his parents
wishes His remittance stopped. and
he was thrown upon his own re-
sources.
What a romantic crisis to test what
was in him. Did he go to work"
Not according to the latest news. He
advertised for some wealthy AmerF
so he could go through college al
their expense.
Silly young man, Yet does he not
typify the attitude of many young
Americans today, who even want
their own parents to pinch and deny
their own comfort while supporting
their sons beyond adolescence, WHO
think that they confer favor OF
them by attending college and be-
longing to fraternities and sports"
There is scarcely a successful man
in any walk of life who ever ar
rived" because some one else had
abolished his poverty and enabled
him to progress along such soft
mud road. Success comes by the
stony pike-yet not to "plkers.
Copyright. 1923. by P. V. Collinsa