New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-09-22

land not 10 be trusted, that business
activity is not moral and the whols
system is to be condemned, and the
other, that employment, that work. IL
curse 10 man, and that working
hours ought 10 be as short as possible
or In some way abolished, After
criticism, our religious faith emerged
clearer and stronger and freed from
doubt So will our business relations
emerge. purified but JUSTIFIED.
From Anarchy 10 Democracy
The evidence OF evolution and the
facts OF history tell US OF the progress
and development OF man through va
rious steps and ages. known by vari-
Gus names. We learn OF the stone
age, the bronze and the iron age. We
can see the different steps In the
growth OF the forms OF government;
how anarchy was put down by the
strong arm OF the despot. OF the
growth OF aristocracy, OF limited
monarchies and OF parliaments, and
| finally democracy.
But In all these changes man took
but one step at a time. Where we
can trace history. no race ever step
ped directly from the stone age TO
the iron age and no nation ever pass
ed directly from despotism TO demo-
cracy Each advance has been made
only when a previous stage was ap-
preaching perfection, even to condi-
tons which are now sometimes lost
arts.
We have reached the age OF inven-
ton. OF commerce. OF great industrial
enterprise. II is often referred to as
selfish and materialistic.
The Hope for Peace
Our economic system has been at
tackled from above and from below.
But the short answer lies in the
teachings of history. The hope Of a
Watt or an Edison lay In the men who
Clipped flint to perfection. The seed
OF democracy lay in perfected des-
potisn. The hope of tomorrow lies
In the development of the instruments
OF today. The prospect of advance
lies in maintaining those conditions
which have stimulated invention and !
industry and commerce. The only |
road to more progressive age lies in
perfecting the instrumentalities OF
this age.
The only hope for peace lies in the
perfection Of the arts of war.
All growth depends upon activity.
Life is manifest only by action. There
is no development physically or In
without effort, and effort
means work. Work Is not curse.
It is the prerogative Of intelligence,
the only means to manhood. and the
measure of civilization. Savages do
not work. The growth OF a sentiment
that despises work is an appeal from
civilization to barbarism
I would not be understood as max
ng a sweeping criticism of current
egislation along these lines. /. too.
.ejoice that an awakened conscience
las outlawed commercial standards
hat were false or low and that an
awakened humanity has decreed that
he working and living condition OF
,ur citizens must be worthy of true :
manhood and true womanhood. n
The Measure of Success 5
/ agree that the measure of success /
! not merchandise but character. But a
do criticise those sentiments held a
n all too respectable quarters. that
ur economic system is fundamental /
v wrong, that commerce Is only sell {
shness, and that our citizens. holding r
he hope of all that America means, t.
re living in industrial slavery.
The man who builds a factory
uilds a temple, that the man who
,orks there worships there, and to
ach is due, not scorn and blame, but I
sverence and praise.
We need a broader, flrmer. deeper
nth in the people-a faith that men
esire to do right. that the common
ealth Is founded upon righteous o
ess which will endure, reconstruct e.
l faith that the final approval of the +
sople is given not to demagogues. W
avishly pandering to their selfish fe
,ss, merchandising with the clamor fl
the hour but to statesmen, min s.
tering to their welfare, representing st
eir deep, silent abiding convictions. A
Appeal to the Spirit III
Statutes must appeal to more than N
aterial welfare. Wages won't sat to
", be they ever so large. Nor houses; to
,r lands: nor coupons, though they
II thick as the leaves of autumn. a
an has a spiritual nature. Touch 1t. re
i'd it must respond as the magnet re- 81
onds to the pole. To that, not to p
lfishness, let the laws X appeal. tn
scognize the immortal worth and II,
gnity of man. Let the laws pro-
aim to her humblest citizen, per- ri
rming the most mental task. the &c
cognition of his manhood, the rec ps
milton that all men are peers, the or
mblest with the most exalted, the
cognition that all work Is glorifed.
CHI is the path to equality before
G law. Such is the foundation of sn