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Suffolk University Records
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SU-1696
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Brief biography of Edward L. Bernays, circa 1962
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circa 1962
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Suffolk University Records
Series SUE-002.01 SUE Events: Events: Conferences, Symposia, and Lecture Series: Lecture Series, Box 1
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Bernays, Edward. L, 1891-1995
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This item is related to the lecture series "Europe's Contributions to the American Civilization" hosted by the Edward L. Bernays Foundation Lectures and Suffolk University from 1963-1964. The series featured diplomatic representatives from 16 European nations and focused on European-American relations and foreign policy. Edward L. Bernays, an Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda often referred to as "the father of public relations," directed the series.
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tgn:7013445
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English
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Suffolk University
Bernays, Edward. L, 1891-1995
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United States--Civilization--European influences
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Bernays Lecture Series
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Lectures
Suffolk University
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Ford Hall Forum Collection, 1910-2013 (MS113)
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Ford Hall Forum
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English
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The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette.<br /><br />The digital files are being moved to: <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall">https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall</a>
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<p>View the <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/cgi/siteview.cgi//researchguides/11">finding aid to the Ford Hall Forum Collection</a> for more information (PDF).</p>
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ms-0142
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David Duke Protest Flyer, 1991
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1991
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International Committee Against Racism (InCAR)
Progressive Labor Party
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Flyer advertising a protest against David Duke's lecture at the Ford Hall forum on Thursday, March 28, 1991. Protest organized by the International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) and the Progressive Labor Party. Black and white image of KKK members, one of which is holding their head, with caption below photo: "Klansmen get what they deserve from hundreds of workers and students organized by InCAR." Transcription of flyer's text: "David Duke, "former" head of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and currently a Louisiana State Senator, will be attempting to speak on Thursday the 28th. Duke is a racist who attempts to blame the economic problems workers face on black workers and immigrants. Duke helps the rich rulers of the U.S. "divide and conquer the working class so that they can continue with the cutbacks and layoffs. The depression and lousy conditions affect all working people. lnCAR believes in multi-racial unity in order to fight racism and fight back against the cutbacks and unemployment. We say "no free speech for fascists". We have tangled with DuKKKe before - what he and the KKK fear most is the organized strength of thousands of workers and students -- asian, latin, black and white -- determined to stop them. Please join us and bring everyone you know."
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Ford Hall Forum Collection,1908-2013 (MS113)
MS 113/1.1 Folder: 358
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Posters
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English
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Ford Hall Forum
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Duke, David Ernest
Demonstrations
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<p>View the <a href="http://www.suffolk.edu/documents/MoakleyArchive/ms113_findingaid.pdf">finding aid to the Ford Hall Forum</a> for more information (PDF).</p>
Civil rights
Ford Hall Forum
Lectures
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Suffolk University Records
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Dr. Spock holding baby
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Suffolk University
Events
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998
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Gillooly, John
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Series SUJ-004.04 Special Materials: Photographs: Events, Box 25
Suffolk University Records
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19 April 1977
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Copyright John Gillooly. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
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Find out more about our collections on <a href="http://www.suffolk.edu/explore/24550.php">our website</a>.
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Suffolk University
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The Suffolk University Records collection covers all aspects of the university's history and development from 1906 to today. The materials include: Presidents' records, photographs, audio and video recordings, memorabilia, and university publications. Learn more about the <a href="https://www.suffolk.edu/academics/libraries/moakley-archive-and-institute/collections/records-of-suffolk-university" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">collection</a> at our web site.
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Economist Lester C. Thurow speaks at a Suffolk University event held at the Old State House
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Suffolk University
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Thurow, Lester C.
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Series SUJ-004.04 Special Materials: Photographs: Events, Box 47
Suffolk University Records
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circa 2000
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Lectures
Suffolk University
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SU-1694
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Edited version of a proposal for the Bernays Lecture Series written by Edward L. Bernays and sent to Suffolk University President Dennis Haley, 28 December 1962
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28 December 1962
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Suffolk University Records
Series SUE-002.01 SUE Events: Events: Conferences, Symposia, and Lecture Series: Lecture Series, Box 1
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Bernays, Edward. L, 1891-1995
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This item is related to the lecture series "Europe's Contributions to the American Civilization" hosted by the Edward L. Bernays Foundation Lectures and Suffolk University from 1963-1964. The series featured diplomatic representatives from 16 European nations and focused on European-American relations and foreign policy. Edward L. Bernays, an Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda often referred to as "the father of public relations," directed the series.
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Text
Documents
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PDF
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tgn:7013445
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English
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Suffolk University
Bernays, Edward. L, 1891-1995
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United States--Civilization--European influences
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Bernays Lecture Series
Events
Lectures
Suffolk University
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Union to undertake the enterprise, and from the
first has been the Director and Chairman.
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Ford Hall Forum platform is kept free from all
religious, class and race prejudice. For eight years
the meetings were supported entirely by the Ford
funds. Now the expenses are met by the volunta_y
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gifts from interested friends, including many individual members of the Boston Baptist Social
Union, that organization continuing to grant the
forum the free use of the halls in the Ford Building.
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chronologica.l order, testify as to · the wide range of
public interest included in the topics and also to the
great diversity of speakers enlisted.
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Feb.23-HENRY ABRAHAllIS, EDWIN D. l\IEAD, C. C.
BARRY, ROBERT A. WOODS.
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night. )
Mar. 1-Prof. CIJARL'ES SPRAGUE SllllTH, "The Brotherhood of ].:tan. "
8-Rnbbi SAMUEL SCHULl\IA..~, D.D., ''What the
.Jew Has· Done for the . W.orld and What the
World Has Done to the Jew.••
" 16-Rev. LEIGHTON WILLXAllIS, D.D., "The Democratic Gospel."
" 22-Rev. THOl\IAS R. SLICER, · D.D., "Three Ways
of Doing Good."
" 29-Prof. THOl\lAS C. HALL, D.D., "The Relation of.
Modern Christian Lite to the Social Problem."
1908-9:.::.SECOND SEASON
- ftn1 imer group called the ·Ford Hall Folks, comprising over four hundred paid annual members, is
the back-bone of this forum. Although . as variegated as the colors of the rainbow in its personnel,
the closest fellowship is enjoyed and the utmost
harmony prevails alike in social gatherings and in
the business meetings.
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Nov. 1-Prof. THOl\IAS 1..-XXON CARVER, LL.D., "A
Man and His Vote. "
8-l\Iiss ELIZABETH S. COLTON, "The People and
Problems of India."
" 15-Prof. WILLIAllI SALTER, "Tolstoi's Story ot 'A
Soul'S' Resurrection.' "
" 22-Rev. O. P. GIFFORD, D.D., Rev. PHILO W,
SPRAGUE, Rev. GEORGE WILLIS COOKE,
Rev. DANIEL EVANS, D.D. Symposium: "Socialism as I See It.,,
" 29-Prof. WALTER RAUSCHE:NBUSCH, D.D., "Are
Our National Standards Ethical?"
Dec. 6-Prof. BORDEN PARliER BOWNE, "Lite-And a
Good Life."
" 13-Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph.D., "The Tyranny
of Majorities."
" 20-LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, "The Ethics of Savings
Bank Insurance." ·
" 27-Rev. ALBERT PARKER FITCH, D.D., "Christ•
mas as a Social Institution."
.Jan. 3-LINCOLN STEFFENS, "Other People's Graft."
" 10-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN, "The State and
Morality."
" 17-liEIR HARDIE, l\I.P., "Reforms Accomplished
by the British Labor Party."
" 24-Rev. CHARLES STELZLE, "Why the Church
C:tnnot Accept Socialism.''
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Jan. 30-Prof. WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH, D.D., "The
Transition from the Present to a Co-operative
Order of Society."
Jan. 31-JAl\lES O. FAG.-L",, "The Man, the Accident, and
the Railroad."
Feb. 7-Prof. S. L. JOSID, "The Awakening of the Orient
and What It Means to the Occident."
" 14-W. N. HARTSHORN, "The Life of Daniel Sharp
Ford."
Col. EDWARD A,1,.'DERSON, "The Man and the
States'Illan.''
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21-Mrs. FLORENCE KELLEY, "New England's
Lost Leadership in Child Labor Legislation."
28-Rabbi Sru"\CUEL SCHlJLlllAN, D .D., "Things That
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Separate i:ren and Things that Unite Them."
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Mar. 7-Prof. CHARLES SPRAGUE Sl\lITH, "Working
with the People."
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Feb. 6-Dean -$HAILER l\lATHEWS, D.D., ''Can
M:a.rx."
1910-11-FOURTH SEASON
Anywhere ?"
l\lARION CRAIG . WENTWORTH,
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"Votes
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for Women."
Social Force."
11-GEORGE W. COLK\IAN, "The. Religion of the
Nov. 6-Re..-. ARTHlJR H. Si\OTH, D.D., ''When East
Crowd."
l\ieets· West."
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Business.''
14-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN, " The Fellowship of
the Common Life."
21-Rev. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES, "The Moral Un-
Significance o! Secular Vocations."
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28-Dr. ALEXANDER IBVINE, "The Church and
the Workingman."
Dec. 5-Prof. WILLIAlll SALTER. "Bernard Shaw as a
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"Religion of the
19-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN,
Common Life."
26-Rev. O. P. GIFFORD, D.D.; "Holidays and Holy
Days."
Jan. 2-Prof. EDWARD A. ROSS, LL.D., " Commercialism."
9-Rt. Rev. WILLIAlll LAWRENCE, S.T.D., LL.D.,
"Has the Church Failed ?"
16-HENRY STERLING, "The Cas·e for the Workingman. ''
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23-Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph.D., "Reforms and
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25-Rev. O. P. GIFFORD, D.D., "The Birth of the
Social Idea."
HOPKINS DENISON,
Marriage a Success ?"
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Social Critic."
12-Rev. JOHN
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11-Rev. L'l'.l\lAN ABBOTT, D.D., "Why I Believe in
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Jan. 1-Rev. SAl\lUEL ZANE BATTEN, D.D., "The l\1an
at the Bottom."
8-Rt. Rev. WILLIAlll LAWRENCE, S.T.D., LL.D.,
"What Religion Can Do for a Man.''
" 15-Rt. Rev. CHARLES D. WILLIAl\IS, D.D., LL.D.,
"Wealth-Productive, Predatory, and Para-
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22-Pres. W. H. P. FAUNCE, D .D ., LL.D., "Education without Schools."
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29-Rev. HERBERT S . . BIGELOW, "Stealing as a
Fine Art.''
Feb. 5-Rev. THOl\lAS I. GASSON, S.J., "The Dangers
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Reformers."
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Nov. ·7-FREDERICK VAN EEDEN, l\t.D., "Religion and
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13-Rev. GEORGE R. LUNN, D.D., "What Happened in Schenectady.''
20-Prof. WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH. D.D., "The
Church and the Social Awakening.''
27-Rev. ALFRED W . WISHART, "The Spiritual
Dec.
1909-10-THIRD SEASON
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23-Dr. ALEXAJ-.'DER IRVINE, "The Church and
the Democratic Ideal.''
30-ALFRED H. BRO,VN, "The Modern Drama as a
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13-JONATHA,.", THAYER LINCOLN, "The Case for
the Employer."
" 20-JOSEPH FELS, " The English Budget and What
It l\Ieans."
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" 27-Rabbi SAl\lUEL SCHULl\lAN, D.D., "The Hebrew
Prophets: The Creators of Modern Religion. "
Mar. 6-Prof. EDWARD A. STEINER, "The Search for
Brotherhood."
" 13-JOHN SPARGO, "The Life and Work of Karl
Portion."
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Oct. 16-HE~"RY GEORGE, Jr., "Has the Single Tax Got
28-J. ADA.;}1$ PUFFER, "The Boy and the Gang."
Apr. 4-FRANKLIN H. WENTWORTH, "The Woman's
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14-HORACE FLETCHER, "Feeding for E!'!iciency."
21-JOHN Z. WHITE, "Unemployment: Its Cause
and Cure."
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" 19-DE WITT G. WILCOX, M.D., "Health, Hygiene,
and Happiness."
" 26-lllEYER BLOOMFIELD, Mrs. SUSA.--, W. FITZ
GERALD, EDWIN D. l\IE.ll>, JA..l'1ES P.
l\llTh'ROE, l\IORRISON I. SWIFT. Symposium:
"What These Meetings Have Done tor Boston."
Mar. 5-Rev. JAlllES A. FRA...--.CIS, D.D., "The Get-Togethe:r Basis in Religion.'
" 12-J. W. BE..--.GOUGH, "The Sacredness ot Property."
" 19-1\Irs. ELLE..--, H. RICHARDS, "Does the Increased Cost ot Living Mark a Social Advance?n
'' 26-l\lrs. HELE..--, L. GRE~FELL, "What Women
Have Done in Colorado with the Vote."
Apr. 2-Rnbbi MAURICE H. HARRIS, Ph.D., "The Bible
as Literature."
9-NOIDIA..--r HAPGOOD, "The Social Function ot
the Press."
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the Matter with the Church."
MORRISON I. SWIFT, "What is the Matter with
the People Outside the Church?"
" 22-Mrs. l\IAUD WOOD PARK; "Woman the World
Around.''
29-ALBERT E. "WINSHIP, LL.D., "Eliminating the
Hoodlum Element Among Boys."
Nov. 5-FREDERIC C. HOWE, Ph.D., "How to Make
Boston Efficient, Comfortable and Beautiful."
12-EDWIN D. l\IEAD, "The United States as a
World Power."
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" 19-Rev. R. J. CA.c'1PBELL, D.D., "Social and Economic Conditions in England."
26-Pres. DAVID STARR JORDAN; LL.D., NThe
Case Against War."
Dec. 3-Pres. SAl\IUEL C. l\IITCHELL, LL.D., "Racial
Adjustment."
10-Rt. Rev. CHARLES D. WILLIAMS, D .D·., LL.D.,
"The Church and Social Justice."
17-Pres. W. H. P. FAUNCE, D.D., LL.D., "The Man
and the Machine."
24-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLDi, "The Nation's Human Resources."
. 31-Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph.D., , "Wanted: A
Moral Renaissance."
Jan. 7-NORl\IAN HAPGOOD, ''The Significance of Insurgency.''
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21-WILLIAlll T. ELLIS, LL.D., "America's Influence Upon the Older Nations. "
28-Prof. JA.c'1ES HERVEY HYSLOP, LL.D,, "Science and Immortality."
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" 11-H.ARRY PHILLIJ?S, "The Outlook tor Temperance."
" 18-RAY STANNARD BA.KER, "The Progressive
Spirit in Politics."
" 25-Dr. CHARLES FLEISCHER, "Getting to be
Human!'
Mar. 3-Rev. JAMES H. FRANr..LIN, D.D., "The Message of Christianity to Socialists."
" i0-Rnbbi SAMUEL SCHULi\LlN, D.D., "The Claim
of the Decalogue on the ~Iodern Man."
" 17-JAllffiS SCHEIDffiRHORN, "The Ethics ot a
Newspaper :\Ian. "
" 24-1\Irs. El\llLY )IOXTAGUE BISHOP, "Scenes from
the Senate."
" 31-STA."'-TON COIT, Ph.D., "Am I ll!y Brother's
Keeper?"
Apr. 7-JOHN GR.AHA)! BROOKS, "The New Schism In
Socialism.''
14-Dean SHAILER MATHEWS, D.D., "Evolution
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Oct. 13-Prof. THOMAS C. RALL, D.D., "The Morals ot
Anarchy and Socialism."
" 20-Rabl>i 1\1.AURICE H. HARRIS. Ph.D., "The Function of the Jew in the World's Economy."
" 27-Prof.
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"Christianity and Socialism:
Their Larger
Parallels."
Nov. 3-.ALFRED W. l\IC CANN, "How Shall the People
Get Pure Food ?"
" 10-Prof. HEXRY C. VEDDER, D.D., "Concerning
Law and Order."
" 17-CLIFFORD G. ROE, "The Un-Social Evil."
" 24-Judge BEN B. LINDSEY, "Giving the Boy a
Square Deal."
Dec. 1-Baroness YON SUTT:!'<"ER, "International Friendship Instead of War."
8-Rev. JO~ HAYNES HOL;lffiS, "The Moral Significance of the Ne,v Politics."
" 15-Ra.bbi STEPHE..--. S. WISE, Ph.D., " The Warfare
Against Poverty."
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15-Prof. HARRY F. ,vARD, "The Challenge of Socialish1 to Christianity."
22:.....Re..-. FRA.J.'°Ii: 0. HALL, D.D. , "The l\foral Law."
29--JOHN CO,TIER POWYS, "The Economic Aspects of Woman Suffrage."
Apr. 5-A. J. PHILPOTT. "The Press and Soci et ys••
GEORGE PERRY l\lORRIS, · "Some Ethical Aspects of Editorial Work. "
" 12-Prof. THOl\L~S C. HALL, D.D., "Religion and
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" 26-Prof. EARL BARNES, "The Family of the Future."
Nov. 2-l\liss l\IARY ANTIN, "The American Gospel Day
by Day."
9-GEORGE W. HOPKINS, "Advertising and Economics."
GEORGE B. GALLUP, "Advertis'in·g and Democracy."
WILLIAl\l SHAW, LL.D:, "Advertising and ReOct.
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1-HORACE J. BRD>GES, "The Gospel of Ellen
I~ey. "
8-Prof. EDWARD A. STEINER. "The International Mind and the Inter-racial Heart:•
" 15-Hl;GH CABOT, 1\1.D., "The Problems ot Sex
Education.
DE ,VITT G. 'WILCOX, l\I.D., "The Scourge of
Venereal Diseas-e. ,.
Rev. EDWARD CUi.\UII:-.GS, "The Responsihilities of Parenthood."
" 22-CHARLES BR~"'DO:-. BOOTH, "The Case for
the Prisoner."
!\far. 1-LESLIE '\TILLIS SPRAGUE, "Tolstoi, the I\Ian. "
8-lllrs. l\lARY CHURCH TERRELL, "Uncle Sam Feb.
1913-14-SEVENTH SEASON
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Mar. 2-Dr. J. A. l\lACDONALD, "War and the Human
Breed . "
9-Prof. EARL BA~'ES, "A Successful Failure: A
Study of Robert Owen."
" 16-Rev. LEYI 1\1. POWERS, D.D., "Some Suggestions from Germany as to Necessary Steps in
Social Legislation."
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" 23-Rev. NICHOLAS YA.--, DER PYL, "Less•ons trom
Recent Industrial Outbreaks."
30--JOHN COWPER PO,VYS, "The Social Message
of Modern English Writers."
Apr. 6-Prof. COLD. A . SCOTT, Ph.D., l\liss l\IARY
l\lULRY, l\liss LOTTA C. CLARK, "Training
for Leadership."
" 13-Rev. O. P. GIFFORD, D.D., "The Social V:alue
of Free Speech."
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16-Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph.D., ''What's
Wrong with the Jew?"
" 23-Rev. PAUL l\lOORE STRAYER. D.D., "How to
Socialize a Competitive ,vorld."
" 30-PETER CLARK l\lACFARL~'E, "The Courage
to Attack. "
Dec. 7-NOR:\IA.J.--, HAPGOOD, "The Modern Drama as a
Social Force. "
" 14-Miss l\IARY P. FOLLETT, "The Social Centre
and the Democratic Ideal.."
JOHN LOYEJOY ELLIOTT, Ph.D., "The Social
Centre and Direct Action."
" 21-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN, ''Walt Whitman:
Prophet and Democrat.••
" 28-Re..-. ALLJ:-X K. FOSTER, "Can Religion Be
1\fade Scientific?"
J'an. 4-Bishop John W. HAi.\llLTON, D.D., ''Is It Fair?"
" 11-Miss l\lARGARET SLATTERY, "A Forward
Step Which Has· Been Successfully Taken in
Fitc.hburg."
lllrs. SUSAN W. FITZ GERALD, "A Fundamental Difficulty in the Way of Improving Boston's
Schools."
" 18-Rt. Re..-. CHARLES D. '\TILLLUIS, D.D., LL.D.,
"Why I·Work for the Single Tax."
" 25-Prof. ALBIO::-" ,v. SMALL, LL.D., "The Strength
Nov.
Dec." 22-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN, "How Much of .the
New Order is _ the Present?"
In
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29-Prof. . CHARLES PROSPERO FAGNANI, D.D.,
"God and Democracy."
J'an. ?-Mrs. ANNA GARLIN SPENCER, "Are the Public Schools Democratic?"
Miss FRANCES G. CURTIS and ISAAC HARRIS,
~•The Local Situation."
" 12-Prof. VIDA D. SCUDDER, "The Moral Asset of
the Class Struggle."
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" 19-Yru~I KIN, 1\1.D., "The Awakening of China. "
" 26--JOSEPH FELS, "J'ust Taxation the Hope ot the
World."
Feb. 2-Rev. JOHN A. RYAN, D.D., "The Right and
· Wrong of the Labor Union."
9-EDWARD A. FILENE, "The Growing Pains ct
Democracy."
16-STEWART Al'\"'DERSON, "As an Immigrant Sees
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Oct. 18-WILLIAlll ENGLISH WALLL.",G, "The Message
o! Syndicalism."
" 25-Jll.iss l\IARY A.c"\TIN, "God and His World."
Nov. 1-Prof. EARL ' BARNES, "What Work Should Give
Us Besides Bread."
8-Miss JIIARGARET SLATTERY, "Energy-Undirected and Misdirected."
lS~OHN LOVEJOY ELLIOTT, Ph.D., "The Child
and the City."
" 22-LESLIE WILLIS SPRAGUE, "Will Demo"racy
Endure?''
" 29-Mrs. MAUD BALLD!GTON BOOTH, "After
Prison-What?"
Dec. 6-STANTON COIT, Ph.D., "Is Civilization a
Disease?''
" 13-NOltl\IAN HAPGOOD, "The Military Ideal."
" 20-BOUCK WHITE. "If Christ Were to Come on
Christmas Day."
" 27-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN, · "Militancy and
Morals!'
Jan. 3-Rev. GEORGE A. GORDON, D.D., "A Message
for the New Year."
" 10-Uabbi HARRY LEVI, "The New Morality."
17-Rev. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES, "From .A.bS'olute
Monarchy to Pure Democracy in Industry...
" 24-Rev. JOH..", ,v. ROSS, "The Credit Side.''
" 31-Prof. WALTER RAUSCHE::,(BUSCH, D.D., "The
Economic Basis o! Democracy."
Feb. 7-Rev. JOHN A. RYA...-,.,, D.D., "~Iinimum Wage
Laws and Their Operation in America.."
" 14-LOUIS ,vALLIS, "The Newer Issues in Democracy."
21-S. K. RATCLIFFE, "Classes and Masses in ·the
England or Today.''
28-PETER WITT, "A City Finding Itself."
Mar. 7-Rabbi SA..i.1IUEL SCHlJLllA...",, D.D., "What Constitutes a Good Jew']"
" 14~OHN SPARGO, "Socialism and the War."
" 21-Fran ROSIKA SCHWL\L'\IER, "Women and
War.''
28-Prof. FRA...-...K O'HARA, " What Irish Immigra'tion Has Done for America."
Apr. 4-Prof. CHARLES PROSPERO FAGN.U.'I, D.D.,
"The War, the World, and the Kingdom of
God."
Oct. 17-LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, "Zionism and the Aims ot
Jewish Democracy."
" 24-Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph.D., "Is War Cureless ?"
" 31--Hon. FRANCIS :NEILSON, . l\I.P., "Sign-Posts ot
Democracy."
Nov. 7-Rev. SA..i.1IUEL ZA..i.-...E BATTEN, D.D., "Is God or
Man to Blame']"
" 14-MORRIS HILLQUIT, "Some current Economic
and Political Problems• "
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" 21-LOUIS F. POST, "Government Intervention In
Idleness."
" 2S-JAl\lES P. l\IAGE.-...XS, "Some Lessons Learned
from the Law.''
Dec. 5-HENRY TUR::,(ER BAILEY, " Socializing the
Public Schools."
" 12-NOIUIAN JLU>GOOD, "ShaII Birth Control Be
Discussed?"
" 19-Prot. EDWARD A. STEU.ER, "Conservation
Versus Immigration:•
" 26-Prof. CJL-lRLES ZUEBL~. "The United States:
Pacemaker or Peacemaker?"
Jan. 2-Rabbi l\IAURICE H. HARRIS, Ph.D., "America's
Exposition and Europe's War : A Contrast!'
9-HUTCHINS HAPGOOD, ''.What Is ·an Anarchist?"
16-Rev. J. HOWARD l\lELISH, "Humanity First."
" 23-Hon. GEORGE L. RECORD, "Tile High Cost ot
Living: Its CauS'e and Remedy. "
" 30-S. K. RATCLIFFE, "The War and the Outlook
for Democracy."
F eb. 6-WOODS HUTCHINSON, l\LD., "The Medical
Treatment of Crime."
" 13-Prof. SCOTT :l'<"EARING, •·working and Owning
for a Living."
" 20-ALFRED ,v. l\IARTL..._, "What Are We Here
For?"
27-Prot. BR~O ROSELLI, "Italian Immigration
After the War."
l\Iar. 5-Rev. WILLIAM HAlli.'\.LL.", VA.'< ALLEN, S.T.D.,
"The Discipline of Struggle.''
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12-~"DRE TRIDON, "An Inside View of Mexico."
19-Prof. ARTHUR HOL:.u:ES, "What ·of the Backward Child?'"
" 26-l\Irs. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMA.,.'<, "What
Feminism Is-and Isn't."
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2-Rev. HENRY F. COPE, D.D., "The Pam!ly and
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9-Rev. ABRAHAM M. RIHBA..'<Y, "Some Phases
of Democracy.1"
1916-17~TENTH SEASON
Nov. 5-Rev. JOHN HAYNES ·- HOLl\lES, "The International l\1ind."
" 12-JAl\IES J. WALSH, l\I.D., "The Happiest Era in
Human History. "
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" 19-Ilev. 'VILLL-1111 NORllL<\N GUTHRIE, "The
Problem of a Ne,v Am-erican Patriotism."
" 26-ROGER W. BABSON, "Labor's Only Hope."
Dec. 3-Rev. EDWARD F. SA1'"1>ERSO~, "Something to
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Tie to. "
" ,10-RICHARD A. FEISS, "Personal Relationship In
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Business Administration.''
17-llliss r..ATE BARNARD, "Woman and Destiny."
24-I'rof. CHARLES ZUEBLIX, "An American Sir
Galahad."
31-l\Iiss l\IARGARET SLATTERY, "Making a Liv"
ing and a Life."
.J:tn. 7-Hon. GEORGE R. LUNN, "The Progress of
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Democracy."
14-Prof. HliGH BLACK, D.D., "The Meaning of
Life."
" 21-l\Irs. CHARLOTTE PERKL",S GILl\IAN, "Our
·Brains and What Ails Them." ·
" 28-TVY L. LEE, "What Is to Become of Our Ra!lroads ?" _
Feb: 4-Rev. JOHN A. RYAN, D.D., "Fallacies of the
Feminist l\1ovement."
" 11-ED,VIN l\IARKHAllI, "The Social Vision at
Jesus."
" 18-RICHARD W. HALE, "'The Truth . About Property: Who Uses It?"
·• 25-\l~NTER RUSSELL, '"Civic Strife or Co-opera-_
tion?"
M:tr. 4-GERALD STANLEY LEE, "The President and
the Fate of the World: · An Inauguration Day G~eeting from ~ord Hall to the White House."
11-Rabbi H. W. ETTELSON, "From Persecution
Through Toleration to Brotherhood."
•· 18-GEORGE W. NASl\IYTH, Ph.D., "Nietzsche and
the European War."
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Oct. 28-SHERJIIAN L. ,VHIPPLE and Hon. HERBERT
PARiiER, ''Initiative and Referendum. ' '
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Nov. 4-HARYEY W. WILEY, )I.D., "Whiskey and Tobacco."
" 11-1\Iiss HELEN LOUISE JOHNSON, "What Thrift
l\1:eans."
,. 18-S. P. CHUAN, "China and America"
" 25-Prof. HENRYY R. PATTENGILL, "Made In
.America "
Dec. 2-Rev. HA~OLD MARSHALL, D.D., "Self-Sacrifice
vs. Self-Preservation."
9-1\Irs. BERTH.-1. KUNZ B.U-U:R, Reading or
Bjorns-en's Play, .. Beyond Human l\.Iight."
16-Prof. HARRY El\lERSON FOSDICK, D.D., "A
Religion for War Time."
" 23-JA)lES J. W.llSH, lU.D., "'What is Progress?"
" 30-Prof. CIL;\.RLES ZUEBLIN, ·"Federalism and
World Organization.••
Jan. 6-Rev. FRED P. HAGGARD, D.D., "The New
Spirit in Russia."
" 13-P. l,'. SULLIY•.\.;.-..,, "What the Bay State Railway
Has to Say for Itself...
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" 20-FELIX SlIAY, "Why Socialistic Communities
Always· Fail as Such."
" 27-1\IOORFIELD STOREY, "What Law Is and
'Why We Need It."
Feb. 3-B. R. BAIDIGARDT, "The Romance a! Human
. Progress ...
10-Lieut. BRUNO ROSELLI, "Some Lessons Learned
at the Italian Front."
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SLATTERY,
Youth and the •New Democracy.".
1918-19-TWELFTH SEASON
1919-20-THIRTEENTH SEASON
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from the British Labor Party's Program."
27-l\Iiss l\IARY YAN KLEECK, "Women and War
Work."
Nov. 3-GEORGE W. NAS)IYTH, Ph.D., ."The Growing
Power of the ·world's Labor Forces."
10-ALBERT RHYS WILLIAl\IS, "The Bol~heviks
and the Labor Problem."
17-NORZILL." THOMAS, "What Shall We Do with
Victory?"
24-PHILIP WHITWELL WILSON, "Britain's Problems, Including !~eland and India."
Dec. 1-JOHN COWPER PO,VYS, "The Effect _ of the
War on the Democratic Ideal."
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Our Ideas?"
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Nov. 2-Rev. CHARLES A. EATON, D.D., "New Factors
in Business."
9-Rev. JOHN HOWARD MELISH, "New Morals
for Old Sins."
" 16-Dean CHARLES R. BRO"IVN, D.D., "Why I Am
Not a Socialist."
" 23-Prof. HARRY F. WARD, "The New Motive In
Industry."
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" 30-EVERETT DEAN l\lARTIN, "A Twentieth Century View of Evolution. "
Dec. 7-Judg-e A. C. BACKUS, "What Society Owes the ,
Erring."
" 14-JOHN A. FITCH, "If Not Strikes-What?"
" 21-1\lrs. l\lARGARET DELA1''D, "The Dull Job .."
" 2S-l\Iiss JEA1'~"ETTE ILL"i'KIN, ''What the NonPartisan League Has Meant to American
Politics."
Jan. 4-JOSEPH Elli"i'EST lllcAFEE, "Is Religion Failing
in America?"
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" 11-Rev. JOHN HAYl<"ES HOLllIBS, ''Whence, Why,
Whither: A Survey of the Times."
" 18-ALGERNON S. CRAPSEY, S.T.D., ''The Ethics
of .Jesus as a Basis of the New Social Order."
" 25-EDllllTh'D VANCE COOKE, "The Religion ot
Democracy."
Feb. 1-Rt. Rev. CHARLES D. WILLIAMS, D.D., L.L.D.,
"The Challenge of the Times."
8-GEORGE CREEL, "The Irish Question trom the
American View-Point."
" 15-Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph.D., "How to ·
Americanize and How Not to Americanize."
'" 22-Motion Picture Forum: "The Miracle Man. "
" 29-llliss l\lARGARET SLATTERY, "I Go to WarAfterwards."
Mar. 7-Rabbi JUDAH L. l\IAG:NES, Ph.D., "The Old
America and the New."
" 14-HARLAN EUGE!>"E BEAD, "Shall Inherita.noes
be Abolished?"
" 21-1\IORRISO:K I. SWIFT and ROGER W. BABSON, "Should Socialism be Suppressed?"
" 28-Prof. EDWARD A. STEINER, "The New World:
Who Wants It and How to Get It."
1920-21-FOURTEENTH SEASON
Oct. 17-Presidential Night. RICHARD K.ITCHELT, lllrs.
SUSAN W. FITZ GERALD and GEORGE E.
ROE,VER, Jr., "How I Shall Vote and Why,"
" 24-Prof. HENRY W. L. DA.NA, "Labor Conditions
in England, France and Germany."
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Oct. 31-Prof. HARRY F. WA.RD, "Civil Liberty in the
United States."
Nov. 7-TOYOKICHI IYENAGA, Ph.D., "Is There a Yellow Peril?"
14-PHILIP. CA.BOT; - The Spirit of the Employer."
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"WHITI.L"i'G ,VILLIAllIS, "The Mind of the
Worker."
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" 21-NORlllAN HAPGOOD, "The Next Administration."
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" 28-l\Irs. l\lARIETTA L. JOHNSON, "Education for
the New Age."
Dec . . 5-Bisltop FRA.......,CIS J. l\IC CO~'ELL, "The
Church and I..a.bor."
" 12-·w. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS, Ph.D., "The
Future of the Darker Races."
" 19-Rev. JOHN HATh"ES HOLMES, "What Shall We
Think of the Bolsheviki ?"
" 26-Prof. CHARLES ZUEBLIN, "Has America Any
Ideals•?"
Jan. 2-ARTHUR D. REES, "Financial Imperialism and
the Way Out."
9-Prof. NATHANIEL SCHl\lIDT, "The Goal ot
Civilization."
" 16-,VALTER W. LIGGETT, "The Future of the
American . Press."
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" 23-l\lrs. BEA.TRICE FORBES ROBERTSON-HALE,
"The Women of the Future."
" 30-Prof. DAVID D. VAUGHAN, "The World Sweep
of Democracy."
Feb. 6-EVERETT DEAN l\IARTIN, "The Psychology of
the Crowd Mind."
" 13-Uev. 'WILLARD SCOTT, D.D., ' "The Coming New
World."
20-l\Irs. LUCIA A.lllES l\lEAD, "The New Education."
Prof. BRUNO ROSELLl, "The Industrial Revolution in Italy, "
27-SCOTT NEARING, Ph.D., "Leadership and Democracy."
Mar. 6-GEORGE O'DELL, "Marriage and the Home."
" 13-EDWIN l\IARKHAL'1, "How to Think of the
Spiritual World."
20-LOUIS F. POST, "Deportations."
27-HERBERT ADA.l\lS GIBBONS, Ph.D., ''What
About Redeeming Our International Pledges·?"
Apr. 3-EDWARD HOWARD GRIGGS, L.H.D., "The
Future of Democracy.''
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Oct. 23-,VALTEJ{ N . POLAl{OV, "Korsybski' s New Law
of Life."
" 30-:.\IOISSAYE J. OLGIN, Ph.D., "The Balance
Sheet of the Russian Revolution-What the
Revolution Did and What It Failed to Accomplish."
Nov. 6-TARAKNATH DAS, "l\Iahatm!\ l\I. K. Gandhi
and the Progress o! the Non-Violent Revolutionary l\<Iovement in India ...
" 13-Rev- G. S. LACKLA.t."1>, Ph.D., "Where the
Church :.\let Labor."
" 20-ROGER ,v. BABSON, "The Business Man's Attitud'? Toward Education. "
-.,. 27-Col. RAY..\IOND ROBINS, ''World Disarmament
or World Revolution-Which?"
Dec. 4-Dr. TEIIl"'I HSIEH, "What China Means to the
United States. "
" 11-Rev. JOH.--. HA~ES HOLlIES, "Our Growing
Distrust of Democracy : Is It Justified."
" 18-CHARLES KROLL, " From Socialism to Business
-and the Consequences.·•
" 25-CHARLES ZUEBLIN, "Education for Freedom."
Jan. 1-HOi\IER B. HULBERT, F.R.G.S., "A Yank in
·the Far East. "
8-WHITING ,VILLLUIS, "Bayonets, Bols·hevism
and My Buddies."
" 15-i\Iiss i\lARGARET SLATTERY, "The Power of
Prejudice."
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" 22-EVERETT DEAN MARTIN, "The Idolatry o!
Public Opinion." ·
" 29--GLE~'N E. PLUi\IB, "Industrial Democracy."
Feb. 5-Rnbbi LOUIS ,voLSEY, "The Jewishness o!
J es"Us."
12-·wILLL\.ill PICKENS, LL.D., "A Common Plat•
form for White and Black."
19-Rev. JOHN A. RYA.....""'i, D.D., "Is Labor Gaining
or Losing?"
26-HELEN DAVENPORT GIBBONS (Mrs. Herbert
Adams Gibbons), "'Understanding the French
Peopl e.''
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l\far. 5-Prof. DALLAS · LORE SHARP, "Education for
Demo cracy. "
12-1VILLIAM M. LEISERSON, Ph.D., "ls Industrial
Democracy a Dream ?"
10--GEORGE CREEL, "The Future of Progressivism. ''
" 26-EDWARD HOWARD GRIGGS, L.H.D,, "The
Educa tion of American Citizenship."
Apr. 2-Rev, ALBERT C. DIEFFE~"BaCH, D.D., and
Rev. ,v. HARRY FREDA, "The Upheaval in
Protestantism.' '
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know that I admire very greatly that
ente:Jllinse (the Ford Hall Forum) and _wish it ail
poss1j ble success. You have steered 1t through _
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not mto port, but out on the very high seas, where
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voyage encourages many other vessels on the
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believe in the Forum and think it has tremendous
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. can put up against the Bolshevist movement, which
------P means the destruction of civilization."
-MARGARET DELAND
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of public influence, the work of which reaches far
beyond the borders of Boston."
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this hour, I have believed in the service in ·com•
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meetings as those held by the OPEN FORUMS."
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-COL. RAYMOND ROBINS
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movement during the past year, both at Ford Hall
and throughout the country. I think there is nothing more vital to the creation_ of a right and free
public opinion than the forum movement, and I think
there is nothing so essential to the United States
today as the formation of intelligent public opinion."
-RT. REV. CHARLES D. WILLIAMS, D.D., LL.D.
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I admit it.
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single individual is to preside continuously over a forum. A
poor permanent chairman is better than a constant succession
of good ones. For only by continuity can he and the audience
become mutually acquainted, and that acquaintance is primary and elemental to the good will and confidence which a
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Specifically, the chairman's duties for a given meeting
begin at the preceding meeting, when he must translate the
speaker-to-be into human terms, so that the audience will be
thinking about him during the week and unconsciously come
with a sense of acquaintance and an attitude of symr>athy.
Many things can be wisely and trutllfully said at the meeting
preceding the speaker's appearance that could not well be
said in his presence. A brief word at this time concerning
the timeliness of the topic an.d the general way of approach
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Whatever preliminaries, as to music, etc. there may be, together with the chairman's introduction, if all have been
p:·operly coordinated, should focus on the moment when the
chairman delivers the audience to the speaker.
Whatever the character of the address, the chairman
must maintain a constant appearance of alert and eager interest in what the speaker is saying. I believe the ·chairman,
by seeming listlessness and indifference, can almost hypnotize a large part of the audience into the same attitude.
The essential qualities are those required for leadership
anywhere. Quickness of apprehension, depth of comprehension, breadth of sympathy, and a sense of humor that can .
"rise triumphant over sin ,and death." The chairman must
remember that, in John Bunyan's graphic phrase, "he dwells
in the Interpreter's House." He must interpret the speaker
to the audience, the audience to the speaker, and the audienc~ to itself.
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The chairman must open the meeting exactly on the minute scheduled. It will be found after a short time, if this is
the rule, that the audience will prepare themselves instead of
1 having to be brought to order and attention by the chairman .
There is democratic psychology involved in this seemingly
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insignificant detail.
He is also the official leader of the clacque. If he finds
the speak er a bit heavy, so that the audience is growing listless, he should watch for any excuse to start applause. The
mere sound of handclapping will not only be a stimulus to
the speaker, but will rouse the audience to attention.
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When the speaker has finished, one of the crucial tests
and golden opportunities of the chairman arrives. If he is
able to synthesize in two or three ringing sentences the vital
message of the spealcer, he can do much to drive it home to
the audience. If there has been a jarring or contentious note
in the speaker's utterances, he may oftentimes smooth the
rough edge away by two or three happy phrases.
If there has been apparent antagonism between the
speaker and certain sections of the audience, it is for him to
frame an inclusive whole truth that shall include their antag.
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is a mere mechanical mouthpiece to repeat the words of the
questioner, he is something worse than sounding brass or a
tinkling cymbal. In many instances he will be rE:quired to
state intelligently a question which the questioner himself
only half understands. In others, to reduce to a succinct
phrase the involutions of a mind that refuses to function coherently. Still again, a smile and a happy turn of phrase will
be required to take the bitterness or animosity out of a question, burning with a sense of injustice or blatant with bigotry
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He ought also to · be ready to meet the pauses that sometimes happen even in the best regulated forums, when nobody
is quite ready with a question, and to have framed in his own
mind certain questions worth being answered and which may
in turn get the discussion forward.
Founder and Director of Ford Hall ForumBoston , Mnss.
From this outline it will appear that the ideal chairman
is nor even a little lower than the angels. Perhaps he bears
an even closer r_ semblance to the quadruped that appears
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in the old story of the farmer who went to the circus and saw
a giraffe for the first time. After scrutinizing the animal
from all possible viewpoints, he spat vigorously and remarked, "There ain't no such animal!"
-It would be difficult indeed to frame the duties of a
Forum Chairman more satisfactorily than Dr. Marshall has
done in very brief compass. Following such a compact presentation of the topic, however, there are bound to arise
many questions in the minds of those who are contemplating
the setting up of a forum. In the following paragraphs I will
attempt to answer some of these imaginary questions.
This is not, however, to be construed as a counsel of perfection or an expressioD of pessimism. A man who knows
people and who loves humanity and truth will find his heart
as sure a guide as his head in what, to those who have had
the expei:ience, not only brings a deep sense of enjoyment.
but does far more ·for the chairman's own education than he
can possibly do for the audience.
How long should the Question Period last?
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Under ideal conditions the audience will be allowed as
much time to question the speaker as is given to the address
itself. But the discussion should never be allowed to continue
beyond · a definite, specified time. It is as important for the
meeting to close on schedule time as it is for it to open at
the advertised hour.
Is speech-making allowed from the floor?
We have come to hear the appointed speaker of the evening and to draw from him his special knowledge and particular point of. view. If there is another side to the subject under discussion, worthy of presentation, find a suitable speaker to handle it and give it another evening. Do not allow
helter-skelter speech-making from the floor. It robs others of
their time for asking a question, it dissipates and sidetracks
the main t hought of the evening and it opens the door for
cranks and nuisances to monopolize the meeting?
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awaiting their chance to be heard. At the Ford Hall Forum
in Boston and many others, the questions come so thick and
fast it is seldom possible even to give one chance to all
those who a1·c anxious to express themselves. Eut if a questioner is manifestly unsatisfied with the answer he got, or
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give only the gist of it. If the situation is growing too tense,
the chairman may relieve it by raising a laugh ofttimes by a
mere inflection of the voice oi: turn of the head when he is
repeating a question.
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and allowed a second or even a third question. The cµairman
himself will be ready with a worthwhile question and he will
throw out suggestions to stimulate the audience and try to
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his attention. (No one presents his question until the chairman has indicated it is his turn.) At Ford Hall I never start
with the same section of the audience two successive evenings, but wherever I start I proceed in regular rotation
around the hall and, having finished with one section, never
go back to it. And keeping my eye on the clock I allow only
so many questions in each section, so as to be sure to cover
all sections of the hall before the closing hour, ten o'clock
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chairman where it belongs. Otherwise your speaker and
some questioner would soon fall into ' a personal discussion.
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the time of the audience. Under the guise of a question,
cleverly framed, one can easily present his own point of
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Arthur S. Meyers Open Forum Collection 1885-2011 (MS114)
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The collection contains 9 boxes of Arthur S. Meyers' research files related to his book, <em>Democracy in the Making: the Open Forum Movement</em>. The book, published in 2012, chronicles the history of the nationwide open forum movement, including the role of the Ford Hall Forum. The collection contains photocopies of letters, articles, and programs related to open forums and the movement’s proponents such as George W. Coleman and Mary Caroline Crawford. <br /><br />A <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/researchguides/12/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">finding aid</a> is available which describes and inventories this collection. Digital files are available at: <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-docs/">https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-docs/</a>
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Civil society -- United States -- History
Coleman, George W. (George William), 1867-
Crawford, Mary Caroline
Democracy -- United States -- History
Meyers, Arthur S
Political culture -- United States -- History
Political participation -- United States -- History
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Fifteen Years of the Ford Hall Forum 1908-1921, pamphlet
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1908-1922
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Ford Hall Forum
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Featured: George E. Coleman
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Ford Hall Forum
Lectures
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The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette.<br /><br />The digital files are being moved to: <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall">https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall</a>
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Ford Hall Folks Annual Old-Fashioned Party and Frolic postcard, 1935
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1935
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Ford Hall Forum
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Postcard for the Ford Hall Folks Annual Old-Fashioned Party and Frolic, held at Kingsley Hall, Ford Building, Tuesday, February 26, 1935, 6PM. Postcard notes catering by old friends and famous Swedish caterers Larsen & Ericksen, serving chicken pie dinner with all the fixings. Price of admissions is 75 cents. Back of postcard includes Ford Hall logo, postage paid stamp, and cartoon.
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Ford Hall Forum Collection,1908-2013 (MS113)
MS 113/1.1 Folder: 17
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Cards
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PDF
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English
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Ford Hall Forum
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Ford Hall Forum
Lectures
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English
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The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette.<br /><br />The digital files are being moved to: <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall">https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall</a>
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 29th Season, 1936
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1936
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Ford Hall Forum
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Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 29th season, 1936-1937, of the Ford Hall Forum. "Advance Announcement" written on front cover. Season line up includes Ernst Toller, S. Miles Bouton, John Spivak, Bertrand Russell, Norman Thomas, Herbert Agar, John T. Flynn, Constantine A. Oumansky, Emil Ludwig, Lord Marley, Salvador de Madariaga, Vito Marcantonio, Smedley D. Butler, Arthur Willert, Dorothea Brande, Ernest Dimnet, Gerhart Segar, Jennie Lee, Erskine Caldwell, Alfred Adler, Shidzue Ishimoto, Harry A. Overstreet, Langston Hughes, Raoul de Sales, Helgo W. Culemann, John Hayes Holmes, Harold J. Laski, and Alexander Meiklejohn. Pamphlet also lists adult education activities including Our Little Theatre, Dance Group, Discussion Group, Classes in English, German, and Russian, the Youth Forum, and the Ford Hall Forum Town Meetings.
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Ford Hall Forum Collection,1908-2013 (MS113)
MS 113/1.1 Folder 21
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PDF
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English
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Ford Hall Forum
Forums (Discussion and debate)
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Ford Hall Forum
Lectures
Soviet Union
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Ford Hall Forum
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English
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The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette.<br /><br />The digital files are being moved to: <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall">https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall</a>
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 30th Season, 1937
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1937
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Ford Hall Forum
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Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 30th season, 1937-1938, of the Ford Hall Forum. "Advance Announcement" written on front cover. Season line up includes Stuart Chase, Klaus Mann, Emil Ludwig, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Ernest Dimnet, Dr. Louis Berg, Herbert Agar, Max Lerner, Heinz Liepmann, David Seabury, Horace M. Kallen, Scott Nearing, Karin Michaelis, S.K. Ratcliffe, Constantine Oumansky, Robert Gessner, Denis Conan Doyle, Martha Gellhorn, V.F. Calverton, Sir Norman Angell, Professor Harry A. Overstreet, Senator Robert M. La Follette, Dr. Massimo Salvadori, Mary Sandall, Reverend John Haynes Holmes, and Count Herman Keyserling. Pamphlet also lists adult education activities including Our Little Theatre, Dance Group, Discussion Group, Classes in English, German, and Russian, the Youth Forum, and the Ford Hall Forum Town Meetings.
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Ford Hall Forum Collection,1908-2013 (MS113)
MS 113/1.1 Folder: 21
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Text
Documents
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PDF
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tgn: 7013445
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English
Subject
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Ford Hall Forum
Forums (Discussion and debate)
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Ford Hall Forum
Lectures
Soviet Union
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The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette.<br /><br />The digital files are being moved to: <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall">https://dc.suffolk.edu/fordhall</a>
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 32nd Season, 1939
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Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 32nd season, 1939-1940, of the Ford Hall Forum. "Advance Announcement" printed on front cover. Season line up includes Vincent Sheean, Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman, William Patrick Hitler, Stephen S. Wise, Ernest Dimnet, Herbert Agar, Professor Mortiz J. Bonn, Max Lerner, Louis Fischer, Hamilton Fish, Norman Thomas, Michael Williams, Louis K. Anspacher, Pierre Van Paassen, Maurice Hindus, Reverend Father E.F. Murphy, Harry Gideonse, T.V. Smith, Professor Harry Overstreet, Lewis Browne, Mortimer J. Adler, John Haynes Holmes. Pamphlet also lists adult education activities including the Ford Hall Forum Players, Dance Group, Course in Music Appreciation, and the Youth Forum.
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MS 113/1.1 Folder: 23
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Ford Hall Forum
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Ford Hall Forum Announcement of 65th Season, 1972
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Pamphlet announcing the opening of the 65th season, 1972-1973 of the Ford Hall Forum. Season line up includes Ramsay Clark, R. Buckminster Fuller, Dr. Margaret Mead, Dr. Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, John O. Boone, Dr. Jerome G. Miller, Dr. Max Lerner, Dr. Rollo May, Dr. John R. Silber, Elma Lewis, Roy Wilkins, and J. Kenneth Galbraith. Pamphlet also includes membership information.
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Ford Hall Forum
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Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992
Rand, Ayn
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
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Lectures
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Felt banner for the Ford Hall Forum. Banner is navy with a white border and white text. Top text of banner reads "Let There Be Light." Center of banner has an image of a torch in the middle of the year "1908." Bottom of the banner reads "Ford Hall Forum."
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Lectures
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December 29, 1912.
_VoL. I. · No. 1.
WHAT WIL~ YOU DO ABO.UT IT?
Price Ten Cents,
all loyal Ford Hall friends. He is
deeply and m1se!fishly Interested : in
th!l work, and the future of ttie publi;
cation will be largely depeqdent o~.
his success In selling It.
! The first number of this little pub1llcatlon will re1nlnd some of us of the
Initial Ford Hal~ Sunday Evening
)lleeting of nearly five years ago, At
that meeting there were only one hun'pred and fifty present.· Will . more
'people than that number buy' a copy
of this little bulletin? It. Is my guess
that there will, be more than .that
Of course you have heard abo~t om:
many who will buy a copr,. What do
Birthday Party on February 23 and
you think about It?
about the letters which are then to be
: If• this publication can enjoy anypresented to Mr. Coleman, bound in a
thing like the Increase In circulation
beautiful book. The chairman of the
,which has characterized the growth
com101ttee In charge of that day has a
In attendance on the Ford Hall meetword to say In this, our first Issue,
ings,· It can wield an Influence for
about those same letters. Be sure and
'good almost equal · to that which
read his message.
imarks the meetings themselves,
I If everyone who Is deeply Inter• • If you like this little paper-and we
ested in the Ford Hall meetings will
trust you will-you will be glad to
'take an Interest In extending the cir•
know something of the group from
1culatlon of Ford Hall Folks, our llttl!;l which It sprang, that devoted body of
Ford Hall Folks, as they call themjventure will be an Immediate success.
selves, who :U:eet In the lower hall of
•So many have asked at various times
!If there was not something that they l<'ord building, every third Sunday afternoon, to devise ways and means of
!1nlght do to help along the cause since
i.naklng the meetings better. Already
'we take no collection at the meetings
they have· rendered one Immense serand never ask for subscriptions for
, vice to the committee by organizing, as,.
t!1e work. This Is your chance: Buy
Line Ushers, those cheery men and
coples of this paper every week and
women wearing red satin 'badges who
1
!circulate them· among people who
are facilitating the filing of the crowd
iought to be Interested In the worlc
into the hall on Sunday evenings. We
:we are trying to do, Send them to
bespeak your cooperation in the ,efforts
friends In other cities and towns with• of these, our new assistants.
the idea of encouraging them to start
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a series of similar meetings, '
Mrs. Anna· Carlin Spencer· Is to be
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I• I bespealr for our young friend, Mr:
om· speaker, next Simday evening, her
Lori don, who will act as business
topjc being, "Are Our Public Schools"
: agent for om• little paper, the hearty Democratic?" .Mr,s. •Fletcher Copp will
'g·ood will and· active co-operation of be In charge of the concert.
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Civil society -- United States -- History
Coleman, George W. (George William), 1867-
Crawford, Mary Caroline
Democracy -- United States -- History
Meyers, Arthur S
Political culture -- United States -- History
Political participation -- United States -- History
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Ford Hall Forum Folks newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, 12/29/1912
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Forums (Discussion and debate)
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Lectures
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SPECIAL BIRTHDAY NUMBER
Jforb 'Rall Jfolhs
Vol. I.
No.
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FIVE YEARS OF A NEW WORLD.
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We do not realize it, but there is
no precedent for what happens every
Snnday evening at Ford Hall. I know
of nothing that matches it, and never
heard of anything just like It.
The
Cooper Union meeting' is entirely without the definite, though all-inclusive,
religious note.
'fhe Chicago. Orcl1estra O!ub is frankly and . exclusively
Christian.
The Rochester· "Peo11le's
Sunday Evening" is more nearly · like
unto our work, but the· Ford Hall
Meetings are entirely unique in' that
they make the most unlimlteci and universal appeal and yet are founded· on
the limited base of an orthodox,. Protestant church,-the Bapthit! ·.
· ·:
For five years the Fdr'd ·mili' folks
have seen Protestant, Catholic, .Tinvlsli
and Agnostic leaders give their mes·sages to an audience made up of _the
same varied elements, and . the audience in turn ha~ been privileged to
catechise these speakers without Jet or
11indrance. The most vital issues of
religion, economics and civics have
been freely discussed.
Great crowds
l1ave thronged tlie- place of assembly.
Never once in all these five years has
there been any violence or serious distnrbance, and as chairman of the meetlugs I have never once had occasion
to use even a gavel to preserve order.
At the beginning it was promised by
i:he Boston Baptist Social Union,
through me as the chairman of its
Committee on Christian Work, that
these meetings should not be used as
a propaganda by any one not even by
itself, but shotild be co1;ducted without prejudice to race, cla,ss or creed,
That pledge has been kept both in the
spirit and In the letter, and the meetlugs have thus become a. blessing to a
multitude who could be helped In 110
.other way,
They have been carried
911 with the sole purpose of serving the
community and with no thought of
benefitting exclusively any particular
orga(1ization, be it religions, social or
polit1cal.
·
·. I want to take advantage of this op. portunity to express my pride and de-'
1lght in the patience, forbearance,
broacl-mincleclness and independence ·of
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Price Ten Cents
1913.
my own brethren of the Baptist Social
Union who have ,so nobly upheld my
hands during all the difficulties and
ti;ials necessarily incident to this pioneer work. I often wonder whether
the men of some other sect would have
stood the test so well. At all events,
it makes me' 'glad again for the thousandth Ume that I am a Baptist.
· And· as· 'for the part played by the.
lamented Daniel Sharp Ford in mak·irig all this possible, I am quite certain it must rejoice Ms soul If he can
·1n1ow· but' a tenth part of the nure joy
and 1111alloye·c1 ·delight which his hene·factio1i · has already brought to thou·sands· who until now have had but
li_ftl~ ·ch~nce · to understand or appre·mate the kind of Christianity he stood
.for: · · ·
·
. , As fo!' myself, although the obllgat10ns have ·been onerous, and tne strain
and stress very exhausting, I count it
·the greatest· privilege and joy of my
life to lwve served in this cause. Some
of my dearest friends are among the
Ford Hall 'folks and my heart goes out
to every last one of them, and generally the more to those who sometimes
make it rather strenuous for me.
There isn't one toward whom I do not
have the utmost ·good will-even Urbansky, whom I was fast learning to
love when the law ·made Mm itl; v'c•
tlm for nn]Jermltted sfreet:pi·eaching.
Looking Into the future,· I cannot
tell what lies in store for us, a1iy·more
than l could have foretold· in· the beginning that .we would last "even five
years. But I feel fafrly certai'n;' nevertheless, that at our · tenth annlversary we shall see s·o'me remarlrnhle developments beyond our. ])resent lines
of activity, I have· bee11 looldn°· for
it from the· begh111fog. It seems"'very
much nearer now .pian ever befor~.
Most of us belie:ve in praye1~1et us
pray hard. Let the others wish hard
Goel will imclerstand the one as well a~
the other. And ·any psychologist wlll
tell yon .that wishing hard for a thing
'is. the best possible beginning for
bringing it to pass.
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FORD HALL FOLKS
JIUS, MAUICS
JI H. UOJU~I!'l'S
It was eminently fitting that, Immediately following the musical numbers,
,vlth which the exercises of our Fifth
Anniversary
program opened, we
should listen to Mrs. Marks' "Singing
Man," that wonderfully beautiful ode
to a time when conditions of labor
were such that men could sing at their
work. The poem was read by l\Irs,
Marks herself (whom most of us know
better as Josephine Preston Peabody).
and ,vas given with rare taste and feeling-the author making, as she faced
that upturned sea of earnest faces, a
very beautiful picture-as a poet eel'·
tainly should.
Then came the following appreciative tribute to Mr. Roberts and to the
two conis of ushers:·
It is with great pleasure tlrn,t on
this occasion of the fifth birthday of
Ford Hall meetings we take this op•
portunlty of expressing our true admiration of your work, and the noble
elements of character which have directed and ins]Jired It. Your services
in the cause of education have taught
us to rely on that voluntary principle
which has inspired the best life in all
ages of the world. We' congratulat(l
you upon the splendid work you have
done, to help to make .these meetings
a success, and may you long continue
to help on this noble cause, with
which we all feel proud to be associated,
THE BIRTHDAY PRAYER.
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Almighty God, blessed Father of us
all, we rejoice with joy unspeakable
that it is our privilege to come to Thee
as the children of one household, not·
withstanding our fathers before us
have never been able to realize their
common inheritance and could not sit
together at the great Father's table to
enjoy -the wonderful feasts in spiritual
things which he 'has provided for all
his children,
·we aclmowledge our unworthiness,
our short-sightedness, our weakness,
but we love Thee and all thy works,justlce, truth and mercy, Elven when
we lose sight of thy face and cannot
hear thy voice and doubt If Thou livest, still we cling to 'I'hee in everything that is beautiful and sweet and
strong,
Our hearts are overflowing With
gratitude for the way in which Thou
hast gathered together and shepherded
tills ]Jecullar flock, Ofter we have not
known which way to turn, and frequently we have feared that we would
be scattered,
But a power greater
than our own has preserved us, guided
us, and brought us safely and happily
to this fifth milestone In the life of
our fellowship. vVe give thanks, with
all our strength, with all our minds,
with all our hearts.
Hel]J us as we go forward enjoying
the great boon of free speech on all
subjects, in the presence of all men, to
realize that its price is an eternal vigilance over ourselves and a constant
recognition of the rights and feelings
of others.
Do Thou grant to ·us
through this wonderful privilege o!
looldng deeply into the minds and
hearts of all sorts and conditions of
our fellowmen, a continually widening
vision of the. truth, an ever-increasing
te11derness of sympathy, a constantly
broadening tolerance of understanding a dee]Jenlng sense of brotherly ob~
ligation, and an ever-growing .firmness
of determination to see justice done in
this world here and now.
,ve commit our way unto Thee. .we
pray. for strength and grace. We re•
joice in what ,has been given us. WEl
go forward trustfully, humbly,. expec; ·
tautly, . Amen, .
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Nor was the i\lusil'
Meetings overlooked
bears witness.
TESTIMC
To John Harris Gut
Director of M uslc,
lngs,
vVe desire to expr
tlon of your ea1·nes1
our lives with the ,1c
We feel that In y,
is also a great. deslr,
gospel of better llvh
of true brotherhood.
As a teaclH•r anc
work of inducing h1
tlons through the gll
mony In music, we e
in your ability and p
and trust ~'Oil will ac
as one of the rewnr<ls
service,
Committee of I
All this portion of
: should be said, was 1
manship of George 1
who with Miss H. V.
Pennington, Miss :1!ln1
John J. Snllivnn. has I
weelcs to see t hn t a II
Birt.II day celehl'flt Ion
, smoothly.
What tac·I
this whole, COlllllllttee
how splendid an exam
tlon! Each member Im
Jar duty to perform on
Ing, and nil did their
Pennington, Se('J'etary
Hall Folks, quite co
, with glory, as he mad
. tlon speech to the ush
it with a ston' about
when the head usher
Hall· had to be ca I led
settle a fracas hetwee1
ll.lld an EJlephan t !
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appreciand to the
iha,t on
l'thday of
•, this op•
trno adthe noble
have di•
· services
1e taught
prlnci))le
i fe in all
gratnlate
\'Oil have
meetings
continue
,e, with
lrn assollt'e of
ks, with
· minds,
,njoying
1 on all
men, to
'nal vig,onstant
feelings
to us
!ege ot
·ls and
ions of
icleniug
·reasing
1stantly
•rstand!l'ly ob-
nnness
lone in
•e.
We
We re·
s. We
expec,
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Nor was the Musical Dir ector of the
Meetings overlooked-as this tribute
bears witness,'
TESTIMONIAL.
To
John Harris Gutterson,
Director of 'Music, Ford Hall Meet•
ings,
'iVe desire to express our appreciation of your earnest efforts to color
our lives: with the joy of good music,
'vVe feel that in your service there
is also a great desire to promote the
gospel of better living and the alms
of true brotherhood,
As a teacher and leader in the
work of inducing harmonious conditions through the gift of divine harmony in music, we express our belief
in your ability and professional skill,
and tl'Ust you will accept our thanks
as one of the rewards of your devoted
· service,
Committee of Ford Hall Folks,
All this portion of the program, it
: should be said, was under the chairmanship of George Brewster Gn llup,
who with Miss H, V. Hathaway, J, 'l',
Pennington, Miss Minnie A, Noyes and
John .J, Sullivan, has been working for
weeks to see that all details of the
Birthday celebration should go off
, smoothly,
What -tact and jndgment
this whole committee displayed and
how splendid an example of co-operation ! Ela ch member had some parti.cular duty to perform on the festal evening, and all did their parts well, Mr,
Pennington, Secretary of the Ford
Hall Folks, quite covering himself
, with glory, as he made his presentation speech to the ushers and capped
it with a story about one pccasion
when the head usher at Noah's Ark
Hall had to be called to the roof to
settle a fracas between a Bull Moose
0.11{! an Elephant!
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As Miss Hathaway arose to read her
share of the committee's formal Apprec!a·tlons, a huge florist's box was
borne in from the dressing room by
two of the ushers, When opened this
revealed an enormous ·bouquet of exquisite pink and white roses, tied with
streamers of pink and white chiffon
ribbon, This, with appropriate sentiments, was presented to the surprised
and delighted Secretary of the 1\foetings, to whom also Miss Hathaway
read the following:
TESTIMONIAL.
To Miss Mary Caroline Crawford,
Secretary of Ford Hall Meetings.
In attempting to express our appreciation of the work you have done for
Ford Hall we are forced to admit that
we realize only in faint degree the
task involved In arranging programs
year after year which offer variety
and worth,
But we are, nevertheless, filled with
a deep sense of gratitude for the part
you have played in the attainment of
the
e1i1!,nently satisfactory results
which the Ford Hall fifth anniversary
shows us, Nor could we fail to be
delighted, instructed, Inspired by the
speakers who have come to us from
year to year! Indeed, they have fired
us with a buming desire to live grandly for God and humanity, 'rhus your
efforts are not lost if not quite fully
measured, and like the child who·
never feels the full force of the mother love and care until he is grown
and faces his own life problems, so by
and by, perchance, some Ford Hall
members leaving the home nest and
attempting to launch elsewhere another Ford Hall, may come to lrnow
somewhat of your labors and will then
emulate with gratitude the work so
well do110 by our esteemed Secretary,
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Mr. John J. Sullivan's part of the
J)rogram brought out one of the de•
llghtful surJ)rises of the evening, For
in response to It President Bentley, of
the Social Union, eloquently pledged
his organization to continued· service
In the field which George W. Cpleman
has so successfully developed.
TESTIMONIAL.
To The Boston Baptist Social Union.
This is a significant occasion, the
fifth anniversary Of the incep,tion, by
Mr, George Vv. Coleman, under the
auspices of the Boston Baptist Social
Union, of these F:ord Hall meetings.
It is indeed a happy occasion for the
promoters and participants alike,. as
it marks another milestone In the
progress and development of this Institution, which during its brief existence, has taken a high rank among the
many social and moral endeavors tha.t
have marked the progress of this city,
These meetings have been developed under the direction of the mem·
bers of Boston Baptist Social Union
In the true spirit or Daniel Sharp
Ford, the founder, with marked liberality and enterprise. Through and
by them, we have been given a splen•
did exposition of a true religious
spirit, that transcends all sectarian
bias and affiliations, a radiant exem·
p!lfication of
inclusiveness
that
ignores all racial lines, caste and
class divisions and distinctions.
These prominent features
have
caused these meetings to be fraught
w 1th blessings to all who have been
11rlvlleged to participate In them, and
they have been fruitful by ins11lrlng us
with courage and zeal, to gra11ple with
tbose social and economic problenrn
that challenge public attention and are
11ressing for solution ..
·we extend our sincere co~gratulaticms and felicitations to the Boston
Baptist Social Union upon the arrival
of this happy occasion, and we are
glad to embrace the opportunity
which It affords, to acknowledge our
indebtedness to them and to that ·,vonderful man, Daniel Sharp Ford whosc
gift they administer, for the benefits
conferred, and to assure them of our
sincere appreciation of the many op· vortunlties they have afforded us for
mental improvement and moral Instruction.
"\Ve respectfully urge upon the mem•
bel's of the Boston Baptist Social
Union the prot)l'iety and expediency of
a. continuance and JJOSsible extension
of these meetings, as each successive
year Is making them more and more of
a factor for good, not only In the In-
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divldual lives. of those· who attend tho
meetings, b1it also in til'e., communal
v.nd civic life of those communltes of'
which Boston Is the comm01~ center,
and lastly, because these meetings are
a visible expl'ession on the part, of the·
Social Union of Its good-will, sympathy and co-operation with all°' those
moral and social forces that are!work•
ing to promote the general welfare,
and of all who are longing for a reallzv.tlon of the greatest of all religious
ideals, "Peace on earth, good-will to
all men."
Committee o( Ford Hall Folks.
Prof. Zueblin appropriately headed
the list In the letters from friends and
admir(lrs of the Ford Hall Meetings,
which Miss Noyes now read.
To Mr. Coleman,
Dear Father Superior:
"On the fifth anniversary ol the birth
of your child, for which I. am one of
the Innumerable Godfathers, I want to
congratulate you and re)oice with you
in the gratifying progress of the infant.
"If we are to get free speech on the
one hand and an expression of our
national faith on tlie other, it will be
largely by multiplying big, reasonable
catholic and spiritual forums, like the
Ford Hall meetings, They prove that
we can voice .our common faith without fearing or being demoralized by
·our differences.
"!\lay you get your compensation in
their perpetuation and extension."
Then, cam(1 the "prize letter," the
one selected by the committee from the
scores of letters sent In to be printed
on the Birthday Souvenir Program as
particularly typical of the Ford Hall
sentlmen,t. There Is a lot to be read
between the lines in this letter from a
Jew to the Movement he so dearly
loves, A lesson Is here for us all if
we have but the eyes and heart for It.
December 24, 1912,
Ford Hall,
Cradle of Fraternity.
Greetlngs:Ford Hall: what magic in its name;
what a charmed atmosphere surrounds it! 'Tis Christmas Eve; I am
penning these lines while the Christmas rarols are being chanted in the
adjoining streets:
"Peace on earth,·
good will to men," Ah, the dream of
the millennium! I arise sore at heart,
open the window of my rear room;
there stands Ford Hall: how· silent,
how mute, but hold,-how eloquent .
and majestic it is, even in Its mute-
. !less, for It see
11ight,-"Why e
rich or poor, n
ground as broth
•where!" "'Tis S
from whatever ,
:faith, and ente1
portals, dedlca t<
of man." Note
appears to be!
negro, the Irish
kee, aye, even I
turbance, neve1
· word, my hono
.have been stan<
out for two hon
·five sea('lons paE
·nights; how I I
and genial Co
•sweet and slst.c
her faithful pos
Gutterson at ti
·contented smile,
song.
A so111
Happily, no; fo1
now and 'lls I
'The fa th er hood
·air. And to th
lng theatre ('Oil<
for me; oh, th
·speaker has rP
·many have dis:
:mark you, not.
,has been noted
know, and some
I possess were
haters.
But s
exist In Ford
melts. And ye
·that I in ret nn
my Christian
them. Such Is
as Ford Hall e:
Members of the
A pal'tlng "
·Chairman at F<
a Jew on behn
truthfully state
that the name ,
Is held with U
. while his loftl1
lllned with snc
has attained f
among them, ti
1mto another In
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Daniel Sharp
forever be link
11ls life's work
-ers to go and <
Peace t
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lil'es of those who attend tho
but also in tii'e,, communal
life of those communites of
)ston is the common, center,
, because these meetings are
~xpression on the part-, of t110,
lion of its good-will, i,ympaeo-operatlon with air°' those
l social forces that are\work'omote the general welfare,
who are longing for it realI he greatest of all religious
Peace on earth, good-will to
, ness, for it seems to cry out in the
night,-"Why can Jew and Gentile,
rich or poor, meet here on common
ground as brothers all, and not every,where!" "'Tis Sunday, come Stranger,
from whatever clime, professing what
,faith, and enter with me, within its
portals, decllcatecl to the brotherhood
of man." Note how joyous everyone
appears to be! 1'here is the Jew, the
negro, the Irish, the Italian, the Yan•
Jrne, aye, even the Turk; never a ells·
turbance, never even an ill-spoken
word, my honor for it, though they
,have been standing in the colcl without for two hours full. And this, for
'five sea~ons past!
Ah, the Sunday
'Bights; how I long for them!
Kind
and genial Coleman in the chair;
, sweet and sisterly Miss Crawford at
her faithful post; while there is Bro.
Gutterson at the piano. Observe his
'contented smile, for his soul Is in the
song,
A song of dogmatic creed?
Happily, no; for you are In Fo1'cl Hall
now and 'tis the brotherhood song,
The fatherhood of Goel Is in the very
air. And to think that Sunday even'lng theatre concerts once held charms
for me; oh, the horror of it.
The
·speaker has rendered his discourse;
-many haV\l, disagreed wit]} him, but
:mark you, not one discourteous act
,has been noted.
I am a Jew, you
know, and some of the clearest friends
I possess were, formerly rabid Jewhaters.
But such animosity cannot
exist in Ford Hall atmosphere; it
melts. And you may rest assured
that I In return have learned to love
my Christian neighbors, God bless
·them. Such is Christianity, Stranger,
as .Ford Hall expounds it.
llmittee o( Ford Hall Foiles.
11eblin appropriately headed
the letters from friends and
of the Ford Hall Meetings,
s Noyes now read.
,leman,
er Superior:
ti fth anniversary of the birth
tild, for which I, am one of•
erable Godfathers, I want to
te you and rejoice with yori
ttifying progress of the inrn to get free speech on the
und an expression of our
iith on tlie other, it will be
multiplying big, reasonable
1d spiritual forums, lilce the ,
meetings, They prove that
ke our common faith with~ or being demoralized by
IlCeS,
11 get your compensation in
,tnatlon and extension." ,
1ne the "prize letter," the
l l;y the committee from the
,tiers sent in to be printed
l1day Souvenir Program as
, typical of the Ford Hall
There is a lot to be read
i lines in this letter 'from a
Movement he so dearly
•sson is here for us all if
t the eyes and heart for it.
Members of the Baptist Social Union:
A parting word as regards your
,chairman at Ford Hail. Speaking as
a Jew on behalf of the Jews, I can
truthfully state with all sincerity,
that the name of George W. Coleman
is held with the tenderest affection;
while his loftiness of purpose, com•
bined with such genial personality,
has attained for him a popularity
among them, that cannot be likened
1mto another in our midst.
December 24, 1912.
Vraternity,
: what magic in its name;
harmed atmosphere sur'Tis Christmas Eve; I am
,se lines while the Christare being chanted in the
t reets:
"Peace on earth,'
) men." Ah, the dream of
111111! I arise sore at heart,
'indow of my rear room;
s Ford Hall: how, silent,
!Jilt hold,-how eloquent
" it Is, even in its mute'-
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Daniel Sharp I•'ord: may his name
forever be linked with posterity, and
111s life's work an inspiration for oth-ers to go and do lllrnwise.
Peace to his memoty!
Samuel Sackmary,
45 Joy street, Boston.
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THE BROAD, FREE VIEW',
(Written for The Birthday)
The broad, f1;ee view of earth and sky,
, Our human natures truly seek,
'Is gained along the path of life
That leads to some great mountain
peak.
'For as we make the upward climb,
The earth exp::incls in larger plan,
And all the circling worlds evolve
· The grander thought of God and
man.
Set free from narrow, crooked ways,
Old party walls and creecl::il bars,
With joy, we take the open road,
At night, we see the glorio1111 alars.
And he who gains the oletll', calm
height,
Where heaven's blue b/urner is unfurled,
May kindle with the torch of truth
, A beacon light for all the world.
WILLIAM W. LOCKE,
( Civic Service Ho11se, Boston.)
Rabbi Maurice H. Harrla, D. D.,
'I'emple Israel,
Harlem, New York,
"Five years is a short period in the
life of an inclivicluaJ, 11till shorter in
the life of an institution; yet within
that brief span Ford Hall as an uplift•
Ing centre has come to be known and
felt not only in Boiiton, the city of its
immediate locatl011, qut in localities
far and wide, 'I'hls people's forum,
among other things, has become an
unsectarian church, Its platform broad
enough to hospitably accommodate all
1 eligions.
Its eclectic creed includes
the self-denial of Buddha, the contagious enthusiasm of Mohammed, the
ethics of Confucius, the compassion of
Jesus, the clecalogne of Moses.
"It has also feel the artistic side of
the vast throngs it welcometl and contributed to their elevating pleasure.
H would be impossible to measure its
protective service, the sordid inclnl·
gence from which it may have drawn
many of its attendants by its inviting
and instructive program. In this re•
spect it has offered a model ot' what
almost, eVery church might be.
.
It Is the new worlr needed for this new
age. 'l'he fittest survives. Ford, Hall
will live because it deserves to live."
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Rev . .John Haynes Holmes,
Minister, Church of the :Messiah,
Naw York.
"I am indeed proud and happy to be
i?Jclucled In the great. army of your
friends and admirers who are banding
themselves together on this occasion
or the fifth anniversary of the Ford
Hall movement to testify to you their
affection for you personally and thelt
unbounded enthusiasm for the wonderful work which you have clone, and are
still doing for the cause of politicnl
democracy, industrial freedom and socialized religion, I salute you, sir, as
one of the wisest, bravest and most
comradely' leaders of this age of farYlsionecl' prophets and heroic crusaders,·"
Henry Abrahams,
Secretary,
Cigarmakers'
International Union, No. 97.
"A trade unionist. pure and simple,
who believes in the fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man, I desire
to express my appreciation of what
Ford Hall Is doing for the masses.
There,. on every Sunday evening, one
has the opportunity to listen to some
master mind, hear fine singing, beautiful music, and all without any cost of
any kind. · Here .Jew and Christian,
white and black, men and women from
all walks of life mingle.
Truly the
Christian is beginning to understand
Christianity, And It was left to the
Baptist Church to solve the problem of
why men do not go to church,
May
Goel speed yon and your able secretary in your noble mission!"
Rev. Charles Stelzle,
The Board of Home Missions of the
Presbyterian Church of America.
Bureau of Social Service Superintendent,
"Whether it knows It or ndt, the
Protestant Church, . to say nothing
about the ,Jewish Church and the Cath•
ollc Church, Is under a distinct obligation to you and those associated
with you for the splendid work that
you have done at Ford Hall during the
past five years. The men and women
or. labor are indebted to you. for you
have given .inspiration to their highest
hopes and aspirations through the
speakers invited to address the audieuces at Ford Hall. There has come
out of these open Fornm discussions a
better understanding of the problems
of the people. Most of all, the men
and women who have never had a
touch on the life of the workers are
Indebted to you for they haYe had
their own lives enlarged as they
caught the vision which has already
come to their humbler brothers and
sisters. I am personally Indebted to
you, for It was at Ford Hall that I
leanied more of the SJJll'it so much
needed In my own work,"
Rev, Edmund F'. i\ler
Of the Watrhman,
Boston, l\lass,
",'rhe old cry that
not take any inte1·es1
people· ls seldom hen
Ford Hall meetings b,
refutation of thn t ch:
Rev. Lymai1 Abbott, D. D.,
'l'he Outlook.
"You have proved in Dos ton as theSunday Clnb has proved In Chicago,
and as other lesser entei•prlses. have·
proved in other· J)arts of the ronntry,
that whenever the Chu!'ch forgets It•
self and thinks only of the service
·which it can re11der, It finds that the
people are interested In problems of
the religious life more jll'ofoundly than
in any other problem, and will flock In
great numbers to hea1· these problems
discussed In a vital way by vital men."
J, J, Fraser.
I am an agnostic,
Social Unl011 deservef
.its liberal s11lrlt in
meetings, Mr, G. Col
wire and the man he!
Rev. Harold :Marshall,
Melrose.
"For a hundred years we Unlversal11,ls have been proclaiming a bellet
that religion ls a human attribute;
but here In the cradle of liberal
Christianity we left it to you to conduct the flrst serious laboratory experiment to test the theory. Some
clay Ford Hall will be recognized as.
a spiritual Plymouth noel~."
Livy S. Richard,
Editor The Boston Common ..
"As I am about to leave Boston
after a study of the ])eople and 1 nstitntioils covering nearly three years, I
wnnt to ·JJut on record a brief estimate·
of one of the most exhilarating personalities I have met, and one of the·
most stimulating of the Institutions.
"To find in one person a well-baJ:-anced combination of physical virility,
mental prJwer, spiritual insight ancf
fine humai1 sympathy is to locate
what I conceive to be the best asset
that· exists. Boston Is mighty lucky
to have such an asset in George .vV.
Coleman.
"I put the person first because he
explains the Institution,
"In the I~ord Hall meetings you·
have answered the question-What Is.
to be the salvation of onr American·
. Democracy-Only by Its members com-Ing to know each other as brothers:
will that democracy survive."
Louis A. Chandler,
Boston.
These meetings stand for the high-est type of moral and educational Influences.
F'reda Rogolsky, .
115 Chamhers strec
"Ford Hall Is likP
ting too small lo hol
who come from nil
'turn~cl a way.
"Ford Hall could
the 'melting trnt,' wh
together, forgetting al
are brothers listening
better the conditions
world a better place t
next. generations.
.. "There arc many pl
the doors are hclnp; o
people, but they hn l'e
Mr. Coleman, like a
us In the hour of 11<
thing seemed dark."
"To tltink thnt we
the same platform a
ed In schools, a .Tewlsl
tlan minister, a Soci
woman and a .Jewish J
more than I can 11ncl
tbat the time Is cornln
recognize that we all
each other, and th:
l'rothers in spite ol' t
a.re of different rellgi,
Miss Mary Mason.
"One of the most pl,
connection with I.he l
ment Is the melting
prejudice, more esp,
Jew and Gentile.
"The Gentile In th
badly for an eye-ope1
to his brother .Jew. B
heard Harris, Wise,
Fleischer from the Fo1
light begins to dawn 11
"And those professo
ologlcal seminaries,
young preachers are
send out?
Not stanc
Ford Hall will have
laurels soo11,
Chnrcl
leadership may overta
Meanwhile, jnst wait
five years the lrnven
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for they haVEl had
,cs enlarged as they
;ion which has already
humbler brothers and
personally indebted to
is at Ford Hall that I
ol' the spirit so much
own work."
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clibott,
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Rev. Edmund F. Merriam, D.D.,
Of the Watchman,
Boston, Mass.
".The old cry that the churches do
not take any interest in the working
people· is seldom heard now since the
Ford IIall meetings became a standing
refutation of that charge,"
.J . .J. li'raser.
I am an agnostic, and the Baptist
Social Union deserves great 1fraise for
.its liberal spirit in continuing the
meetings, Mr. G, Coleman is the live
wire and the man behind the gun.
·
iroved In Boston as thel1as proved in Chicago,
lesser enterprises. have
•r parts of the country,.
the Chm'ch forgets it1,s only of the service·
ender, it finds that the
erested In problems of
re more p1'ofoundly than
1·01.Jlem, and will flock in
to heat these problems
vital way by vital men."
I arshall,
red years we Unlversal11 p;·oclaimlng a belief,
is a human att\'ibute;
the crndle of liberal
·e left it to you to conserious laboratory ex,~st the theory. Some
I will be recognized as.
·month Roel~."
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Boston Common ..
n bout to leave Boston
ot' the people and lnstl·
1g· nearly three years, I
1 record a brief estimate,
most exhilarating 11er1ve met, and one of the·
i11g of the institutions.
one person a well-bal~
t ion of physical virility,
spiritual insight. and'
Hympathy is to locate
ve to be the best asset
loston is mighty lucky
n n asset In George .W.
p1,rson first because he·
nst!tution.
,rd Hall meetings you:
l the question-What is,
vation of our American·
11 ly by its members co~1,,nch other as brothers:
1ocracy survive."
i11gs stand for the hlgh'oral and educational in-
.Freda Rogolsky,
115 Cham hers street, Boston.
"Ford Hall is like om· hai·bor, getting too small to hold all the people
who ... come fl'om all parts and are
turned a way,
"Ford Hall could be compared to
the 'melting pot,' where we all come
together, forgetting all ])rejudices, and
are brothers listening to how we may
l.JEJtter the conditions and make this
world a better place to live in for our
next generations.
.. "There are m'any places now where
the doors are being o])ened to all the
])eople, but they have no Mr. Coleman.
l\fr. Coleman, like a compass, guided
us in the hour of need when everything seemed dark."
"To think that we can hear from
the same platform a woman interested in schools, a .Jewish Rabbi, a Christian minister, a Socialist, a Chinese
woman and a .Jewish philanthropist, is
more than I can understand. I feel
that the time ls coming when we sha11
recognize that we all have to llve for
each other, and that we are all
l•rothers in spite ot' the fact that we
are of dlft'eren t religions."
Miss Mary Mason.
"One of the most pleasing results in
connection with the Ford Hall movement ls the melting away of racial
prejudice, more especla1ly between
,Tew and Gentile.
'"l'he Gentile in the main suffers
badly for an eye-opener with regard
to his brother .Jew. But when he has
heard Hanis,. Wise, Schulman and
Fleischer from the Ford Hall platform
light begins to dawn upon him.
"And those professors from the the•
ologlcal seminaries, what kind or
· young preachers are they going to
send out?
Not stand-])atters, surely.
Ford Hall will have to look to her
laurels soon.
Churches under this
leadership may overtake and pass her.
Meanwhile, just wait and see. Within
five years the leaven of Ford Ha11's
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])rogresslve thought wlll have leavened the whole lump of orthodox religions thinking In Boston town and
far beyond."
Pres, David Starr .Jordan,
Stanford University, Callfornia.
"As one interested in the work at
I•'ord Hall and as one. who has had the
exciting pleasure of addressing the
p(~o])le there, I send a word of congratulation and good will. I am deeply
impressed with good which can be
done in institutions like this in which
men who have a mission of some kind
are brought in contact with the people, and, peop'e have opportnnity
freely to talk back."
Prof. Charles P, Fagnani, D. D.,
Union Theological Seminary, New
York.
"Like father like child. How· could
I<'ord Hall be anything but fine, democ1:atic, inspiring and Chrlstia11 (in the
true sense of that ninch abused word)
when it has George vV. Coleman for Its
a.Im.us vater I 'I'he greatest life work
e,mceivable, a privilege reserved only
fo1· a few, is that of being the founder
ot a great institution, of incarnating
cne's highest ideals and aspirations
and edeavors in the enduring organhim of a social strncture which will go
on flourishing when the heart and
l•rain that gave it birth have graduated into spheres of higher service still.''
Russell B, Kingman,
New York City,
"In the Ford Hall meetings you have
brought me my religion, for up to the
time I had the good fortune to know
this movement, I must frankly confess
a backsliding tendency, and now that
I nm launched in a new field, I so miss
Forrl Hall that I am prompted to plant.
Rimllar seed in this community. Before a year expires I believe you will
hear of a similar movement in Newark, New .Jersey, Moreover if I have
111y way I am going to call the movement Ford Hall meetings,
"I never believed it possible to love
in such a personal sense every mem·
her of an aggregation of people."
Hev. Charles C, Earle, D.D.,
Ruggles Street Baptist Church.
"Like .John, the Baptist, of the llrst
century and Martin Luther of the sixteenth, you have been in the vanguard
o1 the great awakening which Is of
chief importance in modern times.
. . . Your task is comparable to
t11at of Moses or Lincoln, leading the
y;ay to the Promised Land of Emancipation from Social Bondage."
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you have accomplished this seeming
miracle full tes-tilllony is bol'lle in this
multitude of astonishing letters. What
may be the future influence of this
movement, which won have inaugurated, U]Jon society at large no one can
know. It might be well If the great
captains of material resources of om·
times could elllulate your example and
establish 1.0,000 such groups tomorrow
throughout the world.
vVe, however, are chiefly concerned
tonight to turn over to you this recorrl
of what you have accomplished for us
v,1i'd with us here In these five years-.
We belie?e in you ai1d youi' lende1'ship; we make you the ex]lonent of
our choicest and highest hopes; we
even believe that should you be called
upon to make the· supi'eme sacrifice
for the success of this work and the
spiritual evolution of humanity, you
would gladly make It, ·so we bring
here and present to you tonight, :Mr.
Coleman, this carefully 11repared vol•
ume which contains the best we have
to glve,-our purest thoughts, In a
truest sense, a gift of ourselves, and
we ask you to accept and cherish it
aP.' an historical
monument of the
work which you have begun and a lllemorial of ~ur highest esteen and
affection. It is a pledge of the blood
brotherhood which you have inspired
us to feel in our hearts and to manifest in our lives.
In the name of Daniel Sharp Ford,
and for the Ford Hall Folks, and all
sympathizers with the Ford Hall
movement. I give you this book. (Applause.)
IJlg, I would clasp it to my heart as
an expression of my npp1·ec!atlon of.
what you have brought to me in tl!ese
lwautiful sentiments.
·
I do want to s-ay this much: that
in ·aclditlon to thanking so many In
the Social Union and out of the Social
Union for the help they have given,
and for what they have contributed
in making these meetings possible, I
thank God from the bottom of my
h1.mrt, when J stop to think of how
many hundreds of times, on hui1drecls
of occasions, our work might have all
gone for naught because of obstructions and difficulties and hindrances,
over which no one of us could pos;sibly have had any control whatever.
,Working as ha!'d as -we might, with
all the patience and skill that we could
command, with all the love and sympnthy In our hearts, we might stl!I
liave blundered 'so fearfully as to
have made it impossible for us to continue this unique work. 80 I say from
my heart, and I know from many of
your hearts that we thank Goel that
we have been permitted during these
five years to carry on this work,
This has• been a place, literally,
where the Ilon and the lamb could
Ile down together without clanger of
being eaten up.
(Applause.)
The
,Jew and the Gentile, the Catholic and
the Protestant, the believer and the
unbe!lever, the rich and the poor, the
conservative and the radical, men and
women all representing our entire
community life, have been privileged
tu come together here every Sunday
1iight and discuss the· most vital things
that concern the hmmm mind ancl the
human heart. And yet, as you all
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY MR.
know, !n all these five years, with· the
COLEMAN.
hall crowded full, with sometimes the
most Intense interest prevailing, never
Before I speak a word for myself 011ce, as the Chairman of these meetram going to say a few words for the Ji1gs, have I been obliged to use even
speaker of the evening. I waS' pre- AS much as a gavel to maintain order.
pared not to say anything, In order to
(Applnnse.)
give him an opportunity, but Miss
There is a great deal in my heart
Crawford has JJrovided a very happy
that I would l!ke to say to you but I
way out of !t, and that ls that we ask will not detain you in order to do so
Dr. Gifford to be our special S]Jeaker, You know me well enoue-h (laughter
on the subject that he hacl selected and applause) to know that I do not.
for this evening, on our last S'unday· fake ail that has been said about me
night in the season-the S'econcl week
literally (laughter), but you know me
in April. I !mow he has a splendid
,veil enough to know, also that I do
mes·sage for you.
take it, full measure and running
· l\Ir. Galjup and friends: If I couhl
over, as an expression of the love ancl
escape this moment I think I would
good will of your hearts. (Applause.)
be willing to go with Sheriff Quinn
No gift that you could have made
over to Charles Street ,Jail. (Laugh
to me of silver or gold, clone with the
ter.) The hour is so late that I will best workmanshiJJ; nothing studded
not attempt to tell yon anything like with the most precious gems, coulrl
11ihat is in my heart. I wonlcl simply have stood in comparison at all with
say,• this: If that book were not so what Is in· these letters and In the
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wish!n1
short '
away a
(La11gh
going t
minute
them f
bring
strengt
we go
have I'·
snld, \'
these l
possib!,
sample
yon wo
to get :
hoolc !I
portuni"
l\lrs. C
you all
applam
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that n!
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Then ,,
yon lo
than ye
ahle to
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bt'ginni
spienrli1
ford hn,
busy bt
hf.Bides
engage
been al
have cl1
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done BO
I hail n
ingen11i1
meant,
than Rll
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necessri.
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has to I
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to me,
usefn!, r
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FORD HALL FOLKS
J11ld clasp it to my heart as
ssion of my apprncla'tiou of.
lmve brought to me in Hlese
sentiments.
·
·ant lo say this much: that
Dll to thanking so many in
I llnion and out of the Social
r the help they have given,
\\'hat they have contributed
g these meetings possible, I
:id from lhe bottom of my
ll'll I stop to think or' how
1clrnds of times, on hm1dreds
)llS, Olli' work might have all
naught because of obstrucdifflculties and hindrances,
·h no one of us could poss had any control whateve1'.
as hard as -we might, with
ience nnd skill that we could
with all 'the Jove and symom hearts, we might still
l!llered · so fearfully as to
e it impossible for us to conunique work. flo I say from
and I know from many of
ts that we thanlc God that
ieen permitted during these
to cany on this work.
1;,: been a place, literally,
, lion and the Iamb could
together without danger of
Pl!
llP,
(Applause.)
The
IH1 Genti~e, the Catholic and
;tant, the believer and the'
, the rich and the poor, the
n, and the radical, men and
I representing 011r entire
life, have been privileged
Dgether. here every Sunday·
l isc11ss tl\e· most vital things
l'll the lrnmnn mind and the
art. And yet, as you all
II these five years, with· tho
('d full, with sometimeB the~
ale interest prevailing, never
1(, Chail'man or these meetI heen obliged to use even
; a gavel to maintain order.
a great deal in my heart
Id like lo Bay to you b11t I
Iain yoll in order to do so.
me well enoue-11 (laughter
se) to luiow that I do not
.it has been said about me
((\ghter), but you lrnow me
h lo know, also that I do
11! measure and running
Hxpresslon of the love and
,r yonr hearts. (Applause,)
that yon could have made
Iyer or gold, clone with the
llanship; nothing stndclecl
11ost prnclous gems, coulrl
in comparison at all with
these letters and in the.
beautiful book. I have almost been created among· church people by two
wishing that I might be sick for a or three friendly religious papers that
short time .in order that I could go saved the day when, as you know
many a time this worJc hung in th~
away and have a chance to read them.
(Laughter and applaus'e,) But I am halance,
I must s·ay one more word
going to read them, inch by Inch, and
(laughter), and that is this:
Alminute by minute, and· then re-read
them for the blessing that they will tilough, perhaps, my chief struggles
bring to my own heart, and the in the beginning were with my own
strength that they will bring to me as brethren of the Baptist Social Union,
we go on with this work. And as I nevertheless, I want to say to them,
have read them, one by one, I have and I want to say it in your presence,
said, Vfell, I wish you all could read tl!at I am more than ever proud and
these letters; but · that · may not be happy to be a Baptist because of what
possible; you have heard splendid they have done during these five years
samples of them here tonight. I think and in standing by these meetings<,.
you would like to get. an opportunity You must remember that it was en-·
to get a little clos·er inspection of the tl!'ely a unique work-never heard of
book than you will tave time and op- before-a clenomin;:ttional church with
itf! limitations, supporting·, cherishing
portunity for tonight, and I hope, wltil
l'virs. Coleman's permission, to invite extending a great work, universal i~
you all up to the house (laughter and its appeal. 'I'he church literally spending itself, its money, Its time, its
applause), and have the book on exhibition, and we will keep open house energy, its love in service of the comthat night and the Ford Hall Folks munity and never once thinking of Itwill come and' go, according to their self. It has' never been clone before,
other engagements for the evening·. that I know of. (Prolonged applause.)
'l'hen will be given an opportunity to And when you remember that these·
you to examine the book more closely men ln the Social Union, all of them
than you have been able or will be laymen, business men, most of them
ahle to do this evening, (Applause.)
deacons and superintendents in the·
I must say one word In a way of ap- Church a majority of them -of middle
preciation of the help that has come age, or past middle age; when you
to me In all this work from the very think that they had the patience and
beginning, after the first series, in the gentleness and trust and confidence
splendid assistance which Miss Crnw- ' and good will to let me go ahead with
ford has rendered, (Applause.) As a this thing when I could not promisebusy business man, with many things them a~ all what it was going to be,
b€sides this• outside of my business to for I did not know myself, you will
engage my attention, it would have understand that they really deserve a
been absolutely impossible for me to very great deal of the credit on this,
have done the work that Miss Craw- our Fifth Anniversary, (Applause.)
And just let me say in closing; yes,
ford has done,
I never could have
do
not
wonder
you
laugh.
done some of the work half as well If · I
I had all the time In the world! Her (Laughter.) But this Is really and
ingenuity, energy and faithfulness has truly the closing, (Laughter.)
meant, as the resolutions said, more
[It was 10 o'clock by this time and
we ha(] not even got to the speaker
than any of us can know,
It always• happens, and It must or the evening,l
necessarily Ile so, I suppose, that in
I have had a good many Je~sons in·
any work, some one particular person my life to the effect that "It is more
has to be rather, more than the rest
blessed to give than to receive." ·well,
in the lime light, and that has falle~ you may say I am not in a position to
(Laughto me, but there are others just as preach thnt gospel tonight,
useful, and when I think of the ushers, ter.) -But If there had been no such
Mr. Roberts, llfr. Gutterson and the expression as this superb book reprenewspaper men-It is literally true sents, and these beautiful testimonials
that, had it not been for the work represent; if nothing of that sort had
that the newspaper men did, especial- come to me this evening; If I only had •
ly Mr. Philpott of the Globe-I am go•
the support of the work that has been
ing to mention him and single him done in the last five years, as I have
out (applau'se)-in the very beginning, looked into your faces Sunday night .
and also the work done by the re- after Sunday night, I would say to
ligious papers in this city, this move- you frankly, that in all my life, in all ·
ment could not have lived .. It was the the church work that I have been
public opinion created in the city by thro11gh (and I worked from one
the dally press, and the good opinion branch to another, all the way up),
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nothhlfo that I have ever done, or tried
to -do, that was altruistic In Its principle, or was brotherly In Its motives,
lrns brought .me so much satis•factlon
and jor and contentment as has what
J ha1·e tried to do here In connection
with these meetings, And I want to
recommend, from my own experience,
that no matter how busy you are, no
matter how driven you are, no matter
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what other responslbilltles you have,
It PAYS, It PAYS, it PAYS, every
time, money aside, even the· good wlll
and respect and regard of those whom
yon have been accustomed·' to· associate ,vith aside, and ,vho do not at
all understand what you are struggling for. The satisfaction of such
service as this is like unto nothing
else on the face of the earth.
MR, COLEMAN
DEDICATORY.
This book is the unique tribute of a
nrnltitude to one man, as well as an
hlstorica'J monument to a marvelous
viol'k. Even those who have contrlb•
uted to this extraordlnal'y recorc(
";hile prophes'ying of the future o( the
I~ord Hall. meetings and of their leader, George vVilliam Coleman, are not
wholly competent to predict how
great. will be the influence of this
work and this man on the social
evolution that is taking 1Jlace. The
study of the· letters· which make up
this collection will reveal to keen
critics, historians and philosophers at
soine futul'e pei'lod how gl'eat a con-tribution has been made to the future
political state, and a )rnrer, better
social fabric, by this' institution under
the inspil'ation and direction of a
great leader.
To us who assist in this worl{ and
help to shape this record, nothing appears more clear than that the Ford
Hall meetings typify the long her-
aided dream of a true brotherhood of
man, and that our beloved leader was
chosen as the prophets of old, to
bring this work to pass. We believe
its Inspiration wlll endure and extend
in some form to all lands and to all
people. Herein wlll be discove11ed, in
this unexampled collection of letters,
the fervent hope, the irresistible
aspiration of men and women of every
race and· c1'eed, yearning towards that
success in living and that unity of belief and action which, like a sacred
beacon, have flamed in the heart and
guided the will of our friend, brother
and devoted way-shower, George
William Colemah.
The letters from . a multitude of
friends and the printed tributes from
the periodical press best tell the story
of. all time of the work and the ·man:
We give and deaicate this record
to the good of all hunianit'y, with deep
affection for the recipient; in whose
possession \ve desire it shall alwa·ys ·
remain as a monument· to his fidelity :
and a perpetual testiinonlaJ to our
good will arid ·farth )n the fofore.
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WHAT OF OUR FUTURE?
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acquaintanceship,
It developed the
Idea and provided the material for the
Line Ushers. It engineered the plans
'for the birthday celebration,
It has
suggested the Idea of an accumulating
fund for our work and has made a
little beginning with It already,
It
has inaugurated and successfully published a weekly magazine which has
paid Its own way from the start.
Surely° a little company· of people
who could do all this in a few months
will find a great deal more to' do that
Is helpful and promising. This little
group of fifty or sixty should grow to
two or three hundred in time. With
such a force to co-operate what
couldn't we do? As things are now, we
nieet only on Sundays,
Why not a
mid-week gathering of some sort?
What shall its nature be? The Ford
Hall Folks will dig that out.
This magazine can be greatly · extended In circulation and enhanced In
value.
With our contributions we
might do some things ·that we would
very much like to do and which we
naturally could not permit any one
else to pay for.
Let us ·be dreaming about our future.
Some one has said that there Is enough
executive ability in the race to make
into reality every dream of which our
Imaginations are capable,
The only
question Is whether lb Is worth while.
Dream a dream that Is worth it and
some one will come along who will
·build It into ·real life. What we 'have
now -at Ford Hall was a dream before
it became a reality.
What we are
going to have at Ford Hall for the
next five years is somebody's dream
right now. Are you doing your share
of the dreaming? Why not? It helps.
Not much was said at our .Fifth Anniversary about the future of the Ford
Hall Meetings except those fine words
of President Bentley assuring · us of
the continued support and interest of
the Baptist Social Union, But nearly
everything that was said and done
took it for, granted• that there was to
be a fliture fo1' this ·woi:k, and some
very decided hints were dropped that
might lead one -to expect a good deal
of that future. 'l'his nutch of the future is already assured judging by the
activities of the present.
The idea
that Ford Hall stands for wilJ find
ready acceptance in all parts of the
country, and similar meetings will
greatly multiply, Our revival of the
Socratic, method as applied to a lar,ge
popular audience will be duplicated in
many church assemblies. These things
seem to be already assttred; it only requires -time for their wider extension.
, Just now, within the next •month, I
have accepted invitations to tell the
factE, and the meaning of the Ford
Hall Movement in four different states,
Pittsfield, Mass., Manchester, N. H.;
Buffalo, N. Y., and Philadelphia,
Pa,
In ·the fhst · two instances, it
is in connection with the Y. M. 0, A,;
In Buffalo, it ls In relation to the advertising men of the city, and In Philadelphia It is before the Presbyterian
Social Union, a ·body something like
the Baptist Social Union, ·and representing all the 1Presbyterian churches
of· the metropolitan area.
All these
.opportunities have been pressed upon
•me, Indicating how widely the knowl!ldge of the Ford Hall Meetings has
been extended and how the interest Is
springing lip of its own accord in various places at the same time.
·. But there Is another side to our future which is even more Interesting to
·us than the extension of our work
;abroad and that is the intensive deNEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAKER,
velopment of our work right here at
•home. Here, again, we are quite fortuWilliam Hard, of New York, on "The
·nate In being able to find in the pres- State and the Fatherless Child," Is
·ent, a very safe gauge for measuring our program for next Sunday,
No
the future.
more vital question than this Is now
Our little organization, The Ford before our people. Come and hear the
.Hall Folks, has already demonstrated mat~r talked out. Mrs. Coleman will
Its usefulness.
It has given us our preside In the absence of her husband,
·first opportt111lt.Y tP Ct)ltiYfltll J:)llf.liHJnRI om· beloved Jeade1·.
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DISIIOP WILLlAlllS.
Rev. Charles D. Williams, D. D.,
Bishop of Detroit, Michigan.
"Please accept my most sincere and
hearty congratulations upon the conclusion of your five years' work in the
Ford Hall movement. It ls, in my estimation, one of the significant movements of the day, Your are render-·
Ing a signal, most needed and most
valuable service to the deepest needs
of the day, The essential spirit of the
new social consciousness· and conscience is distinctly and fundamental-·
ly religious in the truest and deepest
sense of that word.
You are interpreting that religious spirit to many,
yes, multitudes, who have it and do
not recognize its religious nature, and
you are giving to movements that
would otherwise become purely materialistic a spiritual motive and in•
splration. You are helping to awaken
the church to her mission and task,
to· make herself big and hospitable
enough to be a home for the characteristic social religion of the day, and
you are making that religion conscious of its need of a spiritual home
In the church. God bless you in your
noble endeavor."
Prof. Richard M. Vaughan,
Newton Theological Institute,
Newton Centre, Mass.
"It is most important that all men
of good will should understand each
othe1\ You have enabled them to see
eye to eye, To you belongs the honor
of a pioneer."
Chas. H. Watson,
Belmont, Mass,
"The meetings are . revelations of
practical sympathy and brotherliness.
They bravely handle the present in•
equalities In our social conditions and
tile resentfulness and bitterness they
provoke."
D11, J, A, l\IACDONALD,
WAR AND THE HUM~N BREED.
(Address of Dr. J, A. Macdonald of
Toronto at the Ford Hall Meeting, March' 2, 1913.)
,Your chairman told me that the
t~eme upon which I should speak to·
mght ought to be vital and of human
interest-some such words · as these
he used, I tried to think up what
would be vital and of human interest
to that Ford Hall crowd he had talked
so much to me about in Ontario and
in Dallas. (Laughter,) I thought of
the trade agreement between Canada
and the United States, but that would
not be vital because the government
of the Dominion of Canada says it is
dead, I may not agree with the government. I may thlnlr It is very vital
today and is going to be more vital
in days to come. (Applause.) But as
I am · away from Canada, I must be
Joyal to the government-even if it Is
our tory government. So I cannot say
that reciprocity Is vital and of human
interest. It Is dead.
In my perplexity some dlspatche1:1
came In. One came In from Ottawa,
another from your side of the linefrom the United StateS', and one came
from Great Britain; and they all had
to do with the same theme. They all
talked about war.
The Minister of the Dominion of
Canada made a great speech and
called for more money to spend on
the militia for Canada, and said somet!Iing Jllrn this: that the soldiers and
the missionary must go hand In hand.
To me that ls not a happy combination. (Laughte1'.) The second gentleman, whom I will not name, but
whose name would be known to you
in Boston, had said something about
the importance of tile army, and the
influence of tl~~ 11,rmy- 01,1, ~ ;i, uatiQil,
· The thl.rl! man was a 11101
House of LordS' and he ou:
about wars because he w
as many wars as any 11
House of Lords.
Lord I
just as emµhatlc as eitl
other two. I began to thh
'that these. men-they are
all seemed to think that w
nation great. Now I know
poor. (APPiause.) It haf
our Dominion poor yet I
have'not had any. We are
few countries in this wor
importance that has no ,
no war page on our hist<
war debt to be paid by ,
(Applause.) Please, God, ,
have.
I know the history of ye
and I know that over 68
over 70 per cent., of all ti
of this republic goes no"
times to pay war debts an
taln your armaments. I I
I know It is burdensome.
about Great Britain. I Jrno
common people of Britain
pay the war taxes, to pay
est of their war debtS'. I
this year Britain will pay $
for her army and her navy ,
Is no war, and I know hov
taxed-many of them taxed
that they are burdened fo1
I know from what little
we have had in our Domlnio
bitter rebellion among the
the West, and when we E
contingents to South Afrlc1
that there was fraud and bo«
dishonesty of all sorts In <
with these things. I know
tory. I know that when yo111
on there was dishonesty v
and boodling. I know that I
uniforms sent out for the
S'oldlers to wear, that wen
food sent that was . rotten.
that the brave sons of the r
the South suffered htdeousli
·or dishonesty in trade-the
common business dishonest
of the men who stayed at
business? I know what you·
among other things, But wl
its effect? SuppoS'e it Is e:
suppose war debts are hea
pose all this. Is It not a 1
. thing for race development?
biology assert it? Is It not
it ls the S'truggle for exist«
makes the individual bravi
not true that It Is the su
the fittest that makes· the ra
We have been taught the gre
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I
. J, A, l\IACDONALD,
ID THE HUMAN BREED,
of Dr. J. A. Macdonald of
> at the Ford Hall Meet9, March 2, 1913.)
airman told me that the
n which I should spealr to·
t to be vital and of human
,ime such words as these
I tried to think up what
·ital and of human interest
11 Hall crowd he had talked
i me about in Ontario and
(Laughter.) I thought of
1greement between Canada
ited States, but that would
.I because the government
inion of Canada says it ls
ty not agree with the govmay think it ls very vital
is going to be more vital
:ome. {Applause.) But as
from Canada, I must be
government-even if It is
.'ernment. So I cannot say
city Is vital and of human
is dead.
"rplexlty some dispatches
lne came in from Ottawa,
m your side of the linetited State"s, and one came
Britain; and they a\l had
he same theme. They all
t war.
ster of the Dominion of
de a great speech and
nore money to spend on.
or Canada, and said some•
his: that the soldiers and
iry must go hand In hand.
is not a happy comblna;hter.) The second genim I will not name, but
l would be known to you
iiad said something about
nee of the army, and the
the iirmy on, 11, natloll, ·
.The thlrct man was a member of the evolution. Does it not hold for the
House of Lords and he ought to know ·nation?
about wars because he was In about
I began to look through hlsto1•y, I
as many wars as any man in the counted over all the great empires of
House ot Lords.
Lord Roberts was the past; all gone; everyone of them
just as emphatic as either of the gone except the one great empire that
other two, I began to think how It is was not a war nation, Greece, Rome,
that the.se men-they are not fools- all gone! Rome, that was once masall seemed to thinlr that war makes a . ter of the world, sitting on her seven
nation great. Now I know it makes It hills, swinging her sceptre over the
poor. {App~a,uae.) It has not made world, nothing but a record in his· our Domlnlo11 poor yet because we tory!
I aslr why?
China rising
have not haq any. We are one of the across the Pacific, the only empire
few countries in, this world of some with no great war history survived,
importance that has no war record, and today presents man for man and
no war page p11 our history, and no capacity and power· equal to the best
war debt to· bl) paid by our people. Anglo-Saxon breed. {Applause.) And
{Applause.) Please, God, we may not I remember that little Japan with no
have.
war history at all, who was more than
I know the history of your country 250 years out of sight; little Japan
and I lcnow tllat over 68 per cent., when she went up against a great war
over 70 per cent., of all the revenue nation, Russia, showed herself so
of this republic· goes now In peace powerful that the world was stagWhy? I ask.
times to pay war· debts and to main- gered with wonder.
tain your armaments. I know that. Why? I began to reflect on the problem raised by these experts In miliI know it is burdensome.
I know
about Great Britain. I know how the tary art.
common people of BrHaln sweat to
And then I went back to Rome. I
pay the war taxes, to pay the inter- recalled my history of Rome.
The
est of their war debts. I know that decline and the fall of the Roman Emthis year Britain will pay $400,000 000 pire and the causes that led to it.
for her army and 1Ier navy when there I !mow what the militarists said. I
is· no war, and I !mow how they, are know that they said that Rome fell
taxed-many of them taxed too much, because Rome ceased to be a warlike
that they are bui·qened for llfe.
nation; because the Romans gave
I know from what little experience thems'elves up to luxury and ease; but
•
we have had in otu· Dominion with the I asked why did they give themselvei:I
bitter rebellion among the people in up to luxury and ease? There was a
the West, and when we sent three day when to be a· Roman was greater
contingents to South Africa,, I know than to be a king; There was a time
that there was fraud and boodling and when the true Roman sacrificed himdishonesty of all sorts in connection self for Rome's sake. There was a
with these things. I Jm·ow · your his- time when no Roman was satisfied
would
tory. I !mow that when your war was with his luxury and ease, but Caesar
on there was dishonesty, and fraud have followed in the wars of
But Rome
and boodling. I lmow that there were and the rest of them,
ceaS'ed
all that.
uniforms sent out for the American self up from luxury, andRome gave itto
I ask, why?
S'oldiers to wear that were shoddy,
food sent that was rotten. I know Why?
And then I read the record. Out
that the brave sons of the North and
the South suffereq hideously because of every thousand strong Romans·or dishonesty in trade-the ordinary out of every thousand strong Romans,
common business dishonesty. What 800 fell in war; out of every thouof the men who stayed at home-in sand weaklings, 95 ·per cent. survived.
business? I know what your war did Eighty per cent. of the strong falling
among other things, But what about In war, 95 per cent. of those who
Its effect? Suppose it is expensive;
could not stand the strain and stress
suppose war debts are heavy; sup- -95 per cent. of the weaklings lived.
pose all this. Is It not a necessary What happened? I thought of my
. thing for race development? Does not biology, Like father like son. Like
biology assert it? Is it not true that seed lllrn harvest. Blood tells. If
it Is the S'truggle for existence that the Romans killed off 80 per cent. of
makes the Individual brave? rs it her strong men, her self-devoted men,
not true that It is the survival ·of and if it allowed 95 per cent. of her
the fittest that maims the race great? · cowards, her weaklings, to live, what
We have been taught the great law of ,..happened? Those who survived bred
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the new generation of Romans, and
like father like son, like seed like harvest. The Roman women with all the
Roman blood in their veins bred a
new generation of Romans from the
slaves, from the wealcllngs, with what
reS'ult?
The combination of the
Roman aristocracy and the slaves
produced what? What history says:
fops and dandles. These fops and
dandies gave themselves up to luxury
and . ease, and when the husky 111011
from the mountains came down there
were none ready to deny themselves,
to sacrifice themselves< for Rome's
salrn, The old Rome was gone.
What about France? France was
once in the very forefront of the great
nations of the world. Napoleon made
her feared; made her enemies trem- ,
ble by what happened?
Napoleon
toolt the men in the strength , and
pride of their young manhood, and
, when they were cut off he. took the
old men and then he took the boys.
Napoleon said a boy could stop a bullet. of the Russian as well as a man,
and the flower of France's citizenship
was marched off-away from Paris
and the provinces, away, to Moscow,
and waS' sown on waste lands before
it came to seed. With .what result?
'fhat France's pride was humbled.
Frahces' army was weakened-three
or four times they had to ·1ower the
standard for admission of men to the
army because they had wiped off
1heir strong, their virile, their heroic.
And what,about Great Britain, with
her history, her war history: that made
her proud and spoken of with reverence the world over?
I was taught It and so were some or
you.· We speak of Crimea, of ·waterloo, of India, of EJgypt, and of the wars
that brought power to the British
army and of the great glory that came
to Britain and the Elmplre. Well, what
happened? What says biology? What
is the output? What is the result?
What do you see today? Many of you
know and have seen It. You go through
London,
Manchester,
Birmingham,
through Liverpool, through Glasgow,
through Eldinburgh, and you see wnat?
You are faced with the multitude of
the unfit. You are surprised.
I wae
surprised, going back after five generations of my breed living in this country• on this side of the water, going
back five generations to find what? Not
a man of the giant mould I have been
taught to believe marked the men w110
made up the army of Britain. I went
through the cities and there saw the
result of two things. Their damnable
land laws, to begin with.
Damnable
Is a good word-ls the fit word (Ap,
plause)-crowded the people from the
land Into the cities and so gave them
no chance whatever of the land that
God made for the people. (Applause.)
God made the land for, the people.
'l'he l)eople were crowded off the land
Into the cities and made to live In the
most unsanitary conditions, neglected,
despised, with what result?
You saw It In their faces; faces with
little hope, many a face was ri'a1?0W
on account of the outlook, weakened,
shriveled, niarked unmistakably with
disease; and I ask why? I remember
what Kipling wrote in his glorification, "Lord, God, we paid In full."
Very good. But If you .feed your very
hest to the sharks and the gulls again
biology comes in and asks who are
going to ·breed the generation tb come.
Sharks and gulls are sharks and gulls
after you have feel them your best. And
again and again the physical standard
of the soldiers from Elnglancl were lowered to keep the ranks full.
·worse
than even in Elnglancl is the north
country.
Scotland has had a reputation the
world over for the physique of her
men, especially men of the north. The
law of evolution holds in -the north, in
the highland h!lls, for life there has
been hard all through the centuriesit was hard.
'!'hey had to fight fm•
their life and the weaklings died in
infancy, therefore they bred a race of.
men of giant mould. Therefore when
the call came for war, regiment after
regl111ei1t marched otit, every man six
feet, most of them more.
(After describing the former great
regiments of Scotch Highlanders,
every member of which had to be at
least six feet in height, the speaker
said that the breeding places of -thos,3
regiments have now become shooting
preserves for noblemen and American
millionaires, and the natives now are
"little runts" and merely caddies or
lackeys of ,the sportsmen.
:Most of the virile' ,Scotchmen, he
said, were either sacrificed in war or
compelled to emigrate by "damnable
land laws which deprive the people of
the land that Qod gave them," and
which are constantly sending the country people Into the cities where they
are enfeebled by bad sanitation and
many other evil conditions.
He said
that in one district, 18 miles in length,
where regiments of men six feet in
height used to be raised, not a six-foot
ma.n can be found today,) ,:'/·
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The ar1
ond best
again th,
the nien ,
States an
b'alia, to
did not
by the Ia
All .OV(
has been
best. W
about th
place wh
chance.
America
turned h
sea? It E
race. Bi
eastward
and the
made it
of comm
Elurope
Isles nor
across
what? I
of the n
and men
'l'hey ha
from Ii
tralla, I
South E
every sl
the dre.
that giv
gives hi
suit of I
came fo:
clreamec
they we
and the
the old
lie plecl!
to life 1
· happi11e:
chance 1
world's
Greece
olig_ai·ch
But w
you do1
1.00 yen
what 11
chance
the ver.
and Ire
1.Jefore
1776 th
Into Vii
of Enp
damnal,
the sea
went in
the Vlr
did Vil
general
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to begin with, Damnable
word-is the fit word (Ap,
rowded the people from the
I he cities and so gave them
whatever of the land that
for the people. (Applause.)
le the land for. the people.
were crowded off the land
ies and made to live in the
litary conditions, negleoted,
·ith what result?
it in their faces; faces with
many a face was 'narrow
of the outlook, wealrened,
mrlred unmistakably with
Ll I ask why? I remember
ng wrote in his glorifica' God, we paid in iull."
But if you ,feed your very
sharks and the gulls again
ies in and asks who are
ell the generation to come.
gulls are sharks and gulls
ve fed them ·your best. And
sain the physical standard
rs frop1 England were low> the ranks full.
Worse
n England is the north
ins had a reputation the
for the physique of her
lJy men of the north. The
ion holds in the north, in
hills, for life there has
l through the centuriesThey had to fight for
cl the weaklings died in
~fore they bred a race of
mould. Therefore when
•. for wqr, regiment after
·ched out, every man six
them more.
rilling the former great
r Scotch Highlanders,
· of which had to be at
in height, the speaker
]Jreeding places of thos,3
1e now become shooting
noblemen and American
Hd the natives now arc
and merely caddies or
sportsme1i,
virile Scotchmen, • he
lwr sacrificed in war or
emigrate by "damna·ble
,It deprive the people of
God gave them," and
tautly sending the couni the cities where they
lly bad sanitation and
ii conditions.
He said
trict, 18 miles in length,
,ts of men six feet in
Ile raised, not a six-foot
rnd today,)
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The army took their best, their second best and their third best, and
again the damnable •land laws drove
' the nien out over the sea to the United
States and Canada, drove them to Ausfralia, to South Africa,
Those they
did not Idll in war they drove away
by the land laws.
Al! over Great Britain the sacrifice
has been the same.
Wasting their
best. What about your country? What
about this new republic? Here was a
place where the race was to get a new
chance, Men and women, what did
America
signify, when Columbus
tumed his prow across the unknown
!3ea? It signified a new chance for the
race. British Europe had been facing
eastward but the fall of Constantinopl1;1
and the closing of -the Dardanelles
made it impossible for the carrying on
of commerce eastward any more,
So
·Europe tumed westward to the little
isles north of the· Atlantic,
We came
across the Atlantic.
Looking for
what? Dreaming of what? Dreaming
of the. new chance and of a new· land
a11d men have been coming ever since.
They have ·been coming from England,
from Ireland, Scotland, from Australia, from Europe, North Europe,
South Europe, coming ever since and
every ship load has them, Many are
the dreamer$ who dream of a land
that gives a man a fair chance, that·
gives him "life, liberty and the ptfrsuit of happiness." (Applause.) They
came for equality of opportunity, They
dreamed of America as a place where
they would be rid of the oppression
and the hardship and the injustice of
the old world. And then this republic pledged itself to what? To freedom
to life. and liberty and the pursuit ot
· liappiqess.
Here democracy had a
chance that autocracy never ·had in the
world's history before.
Talk about
Greece and her autocracy-it wus u:n
oligal'chy,
B1.1t what have you done? What haTu
you done? When you had had nearly
100 yearii of the great chance then
wliat lrnppened? When you had a
chance with the very best breed, for
the very best from England, Scotland
and Ireland· came to this United States
before 1860, what did you do? Before
1776 the best blood of England went
into Virginia, sons of the best families
of England, who, because of their
damnable land laws, had to come over
the seas.
Many thousands of them
went into Virginia, and the blood is in
the Virginian stoclr to this day, Why
did Virginia give men for presidents,
generals, leaders, orators? Because the
blood was in Virginia, Forty thousand
of the highlanders from Seotland,
speaking nothing but Gaelic, went into
North Carolina before 1776, and there
are counties in that state today wl1ere
nearly all the men have the Highland.
Scotch in their blood, From the nort11
of Ireland and from Ulster they went
into Canada and Tennessee, and the
best of Puritan England came into New
England. Boston got its share of Elngland's best men, her most heroic, most
devoted, most ·progressive men,
And
what happened? From Germany not a
few came and what happened?
You
had one great war,
One great war.
And what have you today?
I went
through your recent campaign, I lmow
your parties. I lrnow your leaders. I
know what they said, They have said
there ls now no equality of opportunity, that the big interests have destroyed freedom, (Applause.)
That
there needed to be a new revolution.
(Applause,) And that statement proclaimed to the world~what? That the
freedom promised by Washington and
by Franklin, and by Jefferson, had not
been made good. (Applause,)
And I
ask, Why? Why?
I heard it from Roosevelt; I heard
it from Taft, I asked Mr, Taft in Baltln10re one day, with 3500 people in
the theatre, w,th the Secretary of War
there, and members of the cabinet
there! also: Why is it, Mr, President,
that 111 this republic that was bom for
freedom, that was dedicated to freedom, why is it that over this republic
~hi_~ ls being said, that Lincoln's decla'.
iat10n of 'R government of the people
by the people and for the people ha~
been converted into a government of
the people, by the rascals for the rich?
(Prolonged applause,)
I do not say
that is true,
(Applause,)
·That is
none ·of my business.
But I do say
that, putting my ear to the ,ground r
heard that thing from the north, the
south, the east, the west, and the middle, And I ask them why? Why· is it
that here, where Democracy was to be
gi!e1~ Hs one great new chance to justify itself against the monarchies Democracy appears to have failed? '
Has it had anything to do witi1 this:
that scarcely more than a generation
ago, less than two generations ago in
your one great war, you sacrificed ~ver
G00,000 men from the North the best
men the North could breed; you sacrificed more than 400,000 men from the
South, .the best men that the South
could breed? That of those who ought
to have been the leaders in polltics of
those who ough-t ·to have ·been in 'the
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What a richness it would have meant
great industries today, thousands have
never been born? They died with those to your republic if you hftd been able
heroes who went out In that awful war. Iii some other way to solve the problem
I do not say whether that war was a -without the sacrifice of so many, so
just war or not. I do not discuss the many hundreds of thousands in their
morality of that enormous struggle, teens-who left no bt·eed behind. That
but what I do say is that the biologiqal · 1s the tragedy. 'l'hat Is the tragedy of
reaction is plain.
Therefore am I it. It is not simply that you lost these
asking-where are the successors of men but you lost the sons they would
those leaders of men, the men who have bred for the necessity of today.
made the glory of Boston, who made '!'heirs are the spirits unborn, the lost
New England shine over the republic- multitude who ought to have been in
around the world-where are they? your State Legislatures today, who
Their names, some of them, are in the ought to have been in your Chamber,3
Memorial Hall of Harvard University. of Commerce, ,vho ought to have been
, · And they fell from among that 156,000 members of your Boards of Trade, and
who marched out of Massachu.setts, who ought to have been at the head of
singlrig "We are corning, Father Abra- Industries; who ought to have been at
ham."
They went from all these. the head of movements all over the
no.rthern states; from Illinois, In the United States today standing for jusWest they went; but what a sacrifice tice, standing for government of the
New England made! They never came 1ieople by the people and for the peoback, They were in the army at tlle ple, standing for the rights of men and
Potomac, in the army at Cumberland, saving your republic from the dishonor
in · the army at Tennessee.
Their of which you yourselves complain.
spirits were spllled in the air, and (Applause.)
their blood watered the wilderness.
Two years ago I was in Mexico. In
The tragedy ls on Boston, on Massa- one of the cities that I visited I was
chusetts a11d on New England to this greatly ,impressed by the fact that
day.
Lincoln said· "That the North the women were as well built and
paid the full measure of devotion." husky and physically flt as any
Aye, by the Great God, dlcln't the So,uth crowd of women I have ever seenpay. in •full? Virginia, North Carolina, outside of Boston.
(Laughter and
Tennessee, Kentucky, all around the applause.)
The women did all the
circle-whole families wiped out. business. I ask why?
In those 30
There is the tragedy, No· wonder the years of wars the men have been
South is suffering.
No wonder the killed off again and again and again
South has been all these years lagging until they are men no more.·
behind. '!'heir best blood was spilled
What about the Balkans? Look at
on the battlefield.
Their best brains, that war there. The time that I was
their high spirit was lost In the air reading these other despatches, there
and this republic ls the poorer-forever came in a despatch about the Balkar
the poorer, because of the loss that war that said that the Balkans had
.never can be recovered. You lost t.hose sacrificed the flower of their army,
that would have given distinction.
How ·long will It take them and its
Perhaps it could not have been done allies to breed a generation to match
in any other way; perhaps you ln the those ·who have gone down In that
United States could not have solved war? They will never recover that
the problem of slavery as It was solved · they have lost. Their dead come not
60 years before-more ·than 60 years back and their unborn, the unborn of
before, nearly 80 years before~in Can- their heroes that went up against
ada. A man who had slaves In the Turkey, will remain unborn.
Me1i. and women, Is it not time that
South brought them over into Canada.
The first Parliament in 1792 meeting we co1ii1Jatted this stupendous folly?
at Niagara, did what?
Took action The scientists are going to show you
that led to the abolition of slavery In that wars, which have killed off your
that Dominion.
(Applause.) It did best, are not going to Improve the
what? It enacted a law that no slave moral power, the ·physical strengt11,
could be sold in Canada and that the the social rights; the Industrial cachildren of all slaves would be born pacity, and the prestige of the nation.
free. The slaves remained in that re• For the fact Is that your law of evoIn the
lation to their masters, but they could lution Is . reversed In war.
not be sold and their children were struggle for existence the weak had
born fl'ee, And Canada got rid of the gone down, but ,In war you1· ,Jaw of
burden of slavery without shedding a evolution is reversed, It Is the fittest
who go down. It Is the most heroic
drop of blood. (Applause.)
�FORD HALL FOLKS
1ess It would have meant
I ic If you had been able
way to solve the problem
sacrifice of so many, so
s of thousands in their
l no breed behind, That
'l'hat ls the tragedy of
mply that you lost these
ost the sons they \vould
the necessity of today,
spirits unb9rn, the lost
ought to have been in
eg-islatures today, who
been in your Chamber,~
who ought to have been
nr Boards of Trade, and
,ave been at the head of
o ought to have been at
,ovements •all over tlje
today standing for jusfor government of the
people and for the peo,r the rights of men and
mlllic from the dishonor
yourselves complain.
,o I was in Mexico, In
es that I visited I was
sed by the fact that
re as well built and
,Iiyslcally fit as any
<'ll I have ever seen;ton,
(Laughter and
he women did all tho
k why?
In those 30
the men have been
t and again a_nd again
men no more,
the Balkans? Look at
The time that I was
ither despatches, there
,atch about the Balkar
that the Balkans had
flower of their army,
it take them and its
a generation to match
e gone clown in that
I never recover that
'l'helr dead come not
unborn, the unborn of
1at went up against
,main unborn.
1en, Is It not time that
tills stupendous folly?
ti·e going to show you
h have killed off your
l;oing to improve the
he physical strength,
,ts, the Industrial caprestige' of the nation,
that your law of evosed in war,
In the
istence the weal, had
in war your •law of
ersed, It Is the fittest
It ls the most heroic
who go to the field, The unfit, they
survive. We have got a few of the
breed In Toronto,
They have SUI'·
vlved, the ones who made fortunes
out of selling rotten food and shoddy
uniforms and dishonest eqrjpment
for your heroes to die froin, they
have survived.
They breed their
kind. (Applause.) And out of them
co111e the manipulators and the booc'!•
lers and the bosses and the rest or
the crowd that have cursed yon to
this very day, (Applause.)
But it is time that a new note was
struck and America ought to strike
that note and strike it strongly, (Applause,)
The supreme opportunity
comes now to America and to the
United States and to Canada-for we
also are Americans. ( Appia use.) Canada and the United States must
stand together for this thing, for the
redemption of the ,vorld from the
curse of war. (Applause,) We have
a right to speak to our fellows in
Britain, those of us who are of Anglo
•on stock,
We have a right to
speak to our •fellows in Germany, ·
those of us who ,have Teuton in us.
'\'Ve have a right to speak, For what
have! we done? For through one hundred years we have kept peace between two of the proudest people God
lets live
anywhere,
(Applause.)
Those .inland seas of ours never heard
a shot from a man-of-war and never
will.
(Applause,)
Four thousand
miles stretches our boundary line.
Four thousand miles of a boundary
line without a gun, without a soldier
or a fort to be seen anywhere, W.hen
some military genius came over from
Britain he tried to make us nervous
on our side of the line because w,~
had no baftleshlps and were unfortified.
I took occtislon at -the press
conference in London with Balfour
in · t•he chair, and Lord Roberts hlmi,elf. there, I. took occasion to tell them
and to tell the representatives from
Australia, New Zealand · and South
, Africa, that we could show them on
this continent what they could see
nowhere else. (Applause.)
I told
them this: that the only fortification
needed between the Canadians and
the Americans, the only battleships,
the only guns that were needed, the
only guns we had and the only guns
we wlll allow are the common sense
and clvlllzed relations •of these two
people, (Prolonged applause,)
When men tell me that there can
neYer ·be peace between Germany and
England, I ask what ls in the blood
of the Teuton that you cannot civil•
lze, If you can civilize the blood of
7
the MacDonalds and the Campbells,
with their historic fends, If you can
civilize that, what ls there in the
Teuton blood that common sense can·
not do? And if the Teutons would get
together they would make the Nol'th
Sea as peaceful as the English speech
has made Lake ,ontario, Lake Erie
and Lake Superior, (Applause,)
And America should lead the vis•
ion of America. Oh, that we who are
native born, would that we could
catch that vision!
That we would
dream the dream not only for America but for the new world!
(Ap·
planse.) That is why I stand arrainst
this wild and wicked scare, about
war between the United States and
Japan-a most colossal, shining joke!
(Applause.)
The new note; the new
idea, that we must stand for, is the
idea of world-neighborhood.
(Ap•
plause.)
Not the law of the jungle
but the law of the neighborhood, that
eternally righteous low:
"Love thy
neighbor as thyself."
(Prolonged
applause,)
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
Q, Can the speaker account for the
ae;tion of the Canadian Parllament
contributing two battleships to the
rnnglish navy?
A.' 'l'he Canadian Parliament has
not contributed two battleships to the
rnnglish navy, Three is what they
are proposing to contribute, but all
they irnve been doing as yet ls to de•
bate in Parliament, and the party
to which I belong is opposed to that,
I still pray God that the government
may be defeated. (Applause.)
Q, Isn't the factory system as m'!ch
tn blame 'aS' war for the det_eriorat10n
of the human breed?
A. The factory system is the result
of what we call again and again the
damnable land laws that crowd the
people off the land beyond all reason
into the cities where there is nothing
adequate for them to do and where
they do not get a chance to live on
the land, The cities, as we all know,
mther tend to destroy, The rural part
ot' Britain has been feeding cities all
these years, and the factory system is
the result of the land laws and the
Jund JawS' are the result of war laws,
'I'he land was taken away from the
people who fought for it.
Q, Has Japan become great be•
cause of her ability to defeat Russia?
A, Japan has become great in the
oyes of a great inany, people because
of what she did, but Japan was just
as gri,at before, because· she did not
waste her blood and destroy her
lr
�8
FORD HALL FOLKS
breed. Through centuries of peace
Ja.pan built up her own people. Read
Japan's whole history and that of Russ·ia and of England, and the law will
hold for the Japanese as for us. (Applause.)
Q. Is child labor responsible for
degeneration as well as war?
A. I should say yes, and i.o the men
Who say you must have~war to discipline your people in order to call out
their heroic qualities and their devotion, to those men I say: if you men
want to show your heroism and prove
rour devotion, here is' the battle. Here
Is the call to save your nation from
the evils that are within. Here is a
cause worth while.
(Prolonged applause.)
·
Q. ·what Is the chance of Canadu
bolng annexed?
~
A. I do not believe that there is
any likelihood of the Dominion being
annexed, or the Republic being annexed to the Dominion. (Applause.)
Q. Does the speaker think we will
have reciprocity between the United
States and Canada?
A. Yes, and I think it. would malt'e
our breed better. I think you people
would be better if you had some of
our good food and we had some of
your good food. I stand for freedom
of trade in all the foodstuffs of the
people for this whole country, (Applause.)
Q. Is it worth while to have a social war?
A. I do not see where you are• going to improve the social situation by
killing off either side.
Q. How can we be for the suspens'ion of war as long as those who 'are
manufacturing arms and war nl.aterials find profit in them'?
A. By turning the searchlighL of
public opinion on the stEJ.el plate interests, on the battleship interests and ~
on all the interests that make profit
out of war scares. Turn the searchllght again and again and name the
firms that could not pay a penny of
interest or dividend on the capital in•
valved if It were not for new orders
from. the admiralty of Britain and
from the navy of this republic,·
Q. From a disinterested point of
view-as a neighborfOn the other side
of the line-do you think that the con-.
fllcting interests of capital and labor
in this country can be settled without
war?
· A. The United States is at a serious stage in Its hlstoi•y. It becomes ,
every cltlr,en of this republic to face
the problem, a new problem, not or
wa1· with enemies from without, but
of the disturbances raised in the conflict of Interests within. your own republic.
This great thing th~t yott
hnve to do for the world now is to justify democracy-whether the government of the people, by the people -and
for the people is going to make good.
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Ford Hall Forum
Lectures
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SELF-MEASUREMENT.
of natural laws In process of time just
-:unat,
the same as the powers of the body
ding
The most difficult thing In the world 'are developed-only they travel farther.
!d al'
It ls a pity to fall short of the full
is to get an accurate measure of yourgrou:
self,-your own strength and capacity stature of one's manhood. And it is
or al
pathetic to be forever reaching out for
and sincerity. The easiest thing is to
the shining moon. It is the part of
1{ Olli
deceive yourself,
er fa<
Nothing ls more necessary, If you common sense to get a good measure
of yourself.
would accomplish the thing for which
other
you were made, than to get that selfl give
same accurate measure of yourself.
nook
And nothing Is more dangerous than
comn
the habit of deceiving yourself.
e inte
Some fail because they take too
NEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAKER,
e not
large a measure of theinselves and cannot live up to their own expectations.
ent fc
Rev. Nicholas Van der Py! of HavBut the great majority, I think, in erhill who, more than any other single
privat,
spite of the seeming ·prevalence of self- incliviclllal, contributed to sane and
st all
concelt, take too small a measure of sountl public opinion at the time of the
themselves, which Is none the less fa- Lawrence strike, addresses us next
tal, though It does not advertise its Sunday, his subject being "Lessons
failure quite so conspicuously,
from Recent Industrial Outbreaks."
'I'he truth of the matter is, you must Mr. Van der Py! is a keen and syml'etak~ your measure frequently and pathetic student of every form of peoIn many different ways; for you are a ple's movement and came to know Etllvlng, growing thing, and your pow- tor and Giovanetti well during those
ers are either waxing or waning all months when they languished in jail.
the time according to the way In He can tell us much of value, therewhich you are using, them,
fore, about their cause and similar
Leam to measure your own spirit causes in other communities.
from the analogies of your own body.
Your physical measurements will tell Rey, Hen'ry C. Vedder, D.D.,
Crozer Theological Seminary,
YQll at the very start whether you can
Chester, Pennsylvania.
excel as a sprinter or a wrestler or
"The Ford Hall meetings are a
whether you may be just an average
man at either. But on,Jy daily experi- unique Institution. There have been
ence and careful training and testing attempts to establish similar meetwill give you the measure of how far ings In other cities, some of which
yoii can go In the direction of your have been. moderately successful for
a time, but none have rivalled, not
special bent.
Llkewlse ln the things that are un- to say equalled, Ford Hall. This is
seen a careful measurement of your because there is but one George W.
evident capacities and powers will Coleman. The combination of qualishow at once your special gifts, your ties demanded for tlrn successful conobvious lacks, or your average all- duct of Stich meetings, year after
ronnd qualities. Then daily practice, year, is not common in a single perwith careful and sincere watching, sonality, \Viele knowledge of men, as
well as thorough knowledge of huwlIJ tell you the rest,
But this difference must be bome man nature, unflagging enthusiasm
tempered by hard sense, much
In mind: there are ,limits beyond ence In handling all sorts and expericondiwhich we know thE) body cannot go
tions of men, a gift of humor and unbut the capacities of the mind and failing patience, perfect courtesy and
soul seem almost infinite.
a firm wlll,-all these In just the
And just there lies the danger of our right proportions, joined to an unplaying the fool with ourselves, Be- feigned love of God and man, go to
cause these !)Owers seem limitless It make up the conductor of such an
does not follow that they work ' by enterprise.
Vi7hat wonder men of
nrn 91c. They ex'111nid by the operation tlrn t type 11re rare!"
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A11d as here,· clearly·
11d which leads a11d l'l?al/y, governs those, gatherings.
• co11ceives bpj
's II as rnlminatill iii J,11111a, solidarity .
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:tll all
,tatemen
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I will find that these
will be marked 1111 ns
cesses In all our llv
this purpose of hopef
and good cheer that l
tonight with this st01
I have for 20 year:
terested In this ma1
my colleague. He cllec
dent and I went dow
er's ex]leriment had
gather material for a r
a week there amo111s
that old colony. I th
was left In the way ,
man relationship. S1
old book store In L01
the first pages of th i
raphy and I learnec
his first experiments
saw what was left
seen his clescendantf
where I get the sam
same justification fo1
Now, In order Urn
stand, let me give y,
where the great exp,
In Posey County, 1111
Owen in 1824 cam
nowhere, He tells m
for days through, tlH
ness, guided only b,
suddenly came to
forests dlsa])J)eared ,
before him a magni
says there were
everywhere, fruit ,
wheat, and, In the
siderable town, As
this open plain he c
!age with houses bu
brick. 1:n the mlclst
Two large warehous,
storing grain for t.
the Indians. A mil
timber, another mill
and as handsome a11
have found anywhen
after a meal he wen
of the town where 1
wheat field two mil
grown people of th,
work cutting the w
and laying the grain
the sun went down
people turned and c:
town. The leader ,,
them-and the churc
He lead them into
mounted the platfor 1
pews. He addresse,
good cheer and e1
hope for the morr,
missed them to th,
was dee])ly impresse,
characters and goocl
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EDWIN D, i\llilAD,
Edwin D, Mead,
The World Peace Foundation, ·
Boston.
"The Ford Hall movement has lived
with increasing vitality and power for
five years, and will go on Jiving, be•
cause it was a movement which was
needed here in Boston, and similar
1r.ovements are needed In every American city, because it has been Informed and inspired from the beginning trntil now with the right spirit
and because It has been conducted
with great abl!ity and common sense.
It has taught the churches lessons and
it has brought home to the whole pub•
lic the necessity of bringing the real
r(Jigious sentiment and Ideal to bear
directly upon the really vital and
pressing Issues of here. and now,"
Rev. Woodman Bradbury, D. D.,
Old Cambridge Baptist Church.
"In five short yearf\ the movement
has overcome opposition, dissipated
doubt, established its rai.son d'etre,
proved its usefulness, stimulated slm•
liar meetings in other centres, and
sent out a great light from the
ancient beacon on the hill. In short,
it has grown from an experiment to
an Institution,"
l'JtOF llAll~ES,
I
ROBERT OWEN: A SUCCESSFUL
FAILURE,
(Address of Prof. Earl Barnes of Phi ladelphla at the Ford Hall Meeting, March 9, 1913,
.
Mr. Ch'alrman and fellow students:
I am here tonight to tell you a story of
a man's life, He was a man who
started with nothing.
He quickly
achieved success. At 28 he was among
the foremost manufacturers of England. At 56, In the full maturity of
his powers he was rich, and one of
the best beloved and most significant
figures In the manufacturing world.
Then he dreamed a dream and he
came to America to our western frontiers to spend the remaining years ot
his life In trying to realize this dream.
He failed.
He wandered Into the
world a discredited and broken old
man. He died neglected and forgotten. But I wish to point out that this
man's life was a marvelous success,
and I bring this message to you for
your individual aid and comfort. I
have not the slightest Interest In •presenting for you tonight a historical biographical subject. I am here to meet
men and women, my brothers and sis•
lers. I want to bring a message which
will take hold of the hearts of every
man and woman here. For we, too,
are successful failures. There Is no
person of adult years In this hall who
has not at some time dreamed a dream
o~ benefiting others possibly one or pos•
s1bly a group. 1Ve have clone our best.
We have given them our time and our
labor; of our hope and our endeavor,
We have given of our money, We have
given of our hearts and we have seen
it all end In ignominious failure.
When a man's life Is finally appraised,
however, I am confident that you and
,lex that
11ters .an
·s. The
Dean George Hodges, D.D.,
still our
Episcopal Theological School,
the ma
Cambridge, Mass.
; ministr
"It Is highly desirable that there
should be a free platform for social
1tic idea
and religious discussion under the aus•
; are pl'
pices of
tlu, Christian
religion.
\nd our
Moreover, it Is a salutary thing for re•
y mirro:
llgion itself to hear the frank criticisms of those who are out of sym•
I the jot
pathy with Its institutions. I hope
ligion a:
your work wlll continue In the liberal
1 take th
spirit, the same fearlessness of free
an's clas
speech and with increasingly good re·
1 socialii
suits.
yellow j
; in its id
'. ends oJ
without norintlillecr dowtY~~anyt11111g re1at111g to t11e~comm0Tl"lnel'"""It"isiiJtl!ii6iioURHitmit"irsnoilld,..-r--,:---11111111
,ut .they must be evolved
be simply a forum for the airing of views .. It must be something '
together work out their
more than a platform for the making of speeches. It m'ust not be
confined to the spiritual conventions of any religion, but it must be·.
shot through and through with moral and splrltuatlpurpose, To
all this broad land where
this end it must not be either a
or a service.
·er in friendly spirit our
n
�,,-,-·--0
i;;
0
But cle~r\; re~~g~i:~ that ·whi1;'this~
my idealfor s~ch -~;:;-ecessary to the
a meetirtg,,others will work out quite' different, co?ceptio~s. It ma~with it altogeth,
.ters little how it' is done so Jong as ·you succeed m getting together
But· we do nc
fair• representation~ of all those who have good will and who want keenest joy. T
1.
•
sisters of the· h<
to do something to ma .. e tt count,
to high thinkin
,
Wid~1y' Varying View11 No 'Bar to Profitable Dl11cussion
fellowship of th
'There is another very helpful way in which this interest in the
I wo.uld ~ather
'
evening d ·
church
common l'f e may be nurtured and promoted · I ·have found · from
I
•
•six: years' experience with an ever-increasing group ~f . guests. at evening . urt~g
. I
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·•th and p1
'ttuz-,.Qumnuu•_hom"-'lL.Saaamore.Beach each season that It IS posstbl\:-_fello~shti; with
FORD HALL FOLKS
BAUNE8.
....
~: A SUCCESSFUL
!LURE.
. Earl Barnes of Phi la•
e Ford Hall Meet-
1rch
9,
1913.
and fellow students:
t lo tell you a story of
lie was a man who
othing,
He quickly
At 28 he was among
,annfacturers of Engthe full maturity of
was rich, and one of
I and most significant
anufacturing world.
med a dream and he
•1 to our western fronhe remaining years or
, to realize this dream.
: wandered into the
lited and broken old
neglected and forgot1 to point out that this
a marvelous success,
is message to you for
aid and comfort. I
ightest Interest In •pretonight a historical bi.;ct. I am here to meet
11, my brothers and sis•
llring a message which
of the hearts of every.
an here. For we, too,
failures, There Is no
years in this hall who
, ·1 lme dreamed a dream
hPrs possibly one or posWe have done our best.
them our time and our
hope and our endeavor.
of our money. We .have
L•arts and we ·have seen
n Ignominious failure.
life Is finally appraised,
1 confident that you and
i
I wlll find that these failures of ours
will be marked up as the g.re[),test successes In all our lives and It Is for
this purpose of hopeful encouragement
and good cheer that I come before you
tonight with this story.
I have for 20 years been doubly in·
terested in this man. His son was
my colleague. He died through an accl·
dent and I went down where his fath·
er's experiment had been tried, to
gather material for a Memorial. I spent
a week there among the remnants of
that old colony. I think I saw all that
was left in the way of record and human relationship. Subsequently In an
old book store in London I ran across
the first pages of this man's autoblog•
raphy and I learned where he tried
his first experiments antl I went and
saw what was left of them. I have
seen his descendants, too, and everywhere I get the same Impression, the
same justification for my title.
Now, in order that you may under•
stand, let me give you first the place,
where the great EJXperlment was tried
in Posey County, Indiana,
Owen in 1824 came to this land of
nowhere. He tells us that, after rldlng
for days through, the trackless wllderness, guided only by blazed trails he
suddenly came to a place wher1;1 the
forests disappeared and there opened
before him a magnificent view, He
says there were crops growing
everywhere, fruit trees, grain and
wheat, and, in the distance, a considerable town. · As he rode through
this open plain he came into the vH
!age with houses built of timber and
brick, In the midst was a big church.
Two large warehouses were there for
storing grain for two years against
the Indians. A mill for sawing the
timber, another mill for making wine
and as handsome an inn as he could
have found anywhere in England. And
after a meal he went out to the edge
of the town where there was a great
wheat field two miles long, All the
grown people of the village were at
work cutting the wheat with scythes
and laying the grain In bundles, When
the sun went down this long line of
p(lople turned and came back Into the
town. The leader walked in front of
them-and the church doors were open.
He lead them Into the church and
mounted the platform. 'rhey filled the
pews. He addressed a few words of
good cheer and encouragement and
hope for the morrow and then dismissed them to their homes. Owen
was deeply impressed with the sterling
characters and good sense of this at-
3
tentive but rather humble audience.
Now, who were these people? For,
in 1824, the major 1mrt of Indiana was
still a wilderness. They were German
refugees. 'l'hey were known as Rappites, later as Economites. I have to
bring before you tonight three socialistic settlements, three socialistic or
communistic settlements and I want
to point out why two of them succeeded
and the third failed.
.When the French dreamed their
great dream of liberation, terminating
in the Revolution, after 1789, they
changed all conditions in France and
then were beset by a great dream
which changed all Europe, You must
remember that the French Revolution
was a world revolution. They soon
conquered the Rhinelands, Switzerland,
Italy and Spain. And that same revolution spread over this land and
changed the whole civilization of Mexico, of Central America and of all the
South American states. A transformation from monarchlal institutions to re1mbllcan institutions In all Latin America was part of the movement of the
French revolution.
The reaction which followed when
Napoleon's brother was taken from his
seat in Spain spread all through the
Rhinelands and the French were
driven out. The little German princelings came back and tried to re-establish the old regime, But though they
could re-establish the old regime politically; they could not re-establish the
014 conditions religiously, The consequence was that hundreds of thousands of people fled from the Rhine. lands, One group led by Rapp, a
strong figure, a very great personality,
crossed the ocean and landed in Philadelphia. How they made their way
from Philadelphia to the waters of the
Ohio, I do 1iot know. Tonight If you
leave ·Philadelphia at this time, you
would ride all night on a flying express
and anlve at Pittsburg only in time
for breakfast. It Is 350 miles across
forests and over mountains but in some
.manner they transpo,.•tn,d thernselvel:I
there. They built a flat boat and sailed
down the Ohio and up the Wabash and
stopped on this patch of land of 30,000
acres of forests. 'l'hey built their village, planted their fields, made a garden. This Is among the marked experiments in successful socialism.
Now why did they succeed? 1ror this
reastJ11. They were absolutely united.
They were absolutely unitecl. 1r1rst.
They were of one birth and had. the
~ame blood In their veins. They had
eaten the same kind of food; had the
•._, in he,
:ns pro
ogethe1
e is th,
nore I
are fai
l of eii
ing so
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d by a1
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for al
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�:,,gs" in Boston, of wltich the fifth a1111ive1:sary has just been celebra!ed, are, tlte mos/
11 1; 011 of tltat city, brb1gi11g into sy111patltetic fe/lowsltip a more comprelte11siv.e repre- ,
1
ature than meets /ogether elsewhere in the New Engla11d 111etropo/1s:, And
111111011 11
tile 11 ,411 d wl1ich leads a11d, 1'Ca~!, governs those gather~11gs:' A_11d as here, ~/early,
' 1vllich conceives ~p I
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t "we must all J
o means are al
Our Americal
heterogeneous.
us into many ch
ulling us all tof
the stronger bej
our destructio(
constitution an
Less and less";
covers a wide l
11' anything ab
hich are either
110 COl111110n 111
•r, but do not 1
ts are widely
Baptists, Chri
lemocrats, Pro
,11 ly for bitter
housed under
class is comt
ither. The ric
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lo with each 'c
nr, naturally d
i,
I
l>een so and
lo turn Christ
rch? Are al
;1ch a com111011
1·e w~i tins- iot
is the world
:jsintegration,;
oday Inadeq~
elements h~
life. Th,
: the free pu
press, with\
which have!
,g elements
2;
1111
a
:omplex tha~
c centers ,am
11ities. The,,
I, is still our
dth the ma1
r its ministr
1ncratic idea',
lives are pl
And our
only 111irro1
·cad the jou
religion al
who take th
· man's clas
:e a sociali!
a yellow j
ous in its id
1
FORD HALL FOLKS
4
same kind of customs and costumes.
They celebrated same: kinds of rites
for birth, marriage and death. They
were of the same thought;, they sang
the same songs. More than this, they
were bonnd together by the two things
thar unite men above all other things
iu this world. First they had undergone persecution; they had left their
homes, given up their property, destrted their fathers and landed on a
strange continent, cnt down the va,st
forest and built themselves a new
home. Such an exJ)erlence drives men
together, mak€s them forget slight differences, forces them back to the practical things they have In common and
makes for brotherhood everywhere. In
lhe second [)lace, they w!lre bound together by the gren t 'leader. Rap[) was
a man of singular [lower, square and
Intelligent. He knew what he wanted
He had the domineering will.
HE
forced his personality upon the people,
establishing his desires.
Then a strange thing hap]Jened.
Rapp determined to desert this village and lead his people once more into
the wilderness. I do not know why.
'I'here seems to be no good reason why
he determined to give u11 this settlement. Possibly he found them under a
condition of prosperity; the 11eople
were developing individual Initiative
and individual will which made it difficult for him to dominate them. Anyway he led the people Into Pennsylvania. One word in conclusion about
this. These people came to own over
$10,000,000 worth of proJ)erty but they
had very few children and the order
gradually died out and not many years
ago, about six, the order was dissolved
and their property divided among those
remaining in the settlement.
My JJlace ls ready now for my man.
He was bom in North Wales. His people were poor. He had nothing. He
says his education was comJ)leted at 7
ye:us old. He could read and write
and· figure a little. At 10 years he
started for London to make his fortune. It Is thought that Garfield and
Lincoln are exceptional men who
climbed to the top. No, I say. All
ov,er the world where children are
born, boys and girls, often very early
in life, start out on their great career.
I never see any Immigrants from the
old lands without feeling that here
among these children we have plenty
of Garfields and Lincolns, great spirited boys and capable-spirited girls who
might give to the world magnificent
leaders.
Owen starts for London and trudges
most of the way to the great metropo1is. '!'here Ile finds employment first
In a linen store which ls half a liaberdashery. This Is important. For here,
as assistant in this small dry goods
store he became acquainted with fabrics, he came to know the woolens and
cotton and silk and derived a kind of
sense of what they_ were and what they
re[)resented. After four or five years
here, he migrated north to Manchester.
In :Manchester he found a man who '
was making wire frames connected
with the spinning industry, He Identified himself with this man and 'subsequently took as part payment, when
the business was dissolved three of
these frames,
The cotton business at that time was
divided and the cotton passed into five
or six different factories , before it
finally came forth as finished cloth. At
19 years of age Owen had three hands
working for him and in a single year
he acquired $1,500.
Then he secured another positioi1 as
superintendent in a factory, whose
owner he persuaded to pay him a
salary equal to what he had earned,
independently,
He built up the business and at the
end of a year it was in a prosperous
condition. At this time he made journeys to the north buying rough thread
and selling fine thread. He went to
Glasgow and on one of these ti•ips he
was introduced by a lady whom he had
known In Manchester ·to a young lady
by the name of Dale. He formed an
admiration for the girl at once. One
of the great forces of his life was coming to play on him. Afterwards he
went there every six months-to Glasgow-for two years and on each trip
he saw Miss Dale. Miss Dale's father
was a very prominent man in Scotland.
He had helped to establish one of the
great banks in Glasgow. He was an
influential man in the Chamber of
Commerce. He was the owner of a
great factory in New Lanark. Owen
did not asJ)lre so high as Miss Dale.
She belonged to a different world from
his. But her friend in Manchester told
him one day that Miss Dale was not
only very fond of him hut that her
heart was disengaged. After that he
sought this friend in Manchester
repeatedly to hear simllar things.
(Laughter.) 'These things were repeated often enough until, Owen says
of himself, "My courage arose agah;st
all posslblllty. I dared to dream sometime of marrying her." Subsequently
he went north with a letter from Mlss
to
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a_nytl~l~g relating ·uiecomtnon e,
9
0
,
;, but they must be evolved
be simply a forum for the airing of views,, It must be, something \
•
be,.,
1110 re than a platform for the making of speeches,,,)t m,ust not h
,st together work out their
ll b I
confined to the spiritual conventions of any rel ll on, , Ut t must e '\ :
shot thr~ugh and through with moral a•.1,d 11plr.1t11.a. ~".rf,.ose .. T~ ':
in all this broad iand where
he either a
~r_!~~~..:. , ,
over in friendly spirit 'our , this encl 1t must
,~'.
Dale and saw
ark. I-le was
slbllitles. He
ners with wh,
Manchester, fo
as a partn<'r,
mills up nort
with him to i
Owen lhon snl
to buy YOIII' \\'
Drinkwater hn,
rll'o too young
hn Ye no cnpltn I
tlernen aro 111.1'
they havo ah111
nro their crod<JI
them 11111I wnH r,
said, "l\lr, Dalo,
worth 7" Dale I
he clld not 1<11011
turlng bt1RlneAR
velop and no R
set for lt. Bui
wlllfng lo leave
-to ow~n who
partners In buy
said, "Well, I an
60,000 pounds ,
fair price. If w,
of 3,000 JlOIIIHh
would be paid
that would he
right," said ,.\-11·.
He was 28 Y<'lll'R
have some quail
to do a thing of
had. not yet h1
great wealth of I
Owen set the prl
buy his mill.
Subsequently I
marry him, I-Ir
fearful that he ,
account of rellg!,
who was an ext
he did not cone
Dale came hack
cannot marn' yr
my father's pern
wl11 get it; I h:
else I want up tc
too."
In a year he
She was a towe1
Whatever failure
were largely om
marriage. His w
did chlldren, con
constancy across
long; life togethe
rich, married to n
Ing In a hanclsom
him to see what l
life. His conscle
asked him: What
only during this
t.
,I
�But I clearly recognize that ·while this may be my ideal for such
a meetit1g1 , others will work out quite' different conceptions, It matI -ters little how it' is done so long as ·you succeed in getting together
· fair representation~ of all those who have g~od will and who want
to do something to make it count.
I
Wid~ly· Varying View,i No ·Bar to Profitable Discussion
·There is another very· helpful way in which ·. this interest in the
, com'mon ljfe may be nurtured and promoted. I have foundfrom
· six: years' experience with an ever-increasing group ~f ,guests. at
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necessa
with it
But'
keenest
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fellows
[ woul<
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evening
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FORD HALL FOLKS
s
1·ts for London and trudges
way to the great metropo•
lie finds employment first
tore which is half a lrnber·lis ls important. For here,
in this small dry goods
1·ame acquainted with fabe to know the woolens and
,ii k and derived a kind of
1 t they were and what they
After four or five years
rated north to Manchester.
I er he found a man who
; wire frames connected
1mlng industry. He identiwith this man and subse1, as part payment, when
, was dissolved three of
, business at that time was
the cotton n.assed into five
•rent factories before it
forth as finished cloth, At
1ge Owen had three hands
him and in a single year
/1 ,600,
,('nred another position as
nt in a factory, whose
,ersuaded to pay him a
to what he had earned
y,
JI the business and at the
1r it was in a prosperous
t this time he made jourorth buying rough thread
tine thread, He went to
un one of these ti•ips he
cd by a lady whom he had
nchester ·to a young lady
of Dale. He formed an
i1· the girl at once.
One
mces of his life was comon him. Afterwards he
1ery six months-to Glas, years and on each trip
llale, lVIiss Dale's father
oniinent man ln Scotland.
d to establish one of the
in Glasgow. He was an
inn in the Chamber of
He was the owner of a
in New Lanark, Owen
·e so high as Miss Dale ..
lo a different world from
friend in Manchester told
that Miss Dale was not
1Hl of him but that her
,engaged. After that he
friend in Manchester
i
hear similar things.
These things were reenough until, Owen says
,fy courage arose against
I dared to dream some1· i ng her."
Subsequently
1 with a Jetter from Miss
I
Dale and saw the works ·in New Lanark. He was' Impressed hy their possi bilitles. He went back to the partners with whom he was working in
Manchester, for he had been taken in
as a partner, interested them in the
mills up north and soon they went
with him to · look over those works.
Owen then said to l\fr. Dale, "I want
to buy your works." Dale smiled as
Drinkwater had smiled and said, '.'You
are too young and inexperienced and
have no capital." He said, "These gentlemen are my business partners and
they have abundant capital and here
are their credentials," Dale examined
them and was fairly satisfied, Then he
said, "Mr. Dale, what is your business
worth?" Dale hesitatingly replied that
he did not know. The cotton manufacturing business was beginning to develop and no standard ·price could 'be
set for it. But he said he would be
willing to .Jeave the price to Mr. Owen
-to Owen who was to be one of the
partners in buying the works! Owen
said, "Well, I am inclined to think that
60,000 pounds ($300,000) would be a
fair price. If )Ve paid it in instalments
of 3,000 pounds a year ($15,000) it
would be paid Ju 20 years. I think
that would be a fair price." "All
right," said Mr. Dale, "I will accept."
He was 28 years old then. A man must
have some quality of integrity in him
to do a thing of that nature. But life
had not yet heen disturbed by the
great wealth of the modern period. So
Owen set the price at which he was to
buy his mill.
.
·
Subsequently he asked Miss Dale to
marry him, He was himself already
fearful that he would have trouble on
account of religion and from Mr. Dale;
who was an extremely religious man,
he did not conceal his doubts. Miss
Dale came back to him and said, "I
cannot marry you unless you can get
my father's permission." He said, "I
will get it; I have gotten everything
else I want up to now and I'll get you,
too."
In a year he had won Miss Dale.
She was a tower of strength to him.
Whatever failures he may have made·
were· largely offset by his intelligent
marriage, His wife brought him splendid children, courage, faith, hope and
constancy across all the years of their
Jong: life together. At 28, this man,
:lch, married to a superior woman, llvmg In a handsome house, looked about
him to see what he should do with his
life. His conscience set to work and
aslrnd him: What ls my life work? If
only during this coming week, every
5
man and woman in this hall would say
to himself, how many days have I to
Jive, how many years, what shall I do
to make my life significant!
Before going on to describe Owen's
work in New Lanark I must say that,
until 120 years ago, Elngland was a
great agricultural land. It was a land
of wheat fields, grain fields and small
farms. A good deal of manufacturing
went on, but always in private homes.
There were no factories, 'fhe 18th century saw two inventions which changed_
the nature of the civilization of Elnglancl. These were the invention of the
stationary engine and the cotton gin
for separnting the seed from the cotton fibres. ffingland was successfully
placed to take advantage of these two
inventions. She had only to dig down
lnlo the earth µnd there was plenty of
iron; she hoisted the iron and made it
into stationary engines. Just outside
of the iron was almost inexhaustible
coal. She ~tood the engine outside the
beds of coal and hoisted the coal and
fed the engines and had power to drive
the wheels in industry. All that she
needed was hands. Then began the
great exodus from the farms which
still goes on today, Representatives
of the mills went out oi1 the hillsides
and through the valleys to bid people
come to work in the mills, They offered them svlenclid wages - what
seemed to them like splendid wages,
So they left their little holdings and
came down to spin and make cotton
cloth . for the. ships to carJf all over
ChristeJldom.
\iiThere was no type of factory in existence; the factory town was yet to
be. Suppose I handed yon-each one
of yon here tonight a sheet of paper
and said to you, "Draw me a plan of a
terminal station for an airship route
It will not be long before we shall have
airships all over the United States
with regular routes of call. They will
have terminal stations. Draw me the
architectural plan-outline a sketch of
the way a terminal station will look
for an airship," You would be embarrassed for there is no such thing in the
public mind today. 'l'hat was the state
of mind concerning factories when
Robert Owen took hold of the measure.
'l'he factories used were old barns to
which the people came down from
their cottages and farms. They lived
In old shanties, like a summer encampment just starting, with no sanJ.
taJ:,y conveniences. 'l'hese people were
habituated to individual bargainhig in
terms, of agriculture and they could
not combine. Tiley could not stand
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FORD HALL FOLKS
together. There were no laws for. their
• vrodnctlon and there was a firm conviction that there ought to be no ,laws;
that every man should stand alone.
Owe1i set himself to rlgh t these
wrongs, meanwhile turning over his
capital twice a year. Now any man
who can make 200,Yo on his capital
ought to be satisfied. A man ought ~o
be satisfied but it never works that
way. The more a man 1ias the more
he wants and the passion for making
more and more money hacl the English
employers firmly in its grip.
The children in these manufacturing
centres were roaming around the
streets. There was no education In
F.ngland then; state schools did not·
exist in E'ngland until 1870 a11d at' this
time no provisions whatever for the education of these children were made.
At first the wages seemed Immense to
the workers because they h'ad not been
used to having nrnch money. The few
. things they wanted to buy they had
bought by barter largely and they lived
on the products of the farm. The
wages had seemed immense but here
outside the factory where everything
was to be 'bought and paid for the
wages proved inadequate. There was
no way to force these wages up and so
pressure came upon the family. One
day the woman said, 'I can attend to
some of those spindles" and so she
went across with her husband to the
place where he worked and said to the
overseer, "Put me to work. I wlll
work for less than John." Her name
was added to the payroll.
Soon the
dividends Increased and they sent the
men home. Then one day the woman
said to the overseer, "My boy Jim, who
l8 ten years old, can attend to some of
the spindles. He can do something.
He Is better off here than on the street,
put him to work and ·pay him whatever you will." So Jim went on the
payroll and at the end of the month
the overseer .found that a larger income could be derived from children's
work than from the women's work.
~'hen Owen came to New Lanark
he found almost all the women and
children of the town working and literally hundreds of men Idle and wastIng their time. They were at a shop
where liquor was being sold and they
were drinking gin. You see lt was in•
evitable that It should come to that
from the first. It Is inevitable that it
should go on that way now.
This man, 28 years old, rich, Is a
man to right these wrongs. First he
tore down the shanties which were
there and put up cottages and im•
proved the building of the factory. His
were the most remarkable bulldingtl
in the world at. that time, his the ideal
factory town of the age. He put streets
between the houses. He put In lamps
to light the night. 'fhe little shops
sup.plying gin to everyone and selling
all the products at big prices, he closed
up. Two new shops were established
and tlielr profits put Into improving
the village.
'l'hen came the war of 1812 and the
Elmbargo Act. For nine months Eng•
land could get no cotton and for nine
months Robert Owen paid every one
of his employees full wages. The people knew by now wl10 their friend was.
He went ,further. He said, "These
houses are badly kept." Overseers
were apjiointed to look after the social conditions of the village. A man
would come to the door and say,
"Madam, you clean up · your house,
sweep this out; fix this room up." He
went further stHJ-here •Js his philosophy.
He said: A man's life is de•
termlned by circumstances. You take
two children-I do not care where they
are born and put one under good con•
ditions and he will make a good man;
put the other under bad conditions and
he will make a bad man. I know that
Is not true; you know that Is not tru!c',
We all know today that there Is a good
deal in heredity and that when the
parents suffer from disease it Is pretty
sure to affect their ofllspr!ng. But his
philosophy Is the best In the world because, while a reformer cannot change
the Inherited spirit of man very much
he can change his circumstances. His
philosophy said "change the clrcum•
stances and yoti will make all men
good." To emphasize the fact that he
believed he could shape a man' life by
his environment he organized a school.
Then he looked for a schoolmaster 'and
· found In the works a man by the name
of James Buchanan. Wherever this
man went there were to be seen children on his shoulders. So, though he
could barely read and write Owen said,
"Yon shall be the schoolmaster.". Then
he took three young girls and put them
in there to help Btichanan. He said,
"First make these children happy, If
I come here and find a child unhappy
you have .failed. Every child must be
happy, In the second place. Make
· these children love each other and
work together sympathetically and harmoniously." That Is a splendid educational policy. "In the third place,
teach them to love the things around
them, plants, trees and so on, In the
fourth place,-if you ever get to that
; still
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f r the airing of views, It must be somethrng
but they must be evolved
he simply a olruttfn o for the making of speeches, It niust not be._
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together wor out
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teach them something
(Laughter.) Good edu
Icy. It soon became
John Stuart Mill visit,
borrowed Buchanan a
London and started a
this developed the sch,
British Isles.
·
Now, again you have
communism which s1
Because the people ·
gether by every kind
same descendantS', !iv
villages, intermarried,
toms and same· costnn
and same ceremonies
rlage and death; same
· life.. They were all
too, by the fact that
gone a great transfornculture to industrlalls
fered the same prlvat
they were bound toge
man. Robert Owen p1
will over them. Almo1
the conditions of the R
he succ!:leded.
Then ·he dreamed a
this should extend all
He went 9own to Lon
studied conditions tlie·
like Ford Hall, and a
to come. He mounted ·
experienced speaker I
and spoke straight to
heart. The hall was
seen men who were
meeting. They all tell
This man stood before
"Men and brothers, ye
crush each other. EvE
est Is_ every other ma1
every one of you, II
climb, must climb hr le
others, You can neve
backs of others to any
cant ha:pplness and )
something worth while
climb with others, ho
the hand. It sounds ,
have heard It on this J
ber of times.
But I
years ago. Then, this n
of his journeys to Pn
he had friends and 11
the standing commltte
ulate child labor.
'l'he measure was Ii
commlttee. It was bro
reading and then W(
They said, what "
fcrmed for anyway-ti
terfere with the rlgl
And so Parliament clo
opportunity to any cl
rise.
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· 1·, reco~~i;~-ti;~twhi1e~ this "may b~ }ny i~eal
~;ch --;-;;~ces~a
'\ a meetirtg,,others will work out quite' different,co?ceptlo~s. It ma~with it.
,ters little how it' is done so long as 'you succeed tn getting together
But '
· fair representations of all those who have good will and who want
k_eenest
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s1ste_rs <
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to do something to make 1t count. · ' · ' . . ,
·
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:y
. Wid~ly· Varying ViewB No ·Bar 'to Profitable DiBcUBBion
There is another very helpful way in which this interest in the
com'mon life may be nurtured and promoted. I have found ,from
six· years' experience with an ever-increasing group ~£ , guests. at
'truLSummer home at Sagamor~_Beach e.ach season that_1t 1s p~~s1ble
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s
FORD HALL FOLKS
Jrnlldlng of the factory, His
11ost remarkable buildings
I at that time, his the ideal
1 or' the age, He put streets
, houses. He put in lamps
e night. The little shops
iu to everyone and selling
nets at big prices, he closed
e IV shops were established
ll'ofits put into improving
e the war of 1812 and the
:t. For nine months Eng;e t no cotton and for nine
Jert Owen paid every one
Jyees full wages. The peouow who their friend w'as.
nrther. He said, "These
badly kept."
Overseers
1ted to look after the so•
ms of the village. A man
; to the door and say,
)ll clean up your house,
ut; fix tlus room up," He
r still-here 'is his phll·
2 said: A man's life is de·
-circumstances. You take
-I do not care where they
I put one under good conIle wlll make a good man;
· under bad co'nditlons and
J a bad man.
I know that
rou know that is not true.
today that there ls a good
,tlity and th.at when the
r from disease it is pretty
, their offispring. But his•
, the best in the world bea reformer cannot change
spirit of man very much
;e his circumstances. His
aid "change the circumyoti ·will make all men
rnphasize the fact that he
onld shape a man' life by
ent he organized a school.
,•cl for a schoolmaster 'and
worlrn a man by the name
whanan. Wherever this
ere were to be seen chil,houlders. So, though he
·ead and write Owen said,.
the schoolmaster." Then
young girls and put them
1elp Buchanan. He said,
these children happy, if
a]l(J find a child unhappy
,,(l. Every child must be
he second place. Make
·u love each other and
· sympathetically and barThat is a splendid ed11'.\'. "In the third place,
:J love the things around
trees and so on, In the
-if you ever get to that
1
-
teach them something out of books."
(Laughter.) Good education, good pol-'
Icy. It soon became so famous that
John Stuart Mill visited the 1Jlace and
borrowed Buchanan and took him to
London and started a school. Out of.
tl\is developed the schools all over the
British Isles.
·
Now, again you have a ty,pe of social
communism which succeeds.
Why?
Because the people were bound together by every kind of bond; of the
same descendantS', lived in the same
villages, intermarried, of the same customs and same costumes, food, habits
and same ceremoqies of birth, marriage and death; same attitude toward
life. They were all bound together,
too, by the fact that they had undergone a great transformation from agriculture' to Industrialism and had suffered the same privations. Moreover,
they were bound together by a great
man. Robert 1
Owen put his own good
will over them. Almost identical with
the conditions of the Rappltes. And so
he succeeded.
Then he dreamed a dream. He said
this should extend all over the world
He went down to London on a visit;
studied conditions there, hired a hall,
like Ford Hall, and asked the people
to come. He mounted the platform, in
experienced speaker though he was,
and spoke straight to them from his
heart. The hall was packed. I have
seen men who were present at thiF
meeting, They all tell the same story.
This man stood before them. He said,
"Men and brothers, you ought not to
crush each other. Every man's inter•
est is every other man's Interest and
every one of you, if you wish to
climb, must climb by lending a hand tc
others. You can never climb on the
backs of others to any point of signlfi•
cant ha·pplness and you. will reach
something worth while only when you
climb with others, holding them by
the hand. It sounds very good, You
have heard it on this platform a munber of times.
But it was new 100
years ago, Then, this man went on one
of his journeys to Parliament where
he had friends and he Introduced to
the -standing committee a bill to regulate child labor.
The measure was taken up by the
committee. It was brought to the first
reading and then went no further,
They said, what was Parliament
farmed fo1'. anyway-that It should interfere with the right of contract?
And so Parliament closed the door ol
opportunity to any child who would
rise.
fellows!
[ would
evening
evening
fellows!
•~ith
7
One day he called together thousands
of men. He said, "Men and brothers, I
have come into his hall today probably
the 'best-loved man in the British Isles.
I shall go out of this hall the worst
hated man in the British Isles. But It
Is my duty to tell you what I firm]}
and devoutly believe.
I have been
urging you for years to lend a hand
and· help your brothers but we have
failed because you will not act, you
will not co-operate; you will not b.e·
lleve. You have no. faith. And why:
Because you are bound in your minds
and hearts by religion. The priests
have held you down until no man daref
to call his soul his own. ( Appia use.)
You never will be men until you dar, '
stand up and look each other in the
face and see what may be accomplished."
They rose and hissed him and he
was rescued from the hall ]Jy the police
with very great difficulty and taken
back to his lodgings. From that day
·111s usefulness in Tilngland was passed.
Now ladies and gentlemen, I have not
the slightest desire to back these sentiments. As a student of history I am
convinced that no institution in the
world has clone so much for the uplift•.
Ing of humanity as Christianity. But
the Christian church has made many
mistak~s. time and time and time
again. ·'l'he teachings of that greatest
of all leaders, Jesus of Nazareth, have
been misa:pplied repeatedly, as you
know.· This man was willing· to bank
his credit and his life and his standing
upon that truth as he saw it; all glorJ
to lllm for his courageous utterance.
Of course every door of opportunity
closed to him; he was a marked man,
rt would be difficult for a man holding
these views today to keep on In any
ago,
He carrie to America and bought out
tjiat tract of land of'which we spoke a
while ago, 'I'he success of the Rappites
convinced him that he could succeed so
he bought the place and paid for it.
Now the man is ready and the place
Is ready for such an experiment as he
wished to make. I will make its story
brief. It was brief, It lasted only •two
years. First he needed a colony, He
went out through surrounding settl'ements and preached his doctrine of fellowship and good will. He had houses
already made, the land cleared . and
· ware-houses filled with food .for a year.
· Backed by this and his general reputation, the people came flocking. In
six weeks he had 1,000 people-the
flotsam and Jetsam of the frontier,
made up of all nationalities and all
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FORD HALL FOLKS
schools of thought, · Owen organized
them with great effo1•t and· went back
to England for supvlles. He sold out
all his ]lossesslons and nine months
later returned with what is known as
his "Boat,Joacl of knowledge," and a
great mass of 111aJJS,
Within a few clays, after he came
back, he broug,ht order out of chaos
but he could not maintain it. 'fhe people were idle and divided and, at the
encl of two years, Owen called them
together and told them he had tried an
ex])eriment but had found it could not'
succeed, From that clay the thing was
broken. He wandered out a discredited man.
Yet I maintain that ,he was a marvelous success, What did this man
stand .for? Something more than a
mere existence; som.ethlng more than
equal opportunity for man and woman,
What did he stand for? l<'lrst; for the
belief In human brotherhood, He believed that every llrnn shoulcl lend a
, helJJing hand to every other man, He
believed in absolutely equal OJJJJortunlty for every man, and woman everywhere in the world. He wo11ld give
women exactly the same opportunity
as to men, (Applause.) He believed
In the enlightenment of all our defectives,
He believed that crime was
.either ignorance or disease.
He believed in the enlightened treatmont of
all you,ng children, 'l'hese dreams he
never realized, 'fhey are dreams that
reach on into eternity,
Time is too
short for them, By urging these he
gave opportunity for their development, I was told that when I vl'Slted
New Harmony that I would find socialism l1atecl, I found just the contrary,
I found about 2,000 people there, It
was one of the neatest, cleanest and
handsomest towns I have ever seen, I
fonnd in this town a library with a
paid librarian, I found In addition to
this an art gallery of which any city
might be well proud of. In It was 300
handsome oil painting given by Murphy who came over amongst the first
settlers. I fonnd an 01iera house where
vast theatrical ]lerformances were •presented, I found three societies; one
for mutual insurance; another for mu•
tual benefit and another for town planning that. Owen started originally,
Moreover, Owen left children who were
of great service to the world, Now
man could not be blamed if his sons
to
went wrong but when a man has sons
and all of them go right there must be
something pretly good in that family,
Owen had four sons. They were all
educated men and all lived to do hlm
honor, By reason of them as well 'as
because of his Ideals his life stands out
a glorious success. (Applause.)
A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS.
Q, Is there any doubt that Robert
Owen would have been a Socialist?
A, Robert Owen's teachings are
proving to be .socialism, He ls recognized everywhere as one of the fathers
of our modern social science and so
ultimately would be one of the fathers
of socialism. If I may add a word I
would say that. Robert Owen would
have been a very sympathetic follower
of John Spargo, (Applause.)·
Q, How can we have strictly equal
opportunity and not have competition?
A, Read Spargo's book Practical
,I JJJ)licati.on of Socla.lisni.
You will
find it a most entertaining and charming treatment of the subject. He main•
talns that under socialism there would
be a very large degree of indlvjclual
freedom.
Q, Does the speaker think that Robert Owen's Ideal of equal opportunity
can be practised under our present system?
A. In some cases it can be practised
pretty well, Our present system gives
some peo11le remarkable freedom; on
the other hand the great mass of the
industrial workers·· today are chained
uncler conditions even less favorable,
than in 'Owen's time,
Q, Isn't the Church taking the same
posit1011 today that It took In the days
of Owen regarding Socialism, Woman's Suffrage, etc.?
A, No, I would like to see Woman's Suffrage brought in tomorrow.
And, It Is wrong to say that the Catholic church Is altogether opposed to it,
In regard to Socialism: I can bring
you Christian ministers on this ·plat•
form who will present a scheme of society that every extreme socialist In
this hall would accept,
Q, While J\'lr. Owen was in Indiana
did he try to seek any assistance from
the Legislature?
A, No, he had to r1111 It as an independent colony-lncle]lenclent of everything,
.
·ting element~
life.
·.~ny; the free
free press, wi
rnts which ha
icting elemen\
1te.
1
111d complex t
large centers:
nmunities, 11
chool, is still \
l'le with the I
under its mini
democratic i(
1cir lives are 1
Ying, And <
hich only mi~
\Ve read the j
:s, in religio1'
hose who tak~
other man's q
~81
,11 take a soc\
ly, or a yello1
,ogeneous in it
from the end ,
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be simply a forum for the atrlng of views.
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place in all this broad land wl~ere
shot through and through with moral and llplrltual purpose, To :
talk over in friendly spirit our . this end it must
be either a lyceum or a· ae
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pr1rty hud enjoyed· the il)11ter trip they were landed
ranee to the canal, where a
unrivalled excellence was
this was followed by
'he address of welcome was
1trles l\I. Thompson, prP,slSandwich B'oard of Trade,
Uarl C. Craig, who out)!' the Cape Cod Board. of
,tive Charles L. Gifford of
,nstablo district spoke on
ment of Cape Cod. , OoJD,
, speaking on ••Cape Ood
Cod Qanal," declared that
1012nd to · grow up on tho
canal. He ,vas graphic,
.I impressive.
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Commodore Miller ca111 e
0oleman, director of the
,o vern1' tit '1fl'• Boston, who
Vhat An Exposition Can
loqnently portrayed how
)sition would, inform and
people. of Massachusetts,
rnir own land; would inI h zeal for co-operation ;
, magnifying glttss on tho
O,000,000 of people would
t anti see it stand up in
:hem. Jlfr. Coleman devas the out~ich•rs who- hod
HJ Cod.
Tim nutives, he .
not apprPointe either Its
rnerolul possibilities,
~- "What Advertising Can
1JLl, 11 ,John J. Morgan sugloser relations with the
secuted by having the
ll wrltfl to ohildre'l out
Jlose of his speech, Presi'.)ffered a prize of $5 for
.vrltten, and $2.60 for the
A magazine. representalunteered to add $10 to
a well-known hortlculy of New, Zealand, re-·
wide agricultural possl:ape Cod region.
·y Davis of ,South Yar)optod tho lnvltat1011 to
1lzatlon i Its Benefits 'and
tor found lie could not be
addrou, printed in
l was liberally quottid by
pe~klng for Mr. Davis, .
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rl b4tod to. tho,e.rrese~t.
th~t every on~ In B~rn- · ·
who 11 Interested In :the '
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No. 13.
!Vfarch 23, HJI3,
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RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU DO NOT
KNOW.
Have yon ever noticed how some
11eoj1le will quickly make an unqualified statement which covers a whole
field of facts concerning which they
may ]mow nex,t to nothing? It IH the
same type of mind that readily consents to tackle almost any kind of
. task that may be presented .
! 'l'he old . s~yli1g has it, that "fools
i rush in where ai1gels fear to tread."
•, And It Is always most exasperating to
1 undertake 'to deal with persons of that
i kind In an effort to get them to have
' at least a little bit of respect for what
I they do not know,•
I But the tablas are frequently turned
iiy the man who didn't know all the
facts of the situation, nor have the
requisite ability to meet them. Sim])ly
as the result of the faith and courage
which ])lunged him in where more
I timid souls remained standing on the
I brink, he learns all the facts, and acquires the necessary ability by actually dealing witl'l the situation Instead
of resting contont with his· own . or
somebody else's mensure of It.
The ex])erience of a friend of mine
illustrates the point. He was thought
very rash to start In business for himself as a manufacturer where the competition was superlatively keen, with
none !Jut borrowed capital, \Ind that
very Insufficient, without any silo]) ex-.
perlence of his own, ancl, as many
thought, without possessing the re' qnlslte ability. But he rushed In
where his angel friends feared to see
him tread and In a dozen years made
the greatest and quickest success ever
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known In that line of industry. And
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he confessed to me that, had he
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known fron, the beginning what he
1afterwards learned, he would neve1'
have· had the courage to start, nor
'would he now be willing to go through
i1rnch an experience agai!P., All of which goes to show that,
\wl11le it is fitting to manifest a decent
:respect for what you do not know, it
'· iiB not well so to reverence your lgno/rance, as to· let it paralyze the motor
.;nerves of character and thus hinder
/YOU from walking straight into the
-/situation where you will speedily
those things that yo11 clicl11't
1 l~nrn
know, and also, If you have. the -i:lght
Eluff in yon, actJuire the ability to
handle them.
But woe be to the unfortunate that
doesn't know and plt1nge1;3, and then
is unable to assimilate the new
knowledge and apply It to the encl in
view,
NEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAKER,
.John Cowper Powys, M..(, of Camln·ldge University, England, is to talk
to us, next Sunday• evening, about the
"Social Message of the Mo<lern English 1Vriters," meaning Bernard Shaw,
H .. G. ·wells, Chesterton, and the rest.
An interesting toJJlc treated hy a brilliant and magnetic orator!
Robert A. Woods,
South End House, Boston,
, "During the past five years a very
marked change has taken place in the
spirit of th.e Greater Boston community, Our breadth of. mind has ceased
being merely a matter of trndltlon,
concerned with matters of relative Indifference.·
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"1Ve have learned to be tolerant in
present-day terms about living issues.
·we have found out that we ourselves,
for our day, had been In the same ,intolerant attitude toward the convictions of our contem])oraries as we
, condemn without question In the attitude of former generations. Now
the rights of debate are beginning to
be granted by a 11 honest people to all
honest peo[Jle, even with regard to
their uppermost Interests and their.
undermost ·conviction&.
"The Ford Hall meetings have been
one of the chief influences In bringing
about this truly humanizing result;
and the high qualities of the result
have their a])pro])riate soi1rce in the
Ford Hall leader. The free ])latform
of Ford Hall finds its true definition
in his emancipa led personality.
"Fo1;d Hall stands for the cretttlon
within the being of t•ach of us of an
inner free forum of the mind and
heart ,,. where our antagonists-whoever they may •be-shall have their
•chance wlt\1 us."
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this '· court(ryl ''£he
l1"rs· werel no~the provin.:.
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unleUered people 'whicli
our story, 1.writers ai~e
111ake .· out.' ;' rt · is"'.·stated
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Il lrno~ Urn/
of se~ capl1
li'/r~ti~~~ol
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law, I think there•
vnnlnge In Orrn111
hnnd, In the 11111111'
lty which IR porh
po1'lnnl, heen11Rn I
things In tho f11t11
great 11dvn11~11g11 11
havn no here1lltar
· hnvo no grPnl c-11~
offices nro 0111111 to
In lhlR wo lrnvr1 1
Inge over (Jnr11111n
IR tho matt.Pr of R•
I.hough It. cloeR nc
much, IH I hn OllC!
lo Hay, whleh 11cop
more lhnn nny <
great. fl'nlel'lllt,1· In
the fnnt. that moRI
1>0rlant 1111oplo 1111,
Havl •
, New
,ad put bu'
".1·tisemen~;
L,o. to the ·
· line.'' '!'
2,000 it~
and the I
ide of three!
111try iri V,
1 eel
"nia nnd IdI
Even I
1ilippines w
aud later o
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rl "Quaint
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artistic 1
Hlion of tl
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lie fares.
UIJ,000,000 . 1
111es into •
111er,
i:1s, the no
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always ii
l1eap of sa
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said h~
Hoil whicl
of organic
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,·1· treatm
Jar from I
for som
111.ling frui
1uLS, ete,
1·1,ss of
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Charles l\
uf the
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1ed plans
of trade.
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WISIL\lt'I'.
LID\'I PO\\'J~ns..
Rev. Alfred Wishart,
Minister, Fonnlaln Street Baptist
Church, Grand Haplcls, :Michigan.
"I desire to express my- congratulations to yon and the hope that this
movement will continue to he a 11ower
for social betterment and practical
Christianity not only in the clty or
Boston hut throughout the country.
Yon have conducted I.his movement In
a catholic, sympathetic and intelligent manner. I believe it has helped
to brlnt,; about a mutual understandIng between those classes of citizens
widely separated hy economic r:onditions and social theory."
John J, Sullivan.
"\Vhen we enter Ford Hall there
seems to dissolve like surface shadows those religious, social and class
inheritances that bind and hamper us
ln our outside relations. Divested of
these we meet simply as men and
women, children of a common parent,
as ntembers of the human family.
. . . Intercourse with these men
and women and with each other
breeds a knowledge of the fact that
the hope of our country, yes, of the
world, of which it ls a component
vart, lies In the extension of this
spil'it of inclusiveness that Ford Hall
stands for."
Rev. 0. P. Gifford, D.D.,
Brookline Baptist Church,
Brookline, Mass.
"Forcl Hall Is not only a measurer
of 111ovement.s; it is a creator of sentiment; it performs Its double mission
with fidelity and success. :May it always be dynamic, never static. Your
baby has now cut Hs Leeth; add meal
to the milk dl<.1t, 'May good digestion
wait on appelite and health on both.'"
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SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM GERMANY
AS
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NECESSARY
f'!EXT STEPS IN SOCIAL
LEGISLATION,
'l'hen thore h1, I
most l11111ort1111t U
01111.allt.y,
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ll0CC1Hf!lll'\' l'OIIIIC'!'I
(Address of Rev. Levi Powers of Haverhill at the Ford Hall Meeting) ·
March 16, 1913,
tc eq11ality lllHI II
lhnt I huve 111011
there Is n very
tlon, Yon 1·1111110
fore the lnw, ro1·
have thos11 vnRt 11
which yo11 hnvo
prbm Oght. In lhP
fair aH ln n ciaH<
$10,000 lawyer 1111
Whnt show 1111H
$1i00 lawyer?
jn the 111atl.<•r
nnd In tho Iner,
holng mnr\r. lo I
other dlrocllnns I
agnln l111R every
United 8tntefl, Tl
in Germany, 1 rl'I
slrnhle.
They .
dice. l\loreovPI', '
the high 110Hltlo11
country-wlwre
higher posll Ion t I
country. '!'hem
these things In 11
vantage. On thf'
a means or co1111
of clvlllzation-i
very good tests.
dnctlon of wenlt
money fa~lcr In
are anywhere el
lion of all waste-Germany leu<lf
lntellectuul elevi
I think German.
the
practical
through the <ml'
anrl order, Oern
Can you think 1
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Are there any necessary next steps
In social le1;islation? Is such legislat'on free to go wherever it wills to go?
I believe there are n~cessary steps. I
believe in the evolution of society. It
ls necessary fpr us to govern along a
predestined way.
I am a believer in
the economic Interpretation of history. The economic Ideas and Ideals
do not necessarily have a place in the
human conduct of Individuals and nations, but I believe the great movements of history are to be explained
by economic causes.
I believe that
tlrn1;e is no nation that ever does anything until it has to. Now we are
rnpidly approaching the time, it
seems to me, when we may take some
forward steps here in America. I do
not believe that any nation ·has the
advantage In everything over any
other nation. 'fhere Is something we
can learn from all nations. ·
Take the fundamental things and
make a slight comparison between
this country and Germany, There are
four equalities that are very desirable, four which the world ·has been
moving toward very slowly but nevertheless •very surely. (1) Equality be-·
fore the law.
We practically have
that now theoretically in all states of
this country. As a matter of fact, of
course, we do not have it In any country, and if J'Oll will be patient a moment I will lndlcate why. If we make
~ a comparison between Germany and
the United States In equality before
.wt(Tti;;r
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ESTIONS FROM GER'
TO
NECESSARY
HEPS IN SOCIAL
:GISLATION.
Rev. Levi Powers of Haile Ford Hall Meeting,
,rch 16, 1913,
111y ne<:essa!'y next steps
1slatlon? Is such leglsla" wherever it wills to go?
·c are necessary ·steps. I
, evolution of society. 1t
l'or us to govern along a
.ny,
I am a believer In
:-. interpretation of hls:onomic ideas and ideals
mrily have a place In the
<"l of imllvldua1s and nal1elleve the great movet Dry are lo be explained
l'anses.
I believe that
ation that ever does anyI has to, Now we are
rnachlng the time, it
when we may take some
s here in America. I do
Ihat any nation ·has the
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everything over any
'Phere is something we
,m an nations.
r11ndamental things and
;ht comparlsou between
and Ge!'many, 'rhere are
i,•s that are very deslrliich the world ·has been
nl very slowly but nevel'·
snrely, (1) Equality 'be1'.
We practically have
•oretically in all states of
. As a matter of fact, of
" not have it In any coun1·011 will he patient a moi 11diPale why, H we make
11 hetweeu
Germany: and
~la~ell In equality before
law, I think there is some slight advantage in German)',
On the other
hand, in the matter of political equality which is perhaps even more important, hecause l.t Is I.he .koy to all
things In the future, we 'have a very
great advantage in this country. Vi7e
have no hereditary ruling class. We
have no great caste system, All our
offices are open to a 11 our people and
In this we have a very great advantage over Germany, And then there
Is the matter of social equality which,
though it does not amount to very
much, ls the one possession, strange
to say, which people seem lo strive for
more than any other,
We have a
great fratemity in this country due to
the fact that most of our so-callecl important people have come up from the
rnnks.
'l'hen there Is, to my judgment, the
most Important thing of all, economic
equality,
As·, great a man as Mr.
James Bryce has said that there ls no
necessary connection between econom·
le equality and these other equalities
that I have mentlonecl, but I think
there Is a very fundamental connec•
tlon, You cannot have equality before lhe law, for instance, when yon
have these vast inequalities of wealth
which you have now.
There Is no
prize fight In the whole world so un·
fair as in a case where you have a
$10,000 lawyer UJJ against a $600 man,
What show has the man with the
$500 lawyer?
In the matter of economic equality
a nil ln the increasing effort that is
being macle t.o prevent inequality in
other directions l think that Germany
again has every advantage over the
United St.ates, There are many things
In Germany, I realize, that are not desirable,
They have religious prejudice, Moreover, women do not occupy
the high position that they do in this
country-where woman occupies a
higher position than any in any other
country, There are a good many of
these things in which we have the ad' vantage, On the other hand, take as
a means of comparison, the five tests
of civJllzation-and I think they are
very good tests, One is the rapid prodt.tlon of wealth, 'l'hey are making
money faster in Germany than they
are anywhere else.
In the elimination of all waste-human and material
-Germany leads the world,
In the
Intellectual elevation of their society,
I think Germany is ahead.
Also In
the practical enjoyment of
life
through the enforcement of' the law
order, Germany leads the world,
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these tests? Certainly they are desirable tests. Now there are three things
in part.lcnlar that' I am going to call
to your attention tonight, three steps
I helieve we must take In this country, where Germany leads not only
Amel'ica bnt all the rest of the world,
First, is in this regarcl: They know
over there what is the proper function
of the government. The government
there is cloing a great many things
that ls not being done In this country
and that a.great many people in this
country think it Is dangerous to do,
Germany is the only country where,
without any experimenting at all, the
people at once took over the telephone
and the telegrnph, Nearly every other
country in Europe experimented alon°·
awhile with private ownership, and
today practically all of them. with the
oxceptlon of· Spain, have haci to come
to government ownership,
In England, you know, the government
owned the telegraph a Jong while ago,
Only last summer they took over the
telephone,
Thist country of ours is
~pending a vast amount o·f money paymg people to lie about things,
You
have read In the papers that the gov~r111;1ent ownership of the telegraph
Ill England was a failure,
Well, that
was in part true, for it was competing
with the telephone. How about this
?otmt.ry? With the· ·western Union trymg· to crush It out, the telephone went
on for 25 years, Which was it that
won out In the end? It was the telephone that beat the telegraph, How
much better, if instead of the telegraph selling o,ut to the telephone the
government had taken them both over!
Then, take the n1atter of railroads.
I think that the railroads were first
taken over in Germany largely from
military necessity,
Possibly from
business necessity,
They were not
taken over by the nation as a whole.
Bismarck wanted to do it but the socialists would not Jet him, simply, r
think, because they thought Bismarck
was trying to get ahead of them and
rob t·hem of the credit for this move,
Probably he was, but neverthelesi;
he proposed some very good things
and for that reason the socialists themselves liave come to accept them, One
of them was· the national ownership of
the railroads, I believe that the railroads in Germany are better run when
you consider the welfare of ~11 tho
people, than anywhere else, First or
all, there is• greater safety,
You
would have to travel five times the distance between here. and the sun in
tJrder to get kllleu in a German railway accident.
(Applause,)
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ia·.'Jor,-Cape Cod.' Five
n-' New, York,· New Ha,
of; ford railr·oad put o·
·Ill i and
advertisemen~i.
;. words: "Go. to the
iL11 l<'all ,River 1h10. 11 '!
lie they .received 2,000 1
1:tl ~le' Cape,
and the
ltq 2,~00; Inside of thre
11~ ev,ery <country in
Ld cept_ Patagonia and I
•i·. some· inquiry,. Even.
er ini the· Philippines'
is fo;,mation ·and later
ll' Cqpe. I ' 'l'he liUle ra
u!' lei, 1 entitled "Quaint
11') is,) q . inost . artistic
:rl Ht! · suggestion of t
•11 of the Oap!J, which i
c:. e1: benefit to the p~
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II II value of the fares, j
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Over $100,000,000 ,
· mouey comes into· .I
e evepy summer,
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Dr Tho. mas, the
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'Jersey, who was at :,
• who had always i/
Cod as a heap of SE
' glowing terms of th
,yooJiand, form land J
I sce1iery. · He said hj
cleem any soil whict
per cerit of organic_
!H · per cent. of air
and proper treatm1
Cape was far from l
l.Jest. soil for i,om
crops · including frui
fall'a, peanuts, etc.·
The acldress of
given by Charles Iv,
president of the Sa
Df; l~ade; fcillo,ved by
who outlined plans !
Cod board of trade.
Live Charles ·L. Git'
iirst Barnstable dist I
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dev,elopment , · o
,John J,. l\Iorgan con
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,ubject. of what ad
Jo for the Cape; a
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lhe ca11,1! ·coinpan
\ istaR o!' possiuility
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lJnited Statcti you have only to travel
half the distance from the earth to
the s1111 to meet wilh a similar accitlC'nt.. There ls no duplication of roads
In Germany,
'l'here are no rebates
nncl no cliviclends have to be paid on
wal.ered stock. On tlrn whole the cle•
vetopment of· the roads have been
made to fit the neecls of the people
belt.er than in this country, Take the
[1·eight rates.
The freight rates in
Gerniany are one-third for the same
distance that they are in England. One
of lhe reasons for Germany\; great.
superiorit.y toclny in business ls due to
ch~ap freight transportation,
'I'hen take the 111atter of tariff for
1n1sseugers, 'l'hey have four different
kinds of classes nnd three different.
kinds of speecl and you pay according
to what you want. There Is nobody
who cannot travel first class in Germany if he wants to pay for it-and
they do not have Jim Crow cars In
Germany, Uncler the fourth class
rates in Germany-of two-thirds of one :
penny a mile-a man can conie In and
I.alee' pretty near all his householcl
goods with him. Practically 60 per
cent. of all the people in Germany
t1'a vel fourth clnss, for 7'.ic a mile, I
helieve that I.he state-owned roads in
Prussia al·e today the best managed
roacls in the world, 'l'o be sure, they
do not run them entirely for the benefit of the people. They have a great
amount of taxes to pay in Germany
and they get $1G0,000,000 of it through
the railroads. But even so is it not
better to have $1G0,000,000 a year to
lower your taxes than have all this
profit. go intc, 11rivate hands? By owning the railroads the government has
also been able to develop canals, something which, as you have di'sc9vered,
we are not able to have in this country, If we had canals to correspond
with those of Germany we should have
thirty waterways stretching from t.he
Atlantic lo the Paciflc, On account of
the low freight rates which the German business men get because of these
canals, the German pee11le save $150,000,000 a year. Isn't that some advantage to somebody? '\Ve can never develop our waler-transvortation, which
is thp, cheapest transportation, so long
'1S our railroads are in private hands
'l'o be sure, we have had a ,vonderfully rapid development of our country
for this very reason.
There was this
immense country of ours, a large
amount of vacant land, which had to
be developed rJtilckJ~, and the men who
owned the land could not wait. ancl the
only way in which It could be developed
quickly was by offering large Induce•
ments to private capital to do It. We ,
did th.at and railroads developed very
quickly .nnd made an immense amount
of millionaires, vVas It all necessary'?
I ·Hometimes doubt whether it was
worth l11e price considering what we
pnid back. '\.\' e ga-ve these railroads
more lnncl in order to induce them to
illllld. In adclltion to that they paid no
taxes for twenty 01· thirty years, and
In addition to that they killed· 40,000
or 50,000 peo11le every year, for which
they gave no compensation, Thus we
had a wonderful development in our
railroacf in.this country. Ent we poi.cl:
for it. 'l'he ·railroad question ls settled In Germany, ls tl\e i'ailroad question set.tied in i\meric!l? Is it settled
In New J<Jngland today? I do not think
it is necessary for me to answer that
question. l~urthermore, it will not be
sett.led as long as you leave this public
function under private control. (Applause.)
Again, as yon know, in Germany
thE•re is a vast amount of public land
which is tlevot.ecl to forests and from
which the people derive a large revenue.
'vVe hav~ a billion -acres of public
land; it costs· us $3,000,000 to administer it. We get back 1½ million. i;Ve
are impfoving, Sti]J the contrast, Jt
seems to me, is rather striking between Germany and the Un!tecl States,
Again, as you know, they have ha1!
the parcel post in Germany for a long
while. W'e had a very great. struggle
to get it here. Even the very wellmea ning, intelligent people thought it
was a dangerous thing for the go·vernment to clo. At any rate, the government Is paying 60 or 70 millions a
year more for having this business
done for· them than the express companies pay for having their business
do'ne. vVhen our government owns the
railroads we can make a better comvarison, In Germany the government
goes aronnd and collects parcels as
well as delivering them. In fact., the
government in Germany ls doing a
vast number of things to accommodate
the people that we have not yet even
begun to t hlnk of,
Coal mines are owned liy the different states,· 'I wonder why we can be
so stupid that we permit this absolutely necessary fact iii human society
to lie monopolized by a few people? I
think we are coming to see the neecl
of state-owned coal mines. Even more
imperative is government ownership
of wat.er power. In Germany they have
taken the control of' that in a way
that will conserve this power which
God has put under the sun for all the
11eovJe, Again, in Germany they have
developed labor exchanges all over the
country so that a great waste of hu-
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i111es doubt whether it was
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n atl<lition to that they paid no
1· I wenty 01· thirty years, ancl ,
011 to that they klllecl 40,000
people P-very year,. for which
,. no com1iensatio.n, Thus we
01Hlerful development in om
in this country. Bnt we paicZJ'l1e railroad question is set•l'nrnny, Is the railroad ques, d in Am eden? Is it settled
11gland today? I do not think
•><sary for me to answer that
l1
'urthermore, it will not be
long as you leave this public
111ulc1 p!'ivnt~ control. (Av:1,; yon know, in Germany
nrnt amount of public Janel
il,•votecl to forests and from
, people derive a large rev,. a billion acres of public
o,;ts us $3,000,000 to .admin\'e get back 1 ½ million, We
1 ing.
Still the contrast, it
111e, is rather striking be11nny ancl the United States,
yon know, they have lrntl
post in Germany for a long
, had a very great struggle
l1ere, Elven the very well11t elligen t people thought it
,gerous thing for the go\,.
1l0. At any rate, the govpaying GO or 70 millions a,
for ha vh1g this business
1um than the expreHs comfor lrnvlng their business
•11 our government owns the
l' can make a better comUermany the government
ii and. collects parcels as
\'ering them, In fact, the
in Uermany is doing a
· of things to accommodate
l1at we have not yet even
11k of.
,; are owned by the cliffer1 wonder why we can be
1u t we permit this abso;:1 t·y fact in human society
1ilized by a few people? I
• coming to see the need
•d coal mines, Elven more
s government ownership
vr, In Germany they have
n1trol of that in a way
11,;erve this power which
111Hler the sun for all the
111, in Germany they have
,01· exchanges all over the
l,at a great waste of Im-
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could think of. v\1hat are the results?
find work is saved,
From 1878 to 1908 the population of
What is true of the state and the na- Germany increased by 19,000,000; nev' tion Is also true of the cities. Nat- ertheless in J 908 with 19,000,000 more
ural mouopolies are pretty largely people there were actually 32,000 less
owned by the cities in Germany, Ger- deaths, I clo not know of any other
man cities are the finest in the world.
nation that has a record to compare
Why? That is the important question.
with that. Tlrnt is one of the thing-.,
I think that the chief explanation is that keeps the Germans at home, The
this. 'l'hey have a . good deal more Germans are not going away from
money to spend than we have. For their country in these days in any
this reason. They own a great many g1-eat numbers, The human factor is
productive enterprises-such as the the greatest factor in the prosperity
street railway, electrlp light and gas of any nation. That it pays to be
light-65 per cent. of all municipal good, it pays to be clecent and that
monopolies are owned by the munici- the nation that takes the best care of
palitie·s themselves, In this cpuntry its men and women ls the nation that
only about 3 to 5 per cent.
prospers most in the mere dollars and
In F1·ankfort where ,they have their cents is perfectly clear, (Avplause,)
own electric llght plant, the c'ty Isn't it. funny that that very simple
made $700,000 last year out of it.
thing should not be seen more readily?
I do not think that was a good
The working population in Germany Is
thing to do,, Service should have been insured against practically everything,
given to the people at pretty nearly 'l'hey have three special insurances
cost.. But isn't it better to have $700,- against -sickness; this was the first
000 with which to make the city bet- 1rind or insurance that went into et'ter - better streets, . better school fect ln Germany. 'I'hey said it is bethouses and the like than to have it ter to keep people well ·so that they
go to a few Individuals who would
can earn money than to try and cure
build yachts for their own selfish plea- them after they are sick, So 30 years
sure? Consider what you have to pay ago they began to insure against sick/or,· You have the Elevated Road here ness. This is very important. It is
in Boston. I was reaqing the other very difficult for an individual to proday an article wl1ich stated that they
vide for himself when lll. I suppose
had 70 lawyers on their payroll at an there are four people insured against
average pay of $5,000. Reckon that a pauper's funeral to one that ls inup.
$360,000.
vVhat are the-se law- sured against ·sickness. But I am so
yers doing?
They are seeing that sure that they will take care of this
nothing is done against the railroad.
body of mine without any wony to
• (Applause and laughter.) We know
me that I do not care much about inhow well they control the newspapers,
surance against pauper burial. I
Very few things get in tliere that they should like to be insured against sickdo not want printed. Again, in Ger- ness. Not over one-third of the wagemany there Is nothing that a German
earners in · thb count1·y are insured
city cannot do, Every time you want against sickness. In Ge1;many tl1ere
to build a school house here you have were ·4,000,000 people insured against
to go to the legislature, In Germany sickness out of a possible 13,000,000
the cities do just as they feel they wage-earners. Of that 4,000,000 250,ought to do and want to do. Many 000 conic! not keep up their payments,
German cities own two or three times 'l'hey got sick and they could not pay
as much Janel as they have built upon,
!heir insurance and their insurance
It is unconstitutional in Massachulapsed, So ·there were seen to he
setts for a city to own any land, Don't 250,000 sick every year among those
you think it is time we went down to who were struggling to insure themthe legislature and changed that selves against ·sickness, No poor man
thing41!' How else are we going to im- can afford to be sick here in America,
prove housing conditions? These are and the result is that people keep on
some of the things, it seems to me, working when they ought not to work,
that are necessary steps if we are A man gets all run down and what
going to live together as we ought to else Is there that can cure him than
live.
this;. Goad food, good all', good nourAnother thing, one of the most lm- · ishment. Food, rest and air all cost
portant things that Germany has done
money. If you were a doctor and a
Is in the matter of social insurance, man should come to you with conGermany leads the world in this re- sumption, what would you say to him?
gard, About 30 years ago· they began You would say: You have got to die,
their plan of insuring against nearly I /do not know what else you could
every· possible contingency that you say, In Germany· every working man
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is insured against sickness. He pays
rather a dangerous thing to put into
iew York,· New Hav
two-thirds of it himself and the emthe hands of a person a big sum
u1·d 'raikoad put bu'
ployer Jmys the other one-third. Here
which would not be well used. So in
is a ra'ther curious thing, ·when there
Gem1any it comes along as they need
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adverLisement;, :,
was a revision of this rnte a\Joul a
it. In the case of death from an accivords: "Go,
th~
year ago, the goveniment proposed
dent or from sickness lhis is whal;
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that the employer should 1my one-haH happens. 'l'his went into effect in Ger,hey ,received, 2,000 hi
and working man one-half and the somany last year. The widow in ,every
1J1e · Cape, and the ,
cialist party opposed that. 'l'hey case gets a 11ell'sion until death or rewanted ·to keep lt just as it is, the
marriage o1 about' two-thirds of the
:,500; ·' Inside of three
working people paying two-thirds. earning capacity of her husband. I(
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Proba~ly they had sense to ·see that
t'Ppt, Patagonia and le
the working people pay for it any- · also provided [Jf. ln Massachusetts
~ome ·inquiry,, Even
how, and they wanted to have them
they are wondering whether it ls wise
in; the Philippines' w
get the credit. (Applause.) It costs to have widows' pensions. There is a
about ·10 cents a week for the average
group of ladies who are running the
t'o~mation 'and later o
worker to be insured. What are the Associated Charities of Uoston who are
Cape, '.' , The little rai
benefits? First of all they have free
anxious that these widows should not
I Pi,: entitled "Quaint
medicine and free doctors for life. be pau11erlzed. They are living upon
is,: 4 ·· rnosL artistfo
lhe incomes of money that has been
'rhey have one-half pay in case they
Jul · suggestion of tt
are sick. They have treatment in given to them, nevert\1eless they are
sanitariums and hospitals. They have
very anxious that these women who
uf the Oape, which is
have children should not be pauper900 places where peo11le can be sent
l'l'. benefit to the pe
for rest. 'rhere is the maternity bene- ized. In Germany they have come to
lhe · l'ailroad, who on
fit. Germany is the only country that see that the men who produce the
i rnlue of the fares,
·
·sees to It that woman has a pro1>er wealth of the country ·have earned
Over $100,000,000 .
chance for life and that the "baby gets insurance by produping that wealth,
insurance is given not as charity but
a · proper chance for life when a II ttle
money comes _into
one is expected. The woman remains as justice, I want to add that in my
uvepy summer.
judgment this is the only sane thing
in the hospital from two weeks before
Dr 'l'homas, the not
to do,
unlll six weeks after the ba\Jy ls born.
ogist, of New 1/;ealan
Then there is the funeral benefit;
Here is a mother left with three or
, Je1·sey, who was at t
and, In adition to that, t)1e family
four children-let us take 3, real case
, who had always i
that I came across a year or so ago, I
benellt to cover the expenses of even
member of the family. All this is the found that this woman had been left
I Uod as a heap of sa
result of this sickness insmance. The 8even years befoi·e, with four children.
! glowing terms of th
doctors In the countries that have this She had struggled for seven years
i ,".oodland, farm land I
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social insurance nre enlisted on the working in shoe shops, until she. had
i scenery. He sa.id he
side of health. 'I/Ve use om' doctors been all worn out. She was almost
, deem any soil which
rp,ther hadly, I think, We graduate gone. It was necessary to ·s.end her
a very large number of doctors to a hospital. One of the daughters
:.I per cent of organic
got into trouble and had to marrr.
and then we send them into the world,
91 per cent. of air
saying, "Find some sick people and A boy had become a delinquent · in
and proper treatme
get them well or go hungry," Natur- · school. A judge of our city told me,
Uape was far from I
ally, they have to find some sick about that time, that he had to send
JJest soil for ~ome
people, For Urn 2G years ending in l l times as many boys to the House of
Correction in the city of Lawrence
1910, 92,000,000 cases of sickness were
crops · including fruit,
cared for in this ·soclal way in Ger- on account of the death of their pafalfa, pea1ruts, etc.·
many at an expense of $1,110,000,000. renls as he had from all the rest of
'l'he address of
It has been one of lhe cheapest things the conununil.y. The whole thing Is
~ given by Charles M,
this. The mother ls in the shop and
that Germany has ever done.
'i president, of .the Sm
Then, there is the accjdent insur- the children are in the street and the
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of, l;;_•ade, f'ollowcd 1,y'
ance in Germany. This is all paid by inevitable happens. Wouldn't It be
'the e'tnployer, And why not? Why inuch better to pension mothers and
~ who ou~lined plans
should not this expense be pnid by let tl;1em stay at home and take care
v · Cod board of trade. ·
1' Live Charles ·L. Giff
the em11Joyer? When machinery is of their children? It would b.e not
scrapped the em11loyer pays for it. · only more humane to the mothers but
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l'irst BamstalJ!e distr
When he scraps the human factor why more j1,1st to the state. (Applause.)
the development , · of
Again, ·in. Germany, they have the
should he not pay for it? I do not
see any reason why not. It is added old age pension. It ls a little different
,r John J, . l\lorgan cont
to the cost of production .. 'l'he pen- than what it is In England. In Engsubject of what, adv
ti
sion is two-thirds the earning capacity land a person at 70 reeelved a gift of
do for the Cape; an
of the man who is insured against $1.12 from the state. He pays nothit ,J. W. Miller, ,'vice
accident as long as the injury remains. ing himself. In Germany each person
who expects an old age pension must
In some cases his full earning capacity
;'; the CHIU:tl ccin1pany,
contribute, according to the wage he
ls covered. 'rhe pension comes as a
vislnR ol' possiJJility f
uension and in a limited 'SUJn. That is receives. Consequently, the pension
id : tte, was graphic, · f
enables him to continue to live In the
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· a dangerous thing to put into
1:111ds of a person a big sum
would not be well used. So in
111y it comes along as they nee<l
1 l he case of death from an accior from sickness this Is whal.
11s,
'l'his went into effect in Gerlast year, 'l'he widow In every
;ds a pe1rnion until" death or re:1ge of about two-thii'ds of the
1g capacity of her husband. If
are any children each child is
>ro\,!ded for, In Massachusetts
ire wondering whether it is wise
:r, widows' pensions, There Is a
of ladies who are running the
iated Charities of Boston who are
1s that these widows should not
11perlzed, Tliey are living upon
1<·omes of money that has been
to them, nevertheless they are
anxious that these women who
children should not be pauper1n Germany they have come to
liat lhe men who produce the
:1 of the country have earned
111ce by producing that wealth.
rnce is given not as chatlty but'·
;tice, l want to add· that in my.
tL,nt thhi is the only sane thing
tc is a mother left with three or
:hildren-let us take a real case
came across a year or so ago, I
that this wo111an had been left
years betore, with four children.
i1ad struggled for seven years
11g in shoe shops, until she had
all worn out, She was almost
It was necessary to ·send lle_r
l1ospital. One of the daughters
1to trouble and had to marry,
1· had become a delinquent in
I. A judge .of our city told me,
that time, that he had to send
1es as many boys to the House of
.:tion In the city of Lawrence
1·.ount of the death of their paas he had from all the rest of
D111munity, The whole thing Is
The mother is in the shop and
lildren are in the street and the
allle hapvens, ·wouldn't it be
l1etter lo pension mothers and
em slay at home and take care
di· children? It would be not
nore humane to the mothers but
.inst to the state. (Applause,)
in,· in Germany, they have the
e pension, It Is a little different
what it is in England. In Eng1 person at 70 reueived a gift Of
from the state. He pays noth111self. In Germany each person
•xpects an old age pension must
!Hite, according lo the wage he
PS,
Consequently, the pension
eB him to continue to live In the
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manner to which he· has been aGcustomed, The American theory is pretty
good-that you pay a man enough
wages so that he can save something
and when he gets old he will take ca·re
of himseU, But -it does not worh:,
It is proven that the best cl tizen
is not· necessarily the man who
scrim11s and starves his family In
order that he may lie provided for In
his old age. The hest citizen may be
the man who ·spends every clollai' in
seeing that his childre1i are properly
cared for, · In Germany 2,000,000 people have come In for $95,000,000 since
this old age pension went into effect,
'l'he cost of Germa1iy's whole' system
that I have been · talking about, sick
benefits for everybody, old age pensions for widows and children, all
these benefits, including old age pensions, cqsts only one-third more than
we are Jiayiug to our vetreans of the
civil war.
'Now, there is another thing that we
ought to learn from Germany-obedience to law,
Germany has been a
military nation and the first words
you want to, learn if you are going to
Germany are Es ist verboten: It is
forbidden, Some one has figured out
that there are more. things prohibited
·in Germany than there are permitted,
(Laughter,)
The Germans have a
great deal of respect for law and order, Also in Germany the children
are taught to obey in the home. Some:,
one has said that in Germany the
father is the head• of the house, in
· Ei1gland the oldest'son is at the head
of the. house, in l<'rance the 'Yife is
the head of the house and in America
-the oldest daughter. (Laughter.) The
word obedience that is taught In the
home is further taught in the school,
and when the scliool is through the
urmy takes It up; and by the time
that the army has gotten through with
the German young man he kriows perfectly the familiar words Es ist verboten, '\;\/hen a German sees that a
thing is forbidden· he knows it is forbidden. When an American sees it
he does not believe it. He goes in
and tests it out. He finds it is forbidden in Germany,
In Germany there are five kinds of
police to prevent fire,
We had an explosioh three years
ago, 'l'hey were transporting some
dynamite and blew it u11, causing a
great deal of damage, 'l'hey got five
commissions at work trying to find
out how It happened. It seems to me
that having five kinds of police to
vrevent its hap11ening· is rather better'
than our way of trying so hard to dis•
covet· afterwards why it happenefl.
There is a great deal in tl1e difference
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of point of view. Every nation wants
liberty. I sup11ose every nation thinks
it has it, Some thinlc the Germans
have not any liberty, England thinks
that. The American's idea of liberly
is his right to sticlchls 'umbrella into
peoples' ribs; the German's iclea . of
liberty is his right to keep his ribs
intact.. Laws have been in force so
long in Germany that it seems lo b.e
~ habit to obey, I Laugllt school once
in a German comnrnnity, All my boys
and girlR Wflre German boys and girls.
For the whole winter those GO German
boys and girls gave me less trouble In
the way of discipline than ten fine
Christi~n Yankees have given me in
one hour of Sunday School, (AJ>plause,) The reason is this, 'l'hese
German boys and girls knew that if
they got punished in school they would
get punished again when they got
home. 'l'he parents would lmck up the
teacher's auH10rlty, In a school in New
.Jersey, not long ago, one of the boys
was disciplined and the mother sent
word that, as soon as she had time
s'11e was coming down to the school to
knock the slats out of that teacher.
Back up your teachers and make It
easier for them to maintain discipline.
(Applause,)
When you go to a German hotel, the
waiter brings you a card upon ,which
are these questions: Who are you?
'\V'1lere do you come from? What Is
your character?
The last question
means: what Is the character of your •
business here? That card is sent out
to police headquarters.
Afterwards,
you may be a stranger but you are
known In Germany,
If you have a
friend in Germany in any city you
can fincl out exactly what he is doing
by telegraphing the police.
They
Jr'now what ·he Is doing,
A Gennan
physician, whom I met, told me th!~
story,
He was studying in Berlin
and he wanted to go to Leipsig, He
started off very hastily; said nothing
to his lanr!lady and was gone three
days, and when he came back he apol-.
ogized to the landlady and said: "I
am very sorry that I gave you so much
trouble," She said: "No trouble at
ali. When I saw you did not come
·home the next morning I sent to the
police headquarters and they told me
wbere you were,"
'!'here Is another thing. They have
300 murderers, a year in Germany and
they probably punish 287 of them. We
have 8000 and we punish 300 of them.
'l'here are probably more people arrested in Germany in vroportlon to
the JJOJJUlatlon t:han any other country, Why? Because there are more
'laws lo be broken. It is a crime in
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A.. No, I would not recommend the
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cigar on the street. It Is a crime to German system. Bnt I would he glad
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representn-! -~ew .', Y,~rk, New Hav
I.ear up your letters and throw them for 'the sake of a youth's physical, de11s boards otl lord, railroad_ put ou
on the streets In Germany, There are velopment to see In America one year
hundreds of crimes of that sort In at least of compulsory military ser·
:i 11izutious 'fi•oJi1\ .Ul.ld'. · a4~e;t1se~_envl
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·Germany and they are all In the In- vice-or nine months, such as they
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terests of decency and ordel'.
The have In Denmark.
ii to ,the Keith _l• all ,River !me.
large proportion ~f arrests, Instead ot
Q. Doesn't the working mun of
I y !Jfiarde<l the tll~Y .r.eceived · 2,000 h
proving t-lrnt Germans are the most Germany pay the military taxes and
luwid the cana\ \l1e' . Uape,. and the
criminal people in the wo.rld proves, war taxes and, if so, Is It not a great
in my judgment, that they are the drain on his eamlngs?
as/i_·a1· as thj 2,~o-O; ._,111s1tle of, ~hre~
most civilized.
A, The laboring man pays for al·k./over the en ev,ery .... country m ij
'l'here are three · things which are most everything everywhere.
·
d,;led CUll(li. t' cept Patagonia and Id
the necessary next steps and they all
Q. Doesn't the speaker think that
I lie breakwate/!, ~01:ne' h1qui~?·. _Eve1;1 .
come out of this one -fact: consldent- Ii the railroads .were owned by the
a11ul is 80 P~f:-1_11/ the_ Pl~1hppmes·
tlon for the other man. ( Applause.)
govemment In this country politics
EJqual justice for all.. What we have
would so enter In as to make them
t.110 dredger
1~;,n~a ~t~n and_ later
got to learn in this' countrJ; is that, less efficient than. they are now?
uudred to foul U~p.e . . ·: rhe IIU!e ra
God made Bill, too. I do not know
A. You •have grasped the one great
cub.le yards.. oJ_!el;, -~(.1titled. "Qt~ai~1t
whether yon have heard this story or fear of a great many people. Undoubl·
way is bemg· _is,~!\ · most artistic•
not. A little boy had been brought In edly there Is danger in that as long
of U00 lineal 1'ul ' suggestion of t
to a Sunday school and after a while as we have not learned tci do our publich means ten of the Oape, which i
he came again, bringing B!ll in with lic business In a business way. · But
him. 'I'he teacher hegan going ove1· the railroads a.re In politics now, They
,~ of dredging; er. benefit to the p
the previous lesson ancl asked, "Who are more In politics riow than they
u idle winte 1 the· railroad, who o
;
made you?"
He answere'd, "God." could possibly be If they were ownen
, the canal will v,alue of the fares.
"And what else did He make?" The by the government.
i"ear from · this
Over $100,000,000 ,
boy dldn't seem to know and for a
Q. Are the reforms referretl. to lD
· :1'1 money
comes 'into •
long while he hesitated.
'l'hen his any large measure due to the activity
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eye chanced to fall on •Bill and he of the German wo1han, aiicl do the
ad en,ioyed the/· eve_ry, ~ummer.
srdcl, "I guess He made Bill, too." 1Ve women hold any large. positions In
rip they were: l_)r lhomus, t!1e no
must every one of UR learn that les- m unic!pal affairs?
liigh platfo.rm'_jl og1st,. of New 1/;eala
son thoroughly and soon.
A, · I think there are •only one or
rial from the, Jersey, who was a_t
two cities where women hold office.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
The German woman ls supposed to be
clambake' was, who had always · i
Q. Is there any alarm · .it the Indevoted to church, !dds and cooking.
I'd exceli'ence ·l Uoc\ as a heap of s i
crease In Germany's taxation?
But the German women are waking up
,~rs, clams anct! glowing te~'mS of LI)
A, I think that the business men and all the universities are now open
·ilicism. 'l'hen\ w:oodlaud, i~r1.n !and~
of Ger'many are quite well agreed that to German women.
Cod board sc(lnery. He . sa_1d ,h
there ls no handicap to business In the
Q. Is there child labor in Ger0
,'
Increased taxation which comes from many?
for a mental deem apy s_o1I wlu_cl
these schemes.
..,t.t
A. Yes, I think there is.
I think
!tad its origin I
cent o1 organ.IC
Q. Can you give a few details In rethere are about 3000 Germans under
1nember of the! I.Ji· per ceut. of au·
gard to the parcel post system In Ger- 14 years of age working.
Compare
·. I and proper treatm_
many?
.
that with other countries.
l'ade.
f
Cupe was fur rom 1
A. I suppose that everyone knows
Q. Can you get a divorce In Ge.rs called i>rac- best soil · for i,om
111 Germany there ls · practlca:lly no many as quickly as you can In this
Lhe best way crop~ · including fruj
lln1it of what they carry as parcel country?
·
A. I do not belleve you can do any•
post. I cannot g! ve you the details of
ing the Cape i'µ,lfa, pea1iuts, etc.
expense, etc. They go around and col• thing In Germany as quickly· as you
t unifying the .. 'l'he address . of
lect the bundles for you. There is al- can In this country,
hamlets inio given by Charles
Q. A few years 'ago attention was
most no limit In the size of the packrnr~d at large president . of. ,the . Sa
called to the fact that a great many
ages.
r, the . unique pf 1:;;,ade, follo,veu 'J.iy
German boys between the ages of 12
Q. What political party in GerCod and its who_ outlined plans
man:v, was most active In Introducing and 14 were committing suicide, Is
these reforms and why did the three It not possible that the enforced mlll!tore pl'operty Uod boa.rd of trade.
conservative parties oppose equal suf- . tary service In Germany was responii !alms and I tive Charles 'L, Git'
slbie for this?
·
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frage?
tich there are I first· BarustalJle dist .
A. It ls possible but ther·e ls, also,
A, ·well, so far as I can learn most
It tow:1 alone. ' the de'lelopment,: o
'I'here
of these reforms were begun by Bls- another possible explanation.
, nlso ignorant i John J, . l\loi•gau con
nrnrck, probably in order that •he are more suicides In Germany In proportion to the population than any
might head off socialism. ·
resburc~s of , subject of what ad
Q, 1''ould the speaker recomment1 •other country. IQne In every 27 of the
o apple. a nd do for' the Cape; a1
the German system of conscription fol' population of Leipzig who die, die by
years ago at i J W Miller h''vice
self-murder.
'this country?
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: Hav/ng, been absent from Forq Hall news columns and both before and
'two tjllccessive Sunday ev!ijj,lngs, I after the meeting.
'feel it' incumbent upon me to demonOn a week-day night in Glen Ridge,
! st rate ,that I made good use of the New Jersey, on my way home from
time elsewhere in the interest of our Cleveland, I had a very attentive audi.work,
ence in the Congregational Church,
I I fou.nd the Calvary Presbyterian and they expressed the wish that they
, Church in Buffalo ( located· in the mlg,ht inaugurate a similar meeting in
· down-town district) eager to learn all their town, which ls made up almost
about how ,ve· dq it at Ford Hall. The entirely of families whose heads go to
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'pastor, Rev. John W. Ross, had been New York every clay lor business.
', trying fc:ir a year to get me to speak
Suppose there were a chain of Ford
': to his people about our work, · I spent Hall meetings running through a ya, one whole evening with him and a rlety of cities. Stranger things might
; group of his leading men and on Sun-: happen. Everywhere the story of our
day evening occupied his pulpit, They work is told, the response Is immedidecided at once to plan for a series of ate •and intense. Already there are a
Ford Hafl meetings In their church · number of meetings like ours.
They
I during all the Sunday evenings of may not use our name nor <lo every; April and If the meetings are success- thing just as we do it, but they are
ful, they will run them all next win- animated by the same purpose and that
: ter.
I That same Sunday morning in Buf•
j falo, I was called out of the congregai tion at the Delaware Avenue Baptist
, Church to talk to the Men's Bible
; Class about the Ford Hall meetings.
NEXT SUNDAY'S PROGRAM.
Another surprise was to find bhat Mr.
John Howle, the proprietor of the
In the first place, no meeting qf the
Hotel Touraine, whose guest I was,
but had never met before, was an en- Ford Hall Folks as originally planned.
thusiastic admirer of the Ford Hall That will come April 13 instead-'-in
nieetings and the Sagamore Sociologi- Kingsley Hall at 3.30 as usual.
But next Sunday evening, In Ford
cal Conference.
It was through Mr.
Howie that I had the privilege of Hall, Dr. Colin A. Scott of the Boston
meeting, In Cleveland, Mr: Peter Witt, Normal School will lead a Conference
the City Railroad Commissioner afld on Social Education, his own topic
friend and co-worker of the late Tom being "Training for Leadership." NoJohnson, Mr. Witt has a strong per- where would It be easier than at Ford
sonality and is a most forceful speak- Hall to demonstrate . that In every
er, I got his promise to speak for us community and in .every social group
next winter.
there are Individuals, many. of them,
At Pittsfield, Mass., last Sunday whom Nature meant to be leaders.
afternoon, In the Y. M. C, A. building, Prof, Barnes,· you remember, declared
. six or seven hundred men, Including that the Garfields and the Lincolns
the mayor of the city, an ardent Ro- are not necessarily rare and he .further
, man Catholic, listened for an hour pointed out that he always looks eager: with the most eager interest to the ly in a crowd of recent lmmlg1•ants ,for
:; story of what we are doing at Ford those having the signs of leadership.
.' Hall, and then they questioned me MIRs Lotta A. Clark, Director of the
, keenly just as we question our speak- 1915 Pageant, and :Miss Mary .Mulry of
I ers. They wanted to know If a town South Framingham, wlll contribute,
, the size of Pittsfield could maintain a · also, to the ve1·y Interesting topic of
meeting like ours and I told them not tho evening and tell us how we, may
only that it could but that it ought to, all help to malce our community life
' 'Jlhe newspapers of the city were most more beautlftil and more co-operative.
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,n for the Inst llve years h~· 1lte Bnp:
,ignecl to furnish u JJIU('e w!Jere, tmder
11nrchlsls, soeinlists, single tuxers, iI
l'rotestnuts, JewA nnrl CntholiN! exr
·11ing pul.Jlic issues relutlng to soelnl i
•nt. We wish tlrnt nli who, like Dr. ;
PlllOllt 'l'emJ)le, lltt ye clenom1eed thes(
111estloned their n1lne 11riY11tel~·, wouli
o \Yhich expression was (.(I Yell n t the
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l1ose l1ehnlf these meetit1!{fl were i11n1i
ll1e good reee!Yecl. 'l'hcse "J 1'onl Hall
111selyes, chose n comnllttee to ex111·es,
; in tlie lllO\'elllent. Here nrp ROllle of
1J-11osslblr a little grnntliloqnentlr n!
111st sincerity: "'l'hro11gh nrnl l1r tllci:
''1 ,lemlicl exposition of ii- true religioufl
1 sectnrinn bins nml nflllintions, n rncl
inclus!Yencss thut lgnoreR nil rnl'inL'
d~ious urnl llistinctious. , , , Kor cou
1l'cl, im;trndetl, lnl4J~irec1 hr · tJ)e Hpe
11 us from yenr to ~-en!'!
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n Jmrning desire to liYe grnmlly t'o
,tio11 of Individual Attendants
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. NORMAN HAl'OOOU,
Norman Hapgood,
New York.
, "Perhaps the greatest problem of democracy Is to bring Into the lives of
the working majority as fine a spiritual and Intellectual element as can
be had by what are now the more
favored classes.
Towa1,t1 this great
end your work at Ford Hall -is contributing nobly."
I~N\', NICHOLAS YAN I>EU l'YL,
company of his fellows that real progress Is made,
"I wish the Ford Hall meetlng!l
continued success and that they
should have the good fortune to retain your Invaluable leadership tor
many years to come. I count them as
_not the least of the many ways In
which you are doing valuable service
for the city and the country,"
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1e corvomte exprei,sions of gmtitnd1
Jnll Folk" gu ye Yoice 011 their reeeut ,
,,1n·esslons on the ])Hl't of m1111~· iucliYl
well wo.r!h quoting. Let it JIOt he fol
MR. and MRS. COLEMAN are to SOME LESSONS FROM RECENT INbe nt home at 177 West Brookline
DUSTRIAL OUTBREA,KS.
,111 men nml women with such Rignltlc111
street, Monday and Tuesday evenings,
ufmun, i\Inrgolis, Ilolskr, HnlliYnn,
April 14 and 15, from 7 to 10, 'and will
(Address .of Rev. Nicholas Yan Der
;·s n sulrnrbuuite: "I um oue of those
be very glad to welcome any of the
Pyl of Maverhlll at the Ford Hall
:~ cnme iuto existence looke!l upon ~11"
Ford Hall friends wlio desire to have
Meeting, March 23, 1913,)
a looJc at the Birthday Book.
I. drenriest nucl gloomiest of cln~·s, lit
I . ~onsider this Invitation to ~peak
ill llnylng these meetingK conHunccl,
to the men and women who assemble
Edward A, Fllene,
·1:1y now ns the best cln~· In the week.
"It seems to me that these meetings every Sunday night at Ford Hall as
1rnnme intUcntcs nu Irish origin: "iYt
are filling a great need In our city- one of the most honorable opportuni('l'C seems to clissolYe like surface sh
such a need as Is met in New York _tles which has been offered to me. . I
in I nucl clnss iuherltnnccs tllnt hind :
· by the Cooper Union. In a way this have been here on a number of occa•
same need ls met here in Boston by slons and I was naturally Impressed,
I ~ide relations, DiYestecl of these w
the dity Club, but the Influence o! as everybody Is Impressed who comes
1Hl women, children of n commou pnr!
Into this hall on Sunday night, at
that organization ,1s limited to the
,11111nn family," A womnu tfoclnres: i
men who have time for club life, hearing the freedom of utterance and
To
~ results in counection with the Ford
while the man who has only Sundays the frankness of the que.sticining,
and a small wage ls left to think his note how ·the problems of. our modern
1ueltlng uwny of rndnl 1n•e.incllce, mo'
life are being faced here In Ford Hall
own way out of his difficulties.
and Ueutile. 'l'he Oenlile In the
"Here in Ford Hall on Sunday even- ls one of the most refreshing experi!'Ye-opener with rel-(nl'cl lo his hrothq
ings there Is· the opportunity 'tlch ences that one may have. With most
11;irc1 Hnrris, ·wise, Hdrnlmun nucl !J'I
the members of the City Club ave • bodies of people, whether It be the
11 plnlt'orm light IJegimi to tlnwn 111)~
found so valuable-the opportunity to labor union or the manufacturers' assoclntlon, one feels a certain llmlta•
meet the man who may disagree wl-th
11rs from the theuloglcnl .se111lnnrif.'R,
tlon, one feels that he Is up against a
you and talk things over In a friendly
,Prs nre they going ~o seml 0111? Not
way, By such means l believe there 'shut mind. And shut minds are never
!I here is tile testhn1111y ol' n HnRsl
wlll grow up In our city a feeling of responsive minds. I think one of the
1·p cnn henr ft•om the -;nme plntfo1l
good fellowship among our citizens great clifflcnltles of today ls the shut
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mind. For that reason I looked with
which should do away with the disschools, n Jewish Ilnllhi, u C'hrh;t1
trust the fellow who has to make a great deal of hopefulness at the an·
1 Chinese womnn nncl n ,fo\\''.-4]\ phil
nonncement of the address whlr.h Is
good often entertains toward the fel('!Ill unclerstnml.
I feel thnt·. t11e ti
to close this series . of meetings, the
low who has made good; a feeling
11 recognize tlrnt we nil hnYe lo lire r
which should lead the fellow who has address to be given by Dr. Gifford on
"The Social Value of Free Speech."
made good to a point of view from
n re nil llrothers In spite of t.hc fncl
'l'he outbreak at Lawrence has bewhich he can see that it is only In the
rl'ilglous,"
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· of nny new mornment nlong .religio
u11on those It ls designecl to l1e11efi~
ir:1s these, whkh might he 11111lt.lpth,u, ., ..~ -.•••.
lie l<'ol'cl Hnll mcetlni;s hnrn hulncecl II f'l'if'IHIIY
nl the Chtn·ch, townrcl the hullrldnnl ()hrlK!lnn,
I
j
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�1111i-
FORD HALL FOLKS
·s that real prog1 Hall meetlngi,
rnd that they
I fortune to releadership tor
I count th'em as
many ways In
valuable ser\'lce
·ountry,"
M RECENT IN'BREAKS,
;holas Van Der
:he Ford Hall
23, 1913,)
:atlon to speak
1 who assemble
Ford Hall as
allle opportuniared to me,
I
umber of occa•
1lly Impressed,
;erl who comes
clay night, at.
utterance and
)slionlng.
To
of our modern
i in Ford Hall
eshing experle. With most
1er it be the
1facturers' asertain llm!ta•
1 up against a
nds are never
1k one of the
\' is the shut
r looked with
iss at the an·
ess whir.h is
neetings, the
Ir. Gifford on
,e Speech."
mce has be-
3
vestigation of the government; $8.7!1
come anclentr' l1lstory, but that strike
undoubtedly marks an epoch so far as per week, an average wage for 23 od4
Thirty-three per
in~iistrlallsm ls concerned here in New thousand workers.
En~\and.. It was the first invasion by cent. or that 23 odd thousand received,
th\l' sydlcallsts' mov<lfne!)t as expressed according to this report, less than
by q,e industrial workers of the world $7.00 per week and only 17 per cent.
here: in the East; we In New England of that 23,000 workers received mo1;e
than $12,00 per week. And only about
had·. been sleeping while in Idaho, ln
6 per cent. of that 100 per cent. of
Colorado, ln Pennsylvania anrl on the
Pac!tjh coast they had been struggling workers were minors. This will give
with' the great aggressive force you an idea as to the wages officially
tabulated hy the investigators of the
whicl\ bad grown up ln France.
Mi\Qy of you have probably thought Unltild States Gover111i10nt. That, too,
that we In the United States were hav- was for a full week's work. Wheri I
. Ing al.l the difficulties and that they
was in Lawrence, two weelrn ago, I
found1 that the1;e were 10,000 people
were 1,ot having any difficulties any•
At
where · else.
As a • matter of fact, out of work at the present time.
various times during the year they
though, '. wherever Industrialism has
gained a foothold, wherever aggres- are coinpelled, through •slaclmei:,s of
sive ind ustriallsm exists, there you business, to be out of work. One mill
find ex!lctly the same difficulties which man told me that It was their policy
have been pres•sing here.. But the to have two men for every job in the
significant fact of the outbreaks in all city of Lawrence!
these c011ntries in Em•one and here in
While I was in Lawrence myself at
the United States Is uiat they are the time of tlie strike, I made a little
most se1•ious among the unskilled la- investigation on my own hook aside
borers wl~o have been receiving the from the government. I think that it
lowest wage, So, in order to state a ls just as reliable only lt ls not quite
solution of this great problem we so comprehensive. I want to give you
must beg!µ with that great mass of the facts which I gathered at that
unskilled labor, with that great mass time,
of people who are receiving low · Here was a family Hv!ng at 194
wages.
There lies the cause of the
Lawrence sfreet in the city of Law·
trouble at least for the present, and all. rence, composed of a father and a
measures looking toward its solution mother and 14 children. Only one of
must attack first of all this problem of
the children is of sufficient age to be
low wages,
Some of you have seen permitted to work. According to the
the report of the Lawrence strike statement which they made to me, and
made by the investigating committee I believe them, the ,father is a wet
which was conducted under the super- finisher in one of the mills and. revision of Charles P, Neill, our commis- ceived a wage, of $7.50 per week. The
sioner of Labor,. I found that report oldest boy, 16 years of age, worked
exceedingly difficult to get and I also and he received $5.00-a tqtal of
could not quit, understand why at first.
$12.50 Income for that family of 16
When I wrote 'to the Department they people; $2,50 of that was paid each
wrote back immediately that the Senweek for the rent of three rooms-16
ate had confined the number of copies people in three rooms, leaving $10.00
to be printed to just, a sufficient num- to shoe and clothe and feed 16 souls.
ber to meet the demands of the Sena- ·Something has got to give when that
tors and if I would apply to the Sen- sort of a wage strikes that kind of a
ator from my State I would tmdoubt- .family-as everyone appreciates wl10
edly receive a copy, The Senators of · has a few children of his own.
· this state have been unusually alert
Here is another fa,m!ly which lives
In answering all previous communi-, nt 28 Allen street. "The man was a
cations that I have ever sent to them,
weaver. He had a wife and four chilbut I found them exceedingly derelict dren, the oldest one 12 years of age
in their duty when I wanted a report and the youngest one 8 weeks.
The
of the Lawrence strike. ( Only after· wage of the father was $6, 70 per week
writing repeatedly and waiting some when he worked a full week. That is
eight weeks In all was Mr. Van Der for six human beings-$6.70.
Py! able to get a copy of the report.)
Another case. Family lived at 108
According to this report the 23 odd
Arlington street, which was composed
thousand mill workers in the city of · o·f a fathe1· and a mother and five chilLawrence who worked a ,full week in dren. /J'he oldest chlld was 28 »9ars
November, 1911, earned an average of and the youngest 14. The father hap$8,76 per week. That Is from the in- pened to be out of the country fbr his
'
~CHERS
FERENCE
nry C. Cra11
aching·
ing of
which
ice on
l been
of the
ch Dr.
k und
1gham
, how)t nlile
e that
SlliJJI
scl1,
tlrn1
nl'it
soli,
has
an <
told.
com;
reas
sa111,
l'GVC1
i't,!
Jg' Vil··
a
_)H))Crs
UCCOI
g For
what
low Ji
may
well-1
,imple
e fact
leud)f our
glorirnder1s not
what
t does
e hisi they
et the
1g for
them.
en in, that.
ted in
. want
I very
mt it.
1chool
1ance,
neces.
the A
Ho,
pracli
quart<
grade
the sc
entert.
of
WOI'
being,
idea hi
ham,
a1·ith111
dertaki
the co
station,
develop
history
mate 1·,
about u
l\101·0
evening
picture,
a very
some cla
this stin
When e
gradual,·
monwea!
ly "co-op
is cle1 dis'.ar us
rd an
'done
ready
?OWer
.e get
carry
· chill the
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OOHS
DOW
R
FRO
Prospective Ministers in Conference at Andover Seminary
ic Forum
Nixt-r mulergrn<lnates Crom eight of the New Englund unihave agreed with us In olll' ef:\tlllH~f·e;~!U:S~~ ntteiulell, J\fnr('h 7 8
I) tile niuth nu'° 0veuing Ford Hall meet!·
1~1 llrn reuri, l>~· the Bn1
'lliHh II l)IU('e wliel'e, l]Jl(l(•
wiitlistfl, 1slngle tnxers, i
FORD HALL FOLKS
,Tewl:l nwl Cntholi<:fl ex1
i~sueR relnt.ing to sodnl
country's salce as well as his own. them up in the economic scale, the·
ii thnt nil who, like l >1·,
The mother kept house and the chil- birth rate decreases, We have ample
1,,, httve <10no1mC'ed the~
dren worked-all of them are over evidence of that here. It -is the poor
Then,
age but one, The total wage for that who have all the children.
,•it· y11l11e 111·irntelr, won I·
whole famlly was a little less than gradually, you get less and less until
,-,~ssion wnR given nt the
$33,00,
you come to what is known as the
ll"('llKion r111·nlshNl !I (']JIil'
Here is another family at 101 Ames- American Trinity-father, mother aiid
IIJN;e meefl11gA were i111111\
Unfortunately, in _a
bury street. Father, mother and two one little kid.
<'iYe1l. 'l'heHe "J<'or11 I-lnH
children, Everybody works in that great many families, even that one
Iltlle kid is being eliminated and the
'l' a conrn1lttee to expresi
family Including father. (Laughter.)
The father received $8.06; the mother · father and inother are going it aione,
•lllent. Jlel'e are i,onie of:
received $7 .00.
Annie, the oldest, ~ Now the consequence of. such a con, IHtle grnmlllor111entlr nl i
received $5.00. Thomas, the boy, re- dition of affairs as I found In Law·: '"l'hrough arnl 11? the1J
ceived $5.40-a little less than $25,00 rence Is Inevitable, In the first place,
,,~itlon of Jl trne religiorns
for the Iirhole family,
you are going to have a great deal of
ii:tH null a!lilintlorn,, a rn1l
Moreover, at 167 Ehn street, in Law- juvepile delinquency, A week ago last
~ thnt ignores nll rnl'inl.. I
rence, there were, in January, 1912, 74 Ivionday, or two weeks tomorrow, I
<liHtinctio11H, , . , Kor C'Oll
people,
divided into 14 famille's, spent a night at the Lyman School for
There
among whom there were 22 wage- Boys out here ,in Westboro.
,1•1!, Jm;iplre11 1,r tl)e Hpe
I
earners; and the average wage of the \ were in the vicinity of 425 boys,
yenr lo ~-enr ! Irnleetl,
wage-earners of that whole house was asked each 1boy, as he came into the
<lesire to Ii re grnmll~• fo
$6.66, Again, here was an Interesting hall or as I met him, "Where did you
family that came under my observa- come ·from,?" He said: "I came from
"Where do you come
tion-a father and mother and 19 chll- Lawrence,"
dren; the oldest one was 40 years of from?" "I came from New Bedford,"
age and the youngest was 6 weeks and "Where do you. come from?" "I came
vidunl Attendants
from Fall River."
A couple came
all of the same father and mother.
, ex11l'e8sions of gm titnd1
(Laughter,) Now, of course, you say from Haverhill, one or two even from
n ,·e voice on their reeent I
JI11medlately: what In the world do Boston, But I did not strike a single
these people have so many children boy, mark you, that came from a conn,
,11 the part of llHlllr imllri•
for? (Laughter.) '!'hat has been sald try town in Massachusetts, Not more
q noting, Let it uot be fo1
thousands and thousands of times to than 5 per cent. of the boys there
11·0111en "·ilh snc'1 sig11lfk111
me-;--lf these people wm.. bring so come from the country, In a study of
rgolis, Uolskr, Snllivnn,
many children lnto the world then let the juvenile delinquency of the Cook
n11He: "I nm one or t hmm
them suffer. But how about the poor County Juvenile Court In Chicago, for
children who never asked to be born? a period of nine years and covering
1•xistenee looke1l upon Sn
What shall we say about them? Have 18,000 cases, it was shown that al:111!1 gloomiest of tlnrs, In
they no rights which the community most every single case was the result
lil'Se rneetingK contiune!l,
bound to respect? Are we not, as of the breaking down of the home due
Ihe bei,t !lnr iu the week.
Either the
citizens and as human beings, under to Industrial conditions.
some obligation to the children who father or mother were immigrants
·n tes nu Irish ol'il-(ill : "1Vl\
have been brought Into this world? It and could not easily adapt themselves
" 11lssolve like smfnce sh
has. been figured that It requires at to the changed situation or the father
K inherit1111ces that html
had died and the mother was comleast $9.00 per week for a husband and
111K, ,l)iyeHtell of these W\
wife to live on a basis of· economic pelled to be the wage-earner for the
·hildren of n common vnrq
efficiency, and that a man ought to famlly and vice had entered into the
Every case, without any ex- have at least $3.00 per week for every home,
1,1"," A "·onrnn lll~elnres:
minor child depending upon him.
So ceptlon hardly, resulted from the
connection with the For!l
you can see what would be the neces- breakdown of the home due to social
,.,· of rnc·iul 111·e,i1Hliee, mo1
sary wages of a father and mother and conditions,·
I<'. 'fhe Gentile in -the ~
13 children. A man wlll never earn it
It seems to me that the industries of
11·ith regr\l'll lo hli; hrotll 1
In one of the Lawrence mills.
On Massachusetts that pay low wages are
the basis of an efficient economic ex- simply courting revolution, A writer
b, Wise, Sthulmnn Hll(l I!'II
istence a father and mother and' four
in an E'ngllsh review has said that a
Ii,ght beghlK lo tln \Yll 11!101
children would need at least $21.00 nation that connives at a wage Insuffi" tlle,,Jogkal _seminari(,s, ,
per week, where many of them get a cient for a decent economic existence
, going ~o send ont? Not
great deal less than half that amount. ls courting revolutloil. A nation which
lie teslhn,,nr ol' tt Hnsi;lt
Now, the only way to reduce t)rn birth
connives at a wage whi-ch i-n ins1tffi• ·
rate Is to raise people In the economic cient for a decent economic existence
,. from the -:111ue plntt'or
scale.
Over a century ago Adam is co1trting revolntion,
People have
,Jewish Itnl.Jh'1, u C'hrl,if,
Smith, the first of the scientific politi- got to live In one way or another and
·uman nrnl n ,Jew,~h vhllt
cal economists, recognized that the
if they cannot li,le by earning suffiil:nHl. I feel that. t\1e th
birth rate always Increased as people cient money they are going to steal,
I hat we nll have lo lire f
lived in squalor, In poverty and in They are going to break out in strikes
misery,
And, according as you lift like that of Lawrence and Little Falls
,titer,; in svile of the fact
and (
we sh
trial I
and a
Lawrr
wage,
of the
nut
slnmm
lnnd a
nnd tr
!'llJ)lt('fl
pr-ofltn
heavy
"/111111
n1:eo1111
llllnol
rreogn
slave
a l'CRll
holng
or yo1
lshed
n depn
she w1
hncl 111
llll0I',
who "
hot· to
was nl
or Lor
she 111
go wll
J)Pll
0
Klt.r•hp
called·
Ano
ence 11
unskll
· onr h
aho11(.
11s wl
t_lons
have
Is
111{1 Pr
i
\" lllOVOlllellt along l'eliglo\l
, it lK deKigne1l to heneflt
\\"hkh 111ight. he u1111t.ipll ..
:1 ll mcetlngfJ hnvn hul11ce11 II f'l'IPndly
ll'(•li, townr!l the in11lvil11111\ ChriH(ln11,
,•rnl,'in henrlH of thoRe who, lil'c rears
11nto!l uml bitter?
11·
'I'he d
wlw!'e
front
.Kish Ir
Vern.
I
Rjle(•l11I vower h~• drtll(' of' ITelllgfT.--,1e"'""'l"'lr-e"'l""lll"f:!"'t"'*""·'U"'Vib""~"";"a"',G""-"'J£""-¥'"•---~
('!11ii11l'I: 'J'he I'l'ef4l!lent. lllllknteH his plll'[IOHe to re1•oguil'-(i
IIJPl'll. uliol"l' llJPre pnrfl8t11lKhlp 1111!1 lo 11111101!1 (he dril Hel'Vku
"'Vere
Amerl
very l
remen
dream
'rhe fl
child
It IIIJ
lcn "111
us the
wiped
I can
saw J
hands
sayl111
0
hll\'C
.
;1riste;n unw in force.
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�'FORD HALL FOLKS
the·
nple
)00r
hen,
mtll
the
and
n a
one
the
one.
COil•,
,awace,
1 of
last
I', I
for
1ere
I
the
you
1'0111 ·
ome
rd,"
1me
c1me
1'0111
1gle
)\111·
1ore
1ere
I' of
look
ror
·Ing
alsnit
cine
the
rnts
Ives
her
omthe
the
ex~
the
cial
i
of
are
iter
t a
nffince
1ich
11[/i·
·11r,e
ave
and
uffi-
nnl.
!ms
alls
l
and Colorado and Pennsylvania, and
we shall have a great deal of Indus, trial Inefficiency, We have heard again
and again that these people up in
Lawrence were not worth, a living
wage, and tragically true It Is. Many
of them are ·not worth a living wage,
But who Is to blame for the situation?
The doors of opportunity have been
slammed In their faces in their own
land and~ they ha:ve come here crushed
and trodden down without any mental
capacity whatever, and without any
profitable way of using their strong
heavy hands.
5
boi· and are ·heavily laden and I will
give you rest.' .When I went to Elllls
Island today and saw the people, the
latest arrivals. I said: There you
stand, my young fol!rn, in your 60
groups with your 50 languages but
you won't be that way long, You
won't be that long. These are the
fires of God that ·you have come to. A
fig for your feuds, Jew and Russians,
Englishmen and Irishmen, Frenchmen
and Germans, Into the Melting Pot
with you all because ·God is making
a new America." That. is the spirit
with which these people come, we must
Many of .you have . followed the . bel/eve. They are belated but they
accounts of the Investigation of the are not inferior peoples. If you draw
Illinois vice commission which has a line from the top of society to the
recognized that a great deal of white bottom you will meet exactly the same
slave traffic and its consequences are kind of people all along the way. In
a result of the low wages that are the city in .which I live, in the aristobeing paid to girls. I wonder If some cratic. section called the Highlands, we
of you .have read 0. Henry's "Unfin- have a· bunch of men who are called
ished Story." According to that story the Dirty Dozen. (Laughter.) Elverybody knows who they are. You have
a .dbpartment store girl there was, and
she .was receiving a low wage.
She the dirty dozen at the top of society
had an ideal and it was Lord Kitch- and you have the dirty dozen all along
ener. And one night, Piggie, a fellow the way; and I am quite sure you have
who worlrnd in the same place, asked a dirty dozen at the bottom of society.
her to go out with him. Just as she
Over 2,000 years ago Aristotle, a
. was about to go out she saw the face great philosopher, speaking of the anof Lord Kitchener looking at her and cestors of many of us Teutons, said
she n1t1de up her mind she would not that they were so barbaric and so stugo wl'11 Piggie. But what might hap• pid that p1,obably they never would be
pen on another night, when Lord able to count beyond the fingers of
Kitchener was not looking and Piggie their two hands. Most of the people
·called?
on the platform here belong to that
Another complication Is the pres- race of people whom Aristotle, the
imce In this country of a great mass of great philosopher, thus characterized.
unskilled workers who cannot speak And the race, since his time, has proour language, who know very little duced a Shakespeare, a Kant and a
about our customs and who come to Newton, and Is practically overrunning
us with the traditions and supersti- the world, including the Philippines
tions of .their, lands. Some of you . and Cuba and South America with Its
have read Zangwill's play, The Melt- commercial ideals, We have no such
Ina Pot. and you remember' that scene
thing as inferior peoples. We have bewheri;, David, the yo11ng Jew·. fresh lated peoples but the moment the door
from· the blood-stained pavement of of opportunity ls opened these so-called
. Kishlneff first met the social worker inferior people crowd in-and crowd
Vera.
And Vera says to David:
out almost every single American who
"Were yon· happy when you came' fo is h;ylng to go that way, It Is a very
America?" "Ah," he says, "It was suggestive thi!1g that a· few years ago,
vei·j, heaven for me because you mu~t the boy that won the prize in the Bosremember, Vera, . th_at I have been ton Latin School for scholarship was
dreaming· about America ·all my life. ' named Schnltldn, His father never
'I'he first gaii1e that I played at as .a came over in the Mayflower. (Laugh-·
child ·,vas 'to sell my furniture and set ter.) But, as Mr. Dooley says, his ,faIt up in Ame'rica. All my life Amei·- ther came · over in a· later boat.
lca ··had been beaming and beckoning
(Laughter.) So what seems to be the
us ·the land where all tears should be complication with reference to our Inwiped from the eyes. And then, when dustrial outbreaks is not at all the
I came into New York Harbor and
complication; for they have had exsaw your Statue of Liberty with its actly the same scen~s in Elngland
hands upraised, it seemed to me to be where their population ls purely nasaying 'Come unto Me all ye that la- · tive. To blame it on the foreigner ls
ICHERS NEWS LI
•ERENCE ON SOCV
ary C. Crawford
ching
school is alread\
that there must ·1
arithmetic in the
solid things that t
has to he at tim
an obedient pers<,
told. Simply bee
consiclerahle port
reason ·why, at o
same institution,
l'eversed. Wlw i
submissive, ah~a)
a follv\\'bl', why iL
become a leader
whut to do, getti,
low him in his id(
may he, in a wa)
well-rounded chu
necessary for the
the Ame'rican citi,
How this aclmii·.
practical in any s,
quarters of an he
grade and extendi1
the school prog'l'!u
entertainingly dev
of work in this wa'
being· done. Miss·
idea has been appl
ham, to the pm
arithmetic-by reL
dertaken by her p
the community's
station,-and iviisr
developed her the
history may and s
mate relation with
about us today.
More than one "
evening at Ford Hi
picture, as the Co1
a very happifvini
some day embo'dy
this stimulating 'id,
When enough pe<
g'l'aduated from su
monwealth will hav
ly "co-operative."
-~~1i~l~
ce on
f been
of the
ch Dr.
c an<l
gham
, howt able
thaf
ig• vaapers
1
g· For
imple
fact
leadf our
glorimders not
what
. does
e hisj they
:et the
hg' for
/them.
inthat.
ted in
I, want
f very
)ut it.
school
hance.
is de~ dis-
'fn
far as
[·cl an
t done
,ready
power
,le get
carry
chilt the
l
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Mi;1ist~;a·inc~nf~r~t,c!e at *Aitlover'1lilmhiii,f~~ •,;
t; ,:,•
*:
nun
i--:lxtr mHlergnHlnnt·eH from eight. of the New I!lnglnml uni·
11,l(l'eed with ur; In our est.lnu1,te 5 tr:: •.,,•aitiw,ik.all!L.
ttell(le l\Inrl'h 7 •
tile niuth nuii1.1g IPord Hnll .me.e,1·
--, · ----·---·------ --'<' rearr; hr tile B
:1 pluee \Y\Jere, UJI(
I~, Kingle tuxe,rs,
, n rnl Cn t holil'S el
6
, relating to sodn
nll who, like Di
:1rn 1leno1111l'e<l th
:1l11e Jll'irntel~·, wo~
,11 ,rnH giYen nl
1111 rmnif:1hed n eh
It Is
a libel against humanity. They are
exactly the same kind of people that
we are, everyone of us who are here.
I shall never forget the time that Jane
Addams spoke in the town of Milford.
After she had finished her splendid address the president of the club, who
happened to be a relative of a gentleman who was once Governor in this
Commonwealth said, "Miss Addams, we
have a great many Italians here In our
town and we would like very much to
do something for them. Can you tell
us what to do?"
FORD HALL .FOLKS
n libel against the foreigner and
ii
tll
lllePlltigR were In
'fhese "J<'or!l I-I~
•·1111m1ittee to ex)lr
1. Jlm•e ure Rome ·
gr,niillloquentl~• Ii
11 th I
l'llrough nml ~·
:
1
11 of ll trne rellgioi~
111cl allilintionR, n rj
11 lgnorerc; nil rnelnl
'
1l<'linm:. · · · Kor <'\
j
i11Rpire<l hy tl)e i:
lo Yen r ! Jrnleet1
1·e to· ]lye grnmll~• \
1
1.
1
,.,
('
1 shall' never forget Miss· Addams'
answer. She said, "Now If you go
the1·e a11d feel that you can teach them
everything and they cannot teach you
anything, that you are a sort of superlor creature to th em you had better
stay away; but If you go among th ese
people and look upon them as human
beings like yourself, who are cooled by
the same winter and warmed by th e
same summer, who bleed when they are
pricked, who love th eir children, juS t
as you love yours, and who have aspirti
d d
f th m j11st as yo11
a ons an
reams or e
may have, yourself, all you need to do
Is to go among them and common sens9
will teach you what to do."
There Is the solution.· (Applause.)
I am not afraid of the foreigners. I
have been one. I have graduated froqi
b
I
them. And I have now een sllrv ng
Puritan churches for 20 years. The
people In the parishes. I have served
are not afraid of me but they are
afraid, very much afraid, of the Ital•
!ans and the Jews and the Pollacks"f
and
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i
all the rest of them. Yet, w 1en orelgners" are caught young they amount
to something.
Another great difficulty' In this whole
question Is the stupendous Incapacity
on the part of one class to understand
the other class. This Is particularly
true with reference, not only to the natlve and the foreigner, but with reference to the capitalist and the worker
and the worker and the capitalist. In
talking with Et tor, with whom I became very well acquainted during the
Lawrence situation and afterward, he
said to me one day, "Doctor, you are
the only decent minister that I have
met In my life." (Laughter and Applause.)
I said to him, ".Joe, have
you met a great many ministers?"
And, with that bland smile upon his
face,-lt ls always there because he Is
a fellow absolutely without temper,
though you would not think so to. read
.
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some of his speeches,-he answere ,
"Yes, lots of them."
"Joe," I challenged, "could you give
me the names of some of the minis•
ters with whom you have spoken?"
And he could not give the name of
'one! (Laughter.) His judgment was
just as bad about ministers and about
people on the other side as the judgment of some people on the other side
was of Mr. Ettor and of Glovanlttl.
I realize how difficult It Is for people to
understand. I have been writing more
or less a:nd i have ti'ied to be fair and
one reason which makes me to believe
that I am fair Is that I have been
scored by all sides. The Socialists
have drawn up resolutions and called
me a Judas and I have been sharply
called down by the other side; but I
realize that -they are not bad fellows
. on either side If they could come to·
gether. (Applause.) Let me read you
a letter. I think It Is a splendid l!lt·
ter. If it had been written to me by
the superlntenden~ of my Sunday
school 1 would ha:v11, thought he was lndeed a Christian. (Laughter and Applause.) It was written from Essex
County Jail by Glovanlttl and written
to a lady here In Boston for whom we
all have high respect.
A couple of
books-I think they were Lincoln's
speeches__Jhad been sent him and here
ls his reply,
[Then followed a beautiful Jett.er of
thanks for the books and expressive of
courageous willingness to 01eet whatever might come as a result of devof
tlon to the principles of liberty.]
Now, let me read another letter. I
have been writing a series of articles,
as Mr, Coleman has stated, for one of
our religious papers and I have re•
celved a great many letters, many of
them most appreciative. But here Is
one of another kind .. (Laughter.)
This 111anufacturer says ministers '
11re so used to preaching twice a Sun
bl
day to a lot of people who are una e
to answer back that they get Into a
slipshod way when writing .for publlcatlon. "Take your letter of the 10th.
You say 'One of my children Is at Wellesley College and the boy I
goes to HarJ d
vard next yeur. Whether n Po an or
in America, we are 1111 God's chlldrel\
and no man who has a heart In his
bosom can enjoy what you and I enjoy of security and comfort without
wishing at least that every man should
have enough to bring up his own ch!l·
dren as you and I do ours.' I' think
that Is empty sentiment. For If that
means anything, It means that you
1,,;~--;;i,e('foj '11ower l,y drtlle-of
<'11hll11:1,
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whom we irn
be able to s,
and his son
his children
I do not belle
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would preacl
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great deal J
ter.)
But, as Car
refuted an er
a man ls wro
Glovanlttl ol
ror does not
why they g,
mlhd. The s
men. And (
who Is able
:, tremes of bo
.'. you who hav,
.to tho Jury
~~ay that It I:
1ilve speecher
t~ .. ln my l\!1
told me, p,
heard anytl
l'OOlll. Yon
of 1ieQple. Y
peo1jle In LI
have brien cl·
the ert;or or
kill ?IWtb b1
(Prolonged :
Now just
Every body
solution. S
hand. I n
conditions a
11lstol. The:
train of clrc
It dld· not b
going· to enc
no scheme,
even Ji' It 1
church ls
shouting dis
tlon at the
Is going to r
morrow mo
Nor Is It fo
these dlfficu·
the city of
wealth had t
on top of tl
with the hi!
that could l
try, lhey c
more lnflue1
to send him
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ots or them."
" I challenged, "could you give
, names of some of the minis·
!th whom you have spoken?"
, could not give the name of
Laughter.) His judgment was
bad about ministers and, about
on the other side as the judg•
' some people on the other side
Mr. Ettor and of Glovanlttl.
, how difficult It Is for people to
0,nd. I have been writing more
and I have tried to be fair and
;on which makes me to believe
am fair Is that I have been
by all sides. The Socialists
awn up resolutions and called
1das and I have been sharply
own by the other side; but I
that they 11re not bad fellows
r side if they could come to·
( Applause.) Let me read ypu
I think It ls a splendid let·
it had been written to me by
,erintendent of my Sunday
would have thought he was In·
!hrlstlan. (Laughter and -i\,pIt was written from Essex
rail by Glovanlttl and written
here in Boston for whom we
high respect.
A couple of
think they were Lincoln's
-had been sent him 11nd ))ere
J]y,
followed a beautiful letter of
,r the books and expressive of
1s wllllngness to meet what•
ht come as a result of devolie principles of liberty.),
)t me read another hitter. I
1 writing a series of articles,
ileman has stated, for one of
ions papers and I have regreat many letters, many of
·,t appreciative. But here Is
other kind. (Laughter.)
ianufacturer says ministers
)d to preaching twice a S11n,
ot of people who are unable
back that they get Into a
·ay when writing ,for publlcake your letter of the 10th.
1ne of my children Is at Well:ge and the boy goes to Haryear. Whether In Poland or
0,, we are all God's chlldren
an who has a heart In his
enjoy what you and I en:nrlty and comfort without
least that every man s1lould
;h to bring up his own chil>n and I do ours.' , I' think
pty sentiment. For if that
·thing, it means that 'you
FORD HALL FOLKS
think this Ignorant Polish laborer, to
whom we have been referring, should
be able to send his girl to Wellesley
and his son to Harvard and not have
his children wor'k and help the father.
I do not believe that this ls either common sense or Christianity and If you
would preach a high protective tariff
in your church instead of that sentimental nonsense you would be doing a
great deal better service."
(Laughter;)
'
But, as Carlyle observed, you haven't
refuted an error when you find out that
a man is wrong, Convicting Ettor and
Glovanlttl of being wrong and in error does nothing until you find out
why they got that error into their
mlhd. The same way with these other
men. And the big man ls the man
who ls able to see possibllltles In ex,; tremes of both sides. I think most of
,"', you who have read Glovanlttl's address
. , to the Jury will believe me when I
~}f!.Y that it ls one of the most impres1;1lve speeches that I have ever listened
ti>.: in my life. The judge of the court
to(~ me, personally, that he never
hei.lt·d anything lllce it in a court•
roo~lc, You can electrocute that kind
of pe~ple. You can club them as those
people in Little Falls are reported to
have bMn clubbed but you will not kill
the erfor or kill the ideas. You can
kill nietii ,but yo1t· cannot kill ideas.
( Prolon~ed applause,)
"Now Hist•: a word about the solution.
Every body ,has a programme, for the
solution. So I am going to try my
hand. I recognize that the present
conditions are not like a sh~t, out or a
pistol. '!'hey al'e, the result of a long
train of •circumstances and conditions.
It did not ,begin yesterday and ls not
going to end today or tomorrow. And
no scheme, no matter how fine it is,
even if it be as fine as the one the
ch\1rch ls preaching comes within
shouting distance of an adequate solution at the present time. No scheme
ls going to usher in the millennium tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock shal'p,
Nor ls it forcti that ls going to solve
these difficulties. If the authorities of
the city of Lawrence or the Commonwealth had taken Ettor and placed.him
on top of the Bunker Hill Monument
with the biggest kind of a megaphone
that could be heard all over the country, they could not have given him
more Influence than they did by trying
to send ·him to the electric chair. (Ap•
plause.) I never heard of Joe Ettor
until I met him in Lawrence the Monday after the Sunday he arrived, Now
7
nobody in this country or in Canada
Is Ignorant of the existence of Ettor
and Giovanlttl. Who did it? Who did
It? Force ls not going to solve this
difficulty, Whether It Is the force of
the industrial Workers of the World
or the force of the authorities. ' I recognize the value of shock movements
In the progress of the world. I recognize that though John Brown was rash
and crazy in trying to overturn the
government of the United States what
he did had its place in the struggle
which was to wipe out slavery, And
all these movements perhaps, have
value in this way, But fundamentally
I believe that this ls a human problem
and not an economic problem at all.
I may not agree with the philosophy
of men like Ettor but I can and do
have high 1·espect for any man who ls
willing to throw his life in the bal•
ance. There are immense altruistic
forces at work in the world today and
I find that they are in all these social movements. I am sure I should
be untrue to myself as a minister of
the church if I did not say that the
church, also, is ministering to that
great end. You may not think so,
some of you, but it Is true just the
same. The platform of the Baptist
denomination under whose auspices I
am here-and I am not a Baptist- ls
one of the finest platforms that I know
anything about. The church ls con•
servatlve and she moves slowly and
people are not all agreed and there are
people In It, I regret to say, like that
man from whose letter I read an extract. But there ls a great company of
men and women in the church who be•
lleve in a high doctrine of brotherhood imd are ready as individuals to
advocate any scheme that will bring
to an end the unhappy conditions
which exist in the industrial world today, If there ls any programme that
ls in existence today that will heal the
hearts of the industrial world, I am
sure that I and thousands of others in
the c'hurches are ready to go ahead
with it.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
Q, If the government should pur-
chase one 0£ the mills in Lawrence
how long would it be able to pay wages
of $9.00 per week?
A. I do not suppose the government
could run one of those mills with any
greater profit than it ls being run at
the present. time. I perhaps should
have said that in all these low wage
1Jlfllcultl't,s the blame should be upon
our present competitive system rather
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than upon the manufacturers. I think
any attitude which condemns the caJ)ltallst is altogether unjust.
.
Q. Why Is it that the strikers do
not get even-handed justice in the
court?
. A. Well, it deJ)ends upon the court.
(Laughter.) I think the court in Lawrence was extreme but I think that
Judge Mahoney acted from the most
·honest motives and thought locking
·men up was the way to cure them.
But he made a mighty big mistake.
He filled up the jail and then he could
not do any more. (Laughter.)
Q. What does the speaker think ls
a reasonable J)rofit for a· capitalist?
· A. That depends upon who is the
CfiJ)ltalist, I suppose,
(Laughter.) I
would not want to say more than that
an exorbitant income from capital Is
unjust. The Adams Express Company
declared a secret dividend of 200% fl
few years ago which made It possible
for a friend of mine, who is. a strong
believer in Socialism, to go to Europe
and have a flue trip. He Is ready tO'
take money although he condemns' the
system.
,
Q. Supposing you were a working
man In Lawrence working for $8.30 a
week which ticket would you vote?
·, A. The Progressive ticket.
(Applause.)
Q. In your opinion what does the
red flag constitute?
·
A. I got Into trouble answering
that question once.
(Laughter.) I
know what it means theoretically. I
know what it leads to sometimes practically, I am not afraid of the red
flag; some · people are. I think perhaps if it causes an offence better not
use It when something else w!ll .do
just as well.
Q, Does the speaker think that one
strike teaches the lesson of preventing
another?
A. I think so.
Q. Do you think a revision of the
tariff wlll -improve conditions in this
country?
.
A. Well, I am not expecting a great
deal In that direction. (Applause.)
Q. Would a minimum wage of $2.00
a day increase or decrease the army
of the unemployed?
A. I think the matter cif
minimum wage, generally adopted, has a·
great many complications. I do not
know just how it would work out.
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ALI-'J!BU
JllcCANN,
THE TRUTH ABOUT FOODS.
''I'll tell the truth about foods if I
die for it," Is the brave te_xt uJ)on
which. Alfred McQann has preacher!' a
most arresting sermon In his just-published book, "Starving America." Some
of the topics here covered are: "Why
15,000,000 children in America are
v,1yslcally · defective"; ''Why A.mer!-'\
cans are rapidly :becoming a n_atlon of
dyspeptics"; "Why we have no apJ)e•
tlte ror wholesome foods but crave
highly seasoned and degenerate foods."
The book is written in the same impassioned style that made so pro.found
an Impression when Mccann appeared
on our platform early in the- season.
And, of course, being a book, it can develop much that, in a talk, could onlr
be thrown out as a stiggestion.
Particularly valuable are the weekly dietaries given for children of various ages.
A thing which ought to be made possible at once, by legislation, is the "legally standardized loaf of .whole wheat
bread made of ·certified whole wheat
meal," for which the author eloquently
calls. Already, we learn, som.e official
attention has been given to this. demand and 'only recently Mr. McCann
was personally Interviewed by Governor Sulzer, of New York State. vYhen
the facts here presented are known ·to
the masses, there ls bound to be · a
great change in ehild culture.
And
that the principles embodied in the
boolc wlll be incorporated In future
courses of medical training there Is
good reason to hoJie. The price of the
volume is $1.50, and ·it is published
by F. M. Barton, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Ford Hall Meetings
,;. Anna Uarlin Spencer of New
was thp spcalrnr at the Ford
,wetiugs last Sunday evening, her
<"l !Jeing "Are The Public Schools
,era tic)?" Mostly, she c?ncluded,
are not, and :,he forthwith point•
1t five ways in which they may
,Jped "to be. One way is t~1e I'?· ·
lion that every hnman bemg 1s
ulential citizen. VVhen this ls
grasped we shall not continue
y and
stupidly to teach the
old things in the same old way.
rllat we shall have clear!Y in
as our aim in education will be
lleralion of power in the mass.,
,ady the content of education 1s
L,nlarged, with the resplt ~hat,
, elementary school a conµ1tlon
;rable to a "lum1ber jam" on a
,~ river prevails. Continually to '
in the school year and con.tin•
to require children to as~1mi11Jore and more material Ill a
could not well have any other '
One help will come when we
,, our method of teaching to
istrutlons of our subjects. But
than aught else, perhaps, do, ,ye \
1 change in the form of admm1s•
our educational plant Fathers \
11 others, professional folks and
•rs, should all be represented on
1
,Jiool board,
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Spencer further urged that the
;,tary schools be shielded from
llial of specialization and that
;-operative instead of t\10 com·
.,, sJiirit be encouraged in cl~ss.
spealrnr next Sunday evenmg
'" Professor Vida Scudder, of
"Juy college, and her ·subject,
i\foral Asset of The Class
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No. 2.
January 5,t 1913:
IT CRIES FOR MORE.
Price Ten Cents.
~u~tained. Its power will be more
than doubled by the mere fact that
you think enough of it to buy a copy
each week. 'l'llat insures its being
read and lcept and treasured. 'l'hat is
what gives a publication life, 'l'hat
ls what makes it your publication,
And remember your comments, suggestions and cri licisrns are most wel-
This is written for the second Issue
of Ji'ur1l Hall Po/ks before I have seen
the first number. That is one of the
exigencies of pel'iodical pulilishing, I
don't lmow whether our baby will be
still-born or whether it will thrive
·111slily and cry out for nourishment
(more circulation). But I do know
there al'e several score or more of
anxious and happy relnlives and
friends standing uroll!Hl rencly to help
in any way they can and eager and
p!'oud to see the youngster mal,e a
HERE'S AN INVITATION!
good itnp!'ession at the very start.
'l'he I~ol'd Hall Folks meet, 1Jext
As is often the cnse this baby is
costing quite a bit more than we bad
Sunday afternoon at 3.30, in Kingsley
counted upon. Good printing by reliaHall of the Ford Building, H you are
ble men done under p!'ope!' conditions
not yet on the list of the "folks" but
costs good 1i10ney, more than we at
would lilrn to be, send your name and
first thought. As we have no adve!'•
address at once to Miss Crawt'ord,
1 tising resources we are dependent en: ·
Room 707, Ford Building. 'I'hls will
tirely on sales and suliscriptlons,
mean tllnt you wlll lend your brain
Here's. the pluqe for these proud and
to the consideration of 1\-Ieetings' busianxious relatives to take hold and help
ness from 3.30 to 5.30 next Sunday and
if they really want to see h'urrl IIall
at the latter hour will join us in a litPull,11 thrive and prosper. ·we shall
tle supper for which we each pay
need to sell the whole edition every
twenty-five cents. The "folks" meet
week in order to make both ends meet,
in this way once in three weeks,
Can we do It? 'l'here certainly are
four hundred people who would lilc13
NEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAKER.
a .permanent, authoritative record of
our Sunday evening meetings. Can
Prof. Vida Scudder of Wellesley Colwe find them? 'I'hat is the question,
lege is to be our speaker next Sunday
It is not a question of producllon but
evening, her very Interesting topic beof distribution. "\Ve shall get a practiing, "'l'he Moral Asset of the Class
cal lllustration of the great commer•
Struggle." Miss Scudder is one of the
clal fact that it takes brains and
most Inspiring personalities of our
energy to dlstrlliute merchandise as
time and a woman of remarkable and
well as to produce it.
compelling eloquence, You'll regret it
I cannot overemphasize the value
if you do not hear this address-or
this publicity will have to the work
read it in the l 11 u/ks of January 19,
we are doing if It is enthusiastically
�;i,~ the
Le!,(lsl11ture '1m
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I <>r public office, was ques\]11111011 Lewenbcrg, nn -nttor1,., chnh·11111n or tho Jsnno
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1 haJI meetings last Sunday evening, her
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subject being "Are The Public Schools
1uestlon to Mr, lsaao Harris, c!l,ndWate
Democratic?" Moslly, she concluded,
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ways In which they may
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ABOUT THOSE
LETTERS?
"It isn't the silence of hope unexpressed
That heartens and strengthens the
weak;
To triumph through strife for the great
things of lifeIt's the words of good cheer that we
speak."
And write-speak and write. Mr.
Coleman, of course, could scarcely be
characterized as "weak;" but he certainly will not be so strong as he
ought to be In faith and hope for the
future if you fail to "hearten" and
"strengthen" him as you might by
writing him an appreciative letter to
nse In that book we are planning for
the birthday gift! You know what a
very busy man he is, yet he finds time
every week now to prej)nl'e the message which appear over his signature
in this paper. About half that much
time given by yon just this one week
in a letter would "hearten" him Im·
mensely. Do It now!
RECENTLY SAID HERE.
111nde n ~pp(\
lh~(·n 11.-.:p .~ho
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WHAT
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Walter Rauschenbusch.
Soclnlism is the necessm·y SJJiritnal
product of capitalism. It hns been
fol'mnlp.ted by that class which hns
borne the sins of cav\tnllsm In its
own body and knows them by heart.
It stands for the holy cletermmn tion
of that wronged and emhittel'ed class
to eliminate these .sins forever from
the social life of mankind, 'l'hus so·
cinlism Is the hlstoricnl Nemesis of
Capitalism and foilows it like Its
shadow.
Stephen S. Wise,
"The church In the past has been
altogether too supine In its attitude
towards poverty. When Christ said
'the poor ye have always with you,'
he was stating a fact, not making a
prophecy and the church has been
quite wrong in Its acceptance of
poverty ns a thing of which Goel approves, There is no such thing, In
my opinion, as 'God's poor,' when the
poverty is involuntary; voluntary
poverty, like 'rolstol's, Is quite another
matter,
THE PRAYER.
(Preceding Prof. Fag11a11i's Lecture.)
For the brotherhood of the race we
thank Thee, Great Father of us all,
Dimly ns we sense It, ottl' hearts leap
with joy the more wo realize It.
Nothing thrills us so much as to feel
the flame of universal Jove burning
within, 1Ve thunk Thee that we are
capable of It. vVe rejoice in the ·exJJel'ience and we pray most earnestly
that we may never suffer the light to
be snuffed out in our own llves. :May
this love of one another spread
throup;hout the world until It covers
nil hunrnnlty as. the water covers the
seas.
HelJJ us to see that brotherliness In
personal relationships is democracy In
government anq that the same principles must be carried into all relations o[ life, indt1Sll'lal, commercial
and s~cinl if we are· to be thoroughgoing· brothern in any nhase of life.
Do Thou g;rnnt us an undying hotie, an
unfaltering courage, and an inexhaus:
tible patience that we, each one of us,
may contribnte our share toward this
great end. Amen.
GOD AND DEMOCRACY.
believe in God's
God's ideal, and
God.
If we say that
that commits us
the world. I Wal
that what I men
aomethlng special
of Democracy tlrn
you about now
'rexas paper, wril
last election.
"Praise God fron
flow,
Bring forth the
grow.
The party banne1
Let blessing hea1
Let trumpets blo
Let everybody rl:
Democracy! Oh,
The one for who
, Has won, and no
We'll dwell Ilene
ers,
In custom houRc:
It surely is a tlm
This is one ki
Democracy, whe1
It, Is the thing t
, Lord's Prayer w'
be clone on eai
Heaven." It m,
God on earth.
is the Jewish ll•
term for democ1
ble to ca!'ry yon
nectlon with Roll
I want t.o as
with me In regu
The first of tl
that I will assn
lieve in change
velopment, in J
that you believe
to be," that pr
our God Is a li
is "Behold, I 11
that what man
better and man
1Ve cannot g,
tutlons but we
on our guard v
tlons. Instlt.uti,
less antiquated
Institutions unt
Now ,an egg-she
the living chic
sacrificed to th
stitution, I hP
gard to the rn
stltutlon Is on
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Address of Prof. Charles Prospero
Fagnani at Ford Hali Me,etings,
December 29.
God and Democmcy. That is the
greatest snbject in the world. I do
not say subjects because God and
Democracy are one.
You cannot
separate God and Democracy, that Is
the Goel of the Hebrew prophets anrl
of Jesus of Nazareth. And you cannot separate Democracy from Goel.
For If we believe In Democracy, we
�fall Meetings
Carlin Spencer of New
s1rnaker at the Ford
last Snnday evening, her
"Are The Pnbllc Schools
Mo~llY, she concluded,
and she i'orthw\th point, ays In which they may
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FORD HALL .FOLKS
of which God apuo such thing, \n
d's poor,' when the
1111tary; voluntary
,i's, is quite another
RAYER,
Fagna11i's Lecture,)
1olHl of the race we
t Father of us alL
it, olll' hearts leap
"''e we realize it,
HO much as to feel
1,·rsal love burning
Ii 'l'hee that we are
<) rejoice in the exp my most earnestly
.. r suffer the light to
unr own 11 ves, :May
11<!
another spread
;u!'ld until it covers•
1lie water covers tlrn
that brotherliness in
ships is clemocracy in
that the same prin,.:,rrled into all reia1<lnstrlal, commercial
are to be thorough11 any phase of life.
H an undying hope, an
1ge, and an inexhaus" t we, each one of us,
.,nr share toward this
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DEMOCRACY.
of. Charles Prospero
'ord Hall Me,etlngs,
,e 111ber 29.
11ucracy. That is the
I in the world. I do
·ts because God and
one.
You cannot
11d Democracy, that is
I re brew prophets ancl
wreth. And you 1can·
1Jumocracy from God.
.·1·e In Democracy, we
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believe in God's plan, God's purpose,
God's ideal, and that is believing in
God.
If we say that we believe In God
that commits us to his program for
the world. I want to say, of course,
tlrnt what I mean by Democracy is
something special. It! is not the kind
of Democracy that I am going to read
you about now in a poep1 from a
'l'exas paper, written shortly after the
last election.
"Praise God from whom all blessings
flow,
Bring forth the crops and let them
grow,
The party banner raise on high
Let blessing hearts reach to the sky.
Let trumpets blow, let people shout
Let eve·rybocly dance with glee
Democracy! Oh, bless the clay!
'l'he one for whom we oft did pray
Has won, and now the jobs nre ours .
We'll clwell henceforth in fairest bow•
ers
In custon~ houses we'll. holcl swayIt surely Is a time to ])ray!
·
This is one kind of democracy, but
Democracy, whe11.we conjoin God with
it, Is the thing that "'e ask for in the
Lord's Prayer when :we say "Thy will
be done on earth as it is done in
Heaven," It means the kingdom of
God on earth. 'l'he kingdom of God
Is the Jewish term and the Christian
term for democracy. I want if possible to carry you along with me in connection with some presuppo:;ltions:
I want to assume that ·you agree
with me In regard to certain matters.
The first of the three suppositions
that I will assume is that you all believe in change, in ]lerfeclion, in development, in ]lrogress, in evolution,
that you believe that "the best is yet
to be," that progress is divine, that
our Goel is a living God whose motto
Is "Behold, I make all things now,"
that what man has clone, man can do
better and man must clo better.
vVe cannot get along without Institutions but we 1ha ve always got to be
on our guard with respect to institutions. Institutions are always more or
less antlquatecl; they cannot become
Institutions until they are antiquated.
Now an egg-shell is an institution but
the living chick inside must not be
sacrificed to the integrity of that institution. I have read this with regard to the constitution. "'l'he constitution Is one of the few formal
3
documents without which a democracy
is ip1possible, it professes that p1·0gress cannot. be made by providing
that things shall not change. It was
a ha])py compromise of a wrangle by
our forefathers, than whom uobocly
since has been wiser. The beauty of
It is that it oan mean almost anything but it takes a Supreme Court,
or a majodty thereof to decide what
it means; it has lasted so long and
meant so many .things that it Is now
famous."
Conservatism, reputable and respectable, though It claims to be, is in
essence, ovposition to God, that is to
the living God. It Is sincerely reverent of a Goel who clicl things long ago.
Conservatism justifies its opposition
to progress by claiming that without
it, prog1·ess would be too fast and it
uses figures of speech and says that
brakes are necessary to the chariot of
progress. '!'hat all depends on which
way the chariot Is headed. If we believe in God, we believe tnat the
chariot is going up hill, and not down.
No man in his senses, would apply
the brakes in going up hill; aud P\'O·
gress Is always uphill.
So we sometimes hear that unbridled democracy is a bad thing. · It
is not difficult to understand what
unbridled democracy is. It is democracy without a bridle and we presume
that democracy without a bridle is a
free democracy, one which may wander whither-so-ever it listeth. Is that
a good thing or a b:1d thing? vVas
the American Revolution, for instance,
a form of bridled or unbridled clemocracy. Now if democracy 'is going to
wear the bridle, who is going to put
it on and who is going to holtl the
reins?
Now, I will assume that yon believe
In progress, in perfection. Unfortunately, not everyone does, and I am
paying you a big compliment. l\Ien
have been taught to be afraid of
change, to oppose it on principle. vVe
constantly hear people say, "What has
been good enough for om· forefathers
ought to be good enough for ns." And
that Is the people's sentiment in many
quarters. ·why, I have even heard it
applied to Hell. I know of a Presbyterian who said, "li'or my part, I believe in an old fashioned hell, a hell
that was goocl enough for my fathe1· is
good enough for me." Now the fact
Is, that something that was good
enough for our father, Is not good
�adopted by the school bonrd,' W-l~lch ;p~;;:-'
IIlb!ls teacher~ from pol!tlonlhg M· g[vii',g Information ld lhe Lcgl:,lalme and
fro>,n assisting ln the nomh1allon of
candidates for public orrtce, was questioned by Solomon Lewenberg, nn .aLtor11e~' and the chn!nnnn of the Jsnao
Harris compalgn committee, In a state1nent Inst 11!ghl.
LewenbP1·g- replied to the statement of
Chnlrmnn Ellis of the school board. that.
the lntlorscment hy let~
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enongh for us. Om fn I.hers, if n live
toclny, would want better t.hnn t.hev
hail in their time nnd woultl reproach
us for our Idolatry for theil' out-worn
and antiqmti.E><l hrnt.it.ulions and conslilnlions nnd everything elRe,
Do you suvpose that if George
Wnshington wns in Boston to-mo!Tow
nnd Im wnnted to go to New Yol'k, (as
he prnbn bly would) thnt he woul<l prefer the stage conch to the Bay Slate
Limited? Not much, I cnn speak fol'
George,
I believe lhnt you take the helpful
view and the divine view nnd that
you are not nl'rnid of pl'ogross.
Now, my s0cond presupposition is
this. I will take for grnnted that you
believe wlt.h me in Urn esRcntial dignity nnd worth of goo,lness, o[ human
nature; I.hat you do not be!ieve in
total devravity; at least not as much
as you nsecl to; that yon agl'ec, with
me that what humm1 nnlure needs is
not. so much a change as a chance.
Hunrnnit.y has never had a fail' chnnce
yet. To believe in God is to believe
in men.
Vie mny take Jesus of
Nmmrel.h for an example in this mat.tel'. The supreme believer in God
was the supreme believer in his fellow
men. I will assume lhnt you share
the confidence of Jesus in human
nature, that you believe that man
would rat.her he decent than not; that
woman woul<l rathel' be decent than
not. 'l'hat men would prefer the apr-rolrnt.ion of their fellows lo their
scorn, I.hat. men would be in!lnll!>.ly
belt.er if they hnd more he:p and
fewer handicnj;s, I know, howevel',
I hn t. many cherish the doctrine of
t.otal depravity, like the old Indy who
Raid, "If you tnke away my total cleprnvity, I won't have any re~iglon
left."
My lhird supposition is this: that
)"OU believe in freedom, In II berty,
'l'hls follows necessarily. If man is
inherently trustworthy, you are not
afraid lo "loose him and let him go,"
I will assume that you agree with me
I.hat men were made for freedom and
not for bondage, that men flourish
best when mdst free, that all the wars
of humanity throughout history can
be trnced back to some form of op[Jl'ess\on, of coercion of man by mnu,'
Let me trace with you the historical
connection between religion and democrncy, I would like to take you on au
aeroplane trip across the mo\mlRln
peaks of the Bible. The dawning of
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1200 yen rs before Christ, more than
3000 years ngo, l\Ioses was a labor
ngitnt.or who headed a successfm
st.rllrc, the l'os111t or which was a verH1n ncnt
lock-011t on I.heir own part of
a number of Hebrew slaves who \aicl
clown their toolfJ, and marched out of
IDgypt never to go back again. Moses
ls the great type of class conscious
onrnneipnlor. Yon see, Moses had Urn
cholco o[ continuing to be the l'avorite
of I.he Egyptian King as the adoptml
~on of Pharnah's daughter, hut he prefel'rell to make common cause wllh his
own people,
The Jews became the custodians of
the world. ,Ve must understand the
story of their clevelopmenL There are
tew .Jews that. lmow, the st.or~, lhemselves. The Jews are not a pure rnco
;';1Y more tha!1 any other race is 111\r,~.
I hey are a nuxcd race. Their religion
has been a compromise between t.wo
disllnct elements that may be de-·
scrl bed as ,J ehovistic and Bnelistic the
religion of the Amarit.es with whl~h It
wns assimilated. Now .Judialsm is the ♦result of a mixtm·e of these two elemunts; and Chrislianity, which absorbed the essence or ,Judinlsm absorbed those two strains. You find
two different ideals fighting for tlrn
mastE>ry, the brotherly love of thr.
nomads and the ritualistic religion of
the cit:y c:ivilizallon. You find two difercnt idens of God. The Hebrew idea
of Clod, I.hat put the emphasis on justice, and the Cananlte idea which put
It on sacrifice and rllualism, You find
two different Ideals of Society, one in
which brnlherhood Is the ideal, the
other marlrnd by class distinctions.
Now, these two diverging lines have
come down to us of the present day
the religion of the t11'iests and the re~
ligion of the prophets, religions of the
[)rie,;Uy type which puts the emphasis
011 the things to be done to God and
the other which cares· about the tl1ings
that we are to do for om· brother man,
'l'he Hebrew prophets were tribunes
of the peo11le-the dauntless and fearless a1Taigners of Kings, and Princes
and Governments. The Hebrew priests
had the Idea that God needed to be '
placated by gifts and sacrifices and
even by human sacrifices,
'l'he
prophets boldly stood forth against
tyranny and op[lression whether In the
Church or in the State. Their entire
zeal was not for the services of thE>
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to go back again. Moses
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You see, Moses hnd the
ii inning to be tho favorite
t i.m King as the adopte<l
,uil's daughter, but Ile pro!,,· common cause with hi8
111,eame the custodians of
\\'e must undo1·stand the'
, ilovelopment. There are
:1 t know1 the sto1·y thorn.I uws are not a pure raco
111 any other race ls 1>m'1!,
1i xotl rnce. '!'heir religion
,·ompromli;e between two
11,•nts that rnny be del1ovlstic nnd Baelistic, the
1,• Amarites with which it
,•,I. Now Judiaii;m is' tho
1iixt11re of these two elet '.hrh;llanil y, wl>ich ni., .sscnco ot' Judiaimn abtwo strains. Yo11 find
ideals fighting for tlrn
brothel'ly Jove or. tlH,
t 110 l'il ualistlc religion of
-'.,1llon, You find two difr Clod. The Hebt·ew icltm
1111t the emphasis on jm,( ·ananite idea which put
and ritualism. Yon fintl
i,leals of Society, one in
,1,11ood is the idenl, the
I by class distinctions.
11·0 diverging lines have
,i us of the present day,
,r the priests and the reprnphets, religions of the
which puts the emphasis
to be done to God, and
,·It cares alwut the things
, do for our brother man.
prophets were tribunes
-the da11ntless and fear·s of Kings, and Princes
•11ts. The Hebrew priests
that God needed to be
~i !'ts and sacrifices and
11man sacrifices.
The
IIv stood forth against
,p.pression 'iYhether ,in the
the State. Their entire
!'or tho servlees of the
shrine and of the temple, Jrnt for tho
8ocial relations of men thro11gh jpslice
:and ))rotherlincss. I am going to mako
bold lo read to yon some passages
l'rom the Hellrow prophets. Liston to
the wmd8 of Amos which he spoke
:about the year 750 B. C. in the Hellre:w
shrine at Bethel. I will next rend to
yon from the prnphet named E:,;ekiel,'
who lived some ccntm·y or more later.
I wi\,h I had the timo to rend the entire 34th chapter of IDzoldel. r· want
yon w]10n yo11 go home to take, beg,
borrow or steal n. Bible, find the 34th
chapter of IDzeldel, aml see if you don't
get news there that will be more recent than any yon can find in the
(/lolw tomorrow morning,
Now, whatevor else .Jesus of Nnzaroth was, he was tho suecessor of the
prophets and the greatest of them. All
the stress of his tremendous personality was 1rnt on Joying rnou. r want
yon to hour some of tho words of .Josns
as recorclocl by trndition and yon will
see why ho is to nink among tho
vrophets of the early times. He ls reported as having hemm his ministry
hy claiming hnppinoss !'or poor people
especially. "I-Iapvy nro tho poor fo1•
:,Yours is the kingdom of God." It does
110t mean that they were happy then
hut were going lo lrn happy when the
kingdom of God came. "Hnppy a.re ye
that 1nmger for tho kingdom of Goel is
coming null than yon shall eat. I-Inppy
are ye that weep." iVheroas in connection will1 that was, "iVoe unto yon
that are rich, woe unto you that are
full now and have all that yon need,
for ye shall hunger for the things that
the kingdom gives." In the Lord's
Prayer we find, "Give us this day our
daily , bread"; that includes chops,
steaks, hread and butter. Somu people
have the idea that .Jesus was too hightoned to have anythh1g to do with the
things necessary to us, and they interpret "bread" as spiritual food. .Jesus
<did not mean anything of the hind.
He meant substantial bread, bread
made out of Hour, whole flour.
Now, I am going to tell you something that none of you know, absolutely none. I am going to read you
from the revised version, and then I
mu going to tell you what Jesus really
said and the way it should be translated:
"\Vhen he saw the 111111tltude he was
moved with compassion for thorn, be-
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cnuse they were distressed and scattered as sheep not having a shepherd."
· I nm going to tell you the way tha.t
It ls in the Greek, the way it should
be put:
"Whan he saw the multitude, he was
filled with compassion for them because they were skinned, flayed alive,"
It wns indeed distress, but we translate it better when we understand that
it means skinned, and that the w01·d
"skinned" means thrown to
the
grnnnd, llleeding, with their hide off,
and left to shift for themselves.
.Jesus did not believe in benefao·
tlons or )Jenefactors, nol' in paternal·
ism. He did not believe in :.i Htnte of
Society in which some people woulcl
accumula tc so much money that they
would not know what to do with it..
·wo must have no henefactors because
we must be in a position to do our
benefactions for onrnelves. A 1Hl now
tho lrwt passage:
"Cull llO man your father upon
oal'lh."
It' this is not a solar-plexus blow to
pn(ernalil-nn !
"Neit lier be ye called master:;, for
one is yon1· master."
You all see how .Jesus feels about
this matter, But Jh:iten to what nn
erninont representative of the ehurches
has Haid in regard to paternalism.
"A fat.lrnrly interest and sympathetic
relation hetween cm1ployer an<! em•
ployed woulcl solve the entire dil'fer·
ence between labor and capital."
'i'he Christianity of .Jesus is demooracy; it is the kingdom of Heaven.
It ls the 80cial order in whioh human
groups are organized a8 brothers to
manage their own al'fairs for the high•
est welfare of nil the members of the
gi·oup.
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brotherhood as over against paternal·
ism. It is reciproclly as over against
benefactions nnd charities. lt is co•
operation ve1·sus competition, Democracy is going to do away with the
stratification of society into classes.
Listen to what is said by anothe1·
representative of the ohnrch: "The
churches need to be Christianized, tho
churches need to be democratized, the
ohmches need to be fraternalized."
And I cnn say it with all the better
grace, because I belong to the church.
Did yon read that pitiful story of
the young Greek, aged Hevonteen, who
suved enough money to bring his
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hall meetings last Sunday evening, her
subject being "Are The Public Schools
Democratic?" Mostly, she concluded,
thPY are not, and she forthwith pointed out five ways in which they may
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1At the Ford nail meeting,
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[uy evenGfft~"f"'1't'tzla'''f1ttfll'.'1 to pu~ a
uestlon to Mr, Isnao Harris, candWate 1,
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or Uie school committee, 1md to Mt%
1-ima Garlln. SP!lnr:er, the qhief ~pea~er,
sister to this country, but who will
probably have to be deported? He
starved himself into insanity. He got
$1.25 a clay and lived on twenty-five
cents a clay. He paid $1.00 a week for
a room and bought no food but lived
on the scraps his fellow countrymen
gave him. Yet out of his wages he
had saved $20 to bring his sister here!
That is the sort of feeling that the
people of the old country have with
regard to America. .,What a responsibility that puts upon us.
·when shall we have more democracy in this country? .,Whenever we
want it earnestly and intelligently
enough. 'Nhenever we shall be determined to have God's will done in the
United States as it is <lone in Heaven.
God Is on the side of the people. vVho
can be against us?
In that clay
patriotism will be a bigger thing than
love of country, It will mean love of
one's countrymen.
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Question:
Does the speaker believe that .Jesus Christ was a labor
agitator, and that the Jews crucified
him?
Answer: He was an agitator anti
was prosecuted by the Roman Government at the Instigation of the
Jewish authorities.
Question:
Does not the speaker
consider It worth while to mention
other religions than the doctrines of
lhe Hebrews?
Answer:
I s110ke one hour and
seve1i minutes and did the best I
could.
Q. Has the Jewish race fulfilled Its
mission in this world?
A. It has, It ii;; and it is going to.
Q. 'Nhat does the speaker think of
the Interpretation of the word "charity?"
A. There is distinct advantage in
the Revised version of 1. Cor., the
word Jove taking the place of the
word charity in the King James version.
Q. How is it that the ruling classes
do not have the idea of democracy
which God has ancl if the common people were raised up would they 11ot
have the samo ideas that the rniing
classes Iia ve now?
A. It is not a question of pulling
the "outs" in and the "ins" out, taking clown those above and putting up
those below. It is the believing in
I J ·therhood. 'l'here are plenty of the
1 u! 1ng class who would be glad to see
dGmocracy come as, lndividpals and
. ttpon tile
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many of them are helping to bring it
along. ,Ve are all pretty decent on
the whole and while we can speak
against classes we must be careful not
fo speak hgainst individual members
of the classes. vVe are all human and
tJiere is good and bad in all of. us.
Q. What is your personal opinion
of the political parties of America
and ,vhich one stands for greater progress?
A. If you will promise not to tell
:rny one, my private opinion is that
the party which has the highest
ideals and which Is going to do the
most of all the parties that exist at
the present lime, is the Socialist
party.
Q. If the Christians would interpret
Jesus as a great liberator of men as
the Jews do Moses would not that n.revenl a good deal o[ misunderstanding,
between them and the Jews7
A. I think It would.
Q. Give us your reasons for be·
lievlng in Goel?
. A. vVhy simply the reason that
Voltaire gave: if there was not such a
God, we would have to invent Him.
We have got lo assume God, and until
you cnn get some better hypothesis
that will have lo hold.
Q. If we have democracy won't It
be just to have an industrial democracy as well as a political?
A. ,Vhen we have democracy that
will of course include industries. vVe
have a little democracy in this makebelievt~ parcels J>oHt just beginning lo
start on ,Veducsday.
Q. What is the message of the
resurrection concernlug democracy?
A. 'I'he message of hope, in spite
of death, hell and everything.
Q, If democracy means so much
why don't they teach it to children in
the schools and thorougl1ly Imbue
them with it?
A. Bm::rnse we are not yet democratic enough to teach it in our public
schools.
Q. Is ])reaching alone sufficient or
isitnol?
A. Nothing alone is sutncient. We
must have as many different ways to
ge't at it as we can think of,
Q. Where does George :Moore get
his authority that Jesus was not crucified but was put to death in some
other way?
A. I do not know. 'l'here are a
great many fanciful notions regarding
this.
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Q. .,Why then, ln view of
rneut of' the Professor, iR
much prejuclice against
today?
A. Because the Christ
abused the .Tews and we :
1irejudiced against people I
jure.
Q. In view of Jesus' t
the Sermon on the Mou
violm1ce and force how en
tian-spirited government b1
force?
A. No government ls
Christ.Ian and most gov<'1·1
very far from it. Il ls o
{]h1:istianize the UovPrnrnt'l
Q. vVhat ls your upi11;
Hebrew pro]Jhets as n:inl
J\Iessiah?
A. It cannot be summ•
sentence; there were 111:11
of l\Tmrninnic hope nmong
One that he would come 1
the Kliigdorn or Goel. Ano
would not come until al
established.
The l\Iessinnlc hope or '
its efrnence was that n g
~urning.
Q. Are not hmnan be'
•cirnnl? Wl1y, then, are th
,equal mentally?
A. 'I'hey are, pract.k:n 1
they nre more nParly e<
:generally belleved nnd thr
are due to eclnc:a tlon nJHl ,
CONCLUSION
I want to say In cloHill
greatly lluleht<'<l Io yon,
.and to your wonderful Jen
Coleman, for tl1e prll'ilog,
Ing yon tonight..
Nol
tempt me away from No1Y
winter time but jnRl the
u[ meeting this wmHkrl
111 .Ford Hall, ancl I hnpn
;tinue to thrive ancl pros1
SOCIALISM IN COL
Reports Which Show W
The Movement Is I
(F'rom thP
Nt\\\'
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Judging fTom reports 1
graduate delegates lo tl
nual convention of the I
Socialist' Society, wl1ic-h
sions yesterday in Miss
Stokes' sturlio, !10 Grove
ism· is certain lo becon
most popular college
�rora Hall Meetings
l\Irn, Anna Garlin S1Jei1cer of New
Yori, was the speaker at the Ford
l1all meetings lasl Snnduy evening, her
01 iJJject !Jeing "Are 'l'he Public Schools
I Jemocratic?" Mostly, she concluded,
I l1Py 1are not, and she forthwith point1·d out five ways in which they may
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"1asses we must be careful not
Ii against individual mem!Jers
·l:1sses, V\Te are all human and
: good and bad in all of us.
\'hat is your personal opinion
political parties of America
icll one stands for greater proyou will promise not to te!I
·, my private opinfon is that
l't y wl!icfl has
the highest
111d which is going to do the
all the parties that exist at
sent time, is the Socialist
tile Christians would. interpret
, a grnat liberator of men as
s do Moses would not that pre:uod deal of mi:rnnderstandfng;
I hem and the Jews -r
lliink it would.
\'<, us your reasons for be·
11 Goel?
l1y simply the rea~on that
gave: if there was 1wt such a
would have to ln~nt Him.
got to assume God, and until
get some better hypothesis
have to hold.
\\'e have democracy won't it
10 have an industrial democ,, ..,JI as a political?
11 C'II we !1a ve democracy that
>111·se include industries. vVe
11 le democracy in .this make•ai·cels post just beginning to
\ \' ednesday.
1at is the message of the
i"n concerning democracy?
,, message of hope, In spite
liell anrl everything.
democracy means so much
1 they teach it to children In
,uls and thoroughly imbue
I it?
:i nse we are not yet de1noJ11gh to teach it in our public
,reaching 11lone sufficient or
!ling alone is suJ!lcient. vVe
, ns many different ways to
1s we cnn think of.
re, does George Moore get
·i Iy that Jesus was not crucfwas put to death in some
?
, not know. There are a
y fanciful notions regarding
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Q. vVhy then, in view of the state- ·
ment of the Professor, ls there so
much prejudice against the ,Tews
today?
A. Because the Christians have
nlrnsed the Jews and we are always
prejudice(! ag11im;t people that we injure.
Q, In view of Jesus' teaching in
:the Sermon on the I\founc agarnst
violence and force how can a Chrh,~
tian-spirited govemment be based on
.force?
A. No government is thoroughly
Christian and most governments are
very far from it. It is om· task to
'Christianize the Government.
Q. What is your opinion of the
Hebrew prophets as relating to the
l\lessiah?
A, 1t cannot ]Je summed up in a
Bente11ce; there were many varieties
of Messianic hope among the .Tews.
One that he would come to establish
the Kingdom of God. Another that he
would not come until after It was
established.
The ·Messianic hope of the Jews In
lts essence was that a goocl lime Is
<eoming.
Q. Are not human beings created
•equal? Wl1y, t11en, are they not borll
•equal mentally'/
A. 'I'hey are, practically; I think
they nre more nearly equal than is
generally believed nnd that clil'ferences
are due to education a.nd environnwnt.
CONCLUSION.
I want to say in closing that I am
greatly indebted to you, my friends,
and to your wonderful leader here, Mr.
Coleman, for the privilege of addressing you tonight.
Nothing would
tempt me away from New York in the
winter time but just the opportunity
,of meeting this wonderful gathering
1n Ji'ord Hall, nnd I hope you will continue to thrive l\ll(l prosper.
SOCIALISM IN COLLEGES.
Reports Whlch Show What Progress
The Movement Is Making.
( 11~ro111
1hi' Ntiw Yol'k
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.Judging from rnportt: by the unde1'gradnate delegates to the fonrth .anmial convention of the Intercollegiate
Socialist Society, which began its sessions yesterday In Miss Helen Phelps
Stokes' studio, DO Grove stt·eot, Socialism ls cel'taln to become one of the
most popular college svol'ts,
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were very earnest young men and
women who met in Miss Stokes' pleas. ant, pictnre-Irnng room, but it was
evident that they found keen enjoyment in faculty and Philistine unclergmduate opposition to their chnptel's,
as the individual organizations are
called.
The delegate from Yale who, like
several of his brother delegates, spoke
with a noti'ccahle foreign accent, told
l10w opposition, largely from the
student body in this case, harl built up
the New Haven chapter until It was
the largest and most active in the society. There had been, he 1'eported,
an attempt to destroy the society, or
at least to sever its. connection with
the l)arent body, on the ground that
it was "cont1·ary to the democratic
spirit and traditions of dear old Yale."
An att~mpt was made, he declared, to
make tlw chapter over into "a sort of
Sunday school affair" and re-name it
the Society for the Study of Social
Problems.
'When this move had been defeated,
it was found that the University authorities had trebled the rent for llw
use of a college building for the chapter's meetings. But Professor Emory
came forward with a goocl word for
Socialism, the economic department
sullscrihed generously to the fund, and,
with the iuternecine trouble-makers
ousted from the ol'ganlzalion, but. still
enough trouble left to be stimulating,
things were going nicely at Yale.
,J. G, Phelps Stokes, l)resident of the
Intercollegiate Socialist Society, who
presided over the convention, saicl tlrnt
as a Yale man he could uuderstaud the
dilllculty of running a Socialist society
in so conservative a place. Iucidentally his brother, Anson Phelps Stokes,
is treasurer of Yale University, Amherst repo1·ted that its chapter was
getting action by debating Socialism
with the Civics Club and expects· lo
stimulate the mental grnwth of the
members of the Civics Club noticeably,
At Williams, Socialists are looked upon as "queel' s1rnclmens," according to
tl1e cheerful represeutatlve of that
chapter.
Delegate Humplueys of the Springfield Y. M. 0. A. Training School
raised a laugh when he said in a way
that showed it seemed to him a sur·
prisiug lhing that the Socialist chap·
ter "stands well with the faculty and
has its eooperution.'' 'l'he Connecticut
�l ho sci10ol bonrd, ~vhlch p~ol I erH fi-om pelltlonhlg 01' .glvi:illon to the Lcgl~lafure and
,;t Ing •In the nomination of
for public office, was
:-~olo1no11 Lewenberg, nn
1lw clrnlrmnn of the
"''"lgn committee, In a
Ford Hall Meetings
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York was the speaker at the Ford
hall meetings last Sunday evening, her
. subject being "Are The Public Schools
Democratic?" MosllY, she concluded,
they are not, and she forthwith pointed out five ways In which they may
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Agrlcultmnl College chnptcr revortcd
an interesting slrnggle with a faculty
that hns tried vninly to halt. its progress b)' decreeing that no college
building could he used for pollt.lcal
purposes.
Of the chapter at Barnard the
young woman clelcgnte reported that
it was struggling against lack of in-'
terest. The genernl attitude "makes
the students watch what we nre doing
without Wanting lo join." Columbia
reported a chapter of twenty-nine
members, twelve on the active list,
and Comell bonst.ed of n chapter
membership of thirty-five, with thirty
"real" Socialists .
At the College of the City of New
York, on the other hand, there wns
almost "too much enthusiasm," said
tho spokesman of the students there.
He added that while there wns no
"olliclnl orgnnizatlon" there were ove1·
1000 Socialists in the college; in fact
the ()Ill.Ire unclergracluatl! body wns
Socialist, and the prnfesrmrs in the
economics depnrtment had to wage
daily warfare with heckling Soclnllsts
who asked embnrrassing questions.
New York University's ngitator complained that the student body was not
anti-Socialist but "just Indifferent."
The faculty, he snld, was not hosl.lle
to the college Socialists. The [nculty
of the New York Dental College was
reported to be very active in Its opposition, and there again the chapter
was llomlshing.
Down at Princeton, Delegate Alexander reported, the path of the
Socialist is altogether too smooth.
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Sociallsm."
Next year, snid Mr. Alexander, the
Princeton Socialists are going to droii
"the r.bloroform bottle and butterfly
net nncl resort lo the hammer."
Debs was coming down to help them,
he acldecl.
De]P,gat.e lVfcDonnld oft.he Meaclvllle
'I'heological School snlcl t.hi~t eight out
of the entering class of ten this year
hncl jolnecl the chapter, and that eight
members or t.wenly-foui· were cnnylng
the "reel card" showing them to he
members of the nnt.lonal Socialist
pnrty. He was applauded when he
asked the I. S. S. lo "protest ngalnst
college men engaging In scnbbing and
strike-breaking.'' 'l'he young woman
deiegntP. frnm the George vVnshlngton
University chnpter snid that the
strong religions ancl conservallve feelIng nrnong the faculty and undergradttnles mncle it hard for the chapter lo gnin in membership.
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VoL. I.
No. 3.
Jannary 12, 1913.
WAS IT CURIOSITY LARGELY?
Our first i;;sue made a remarlrn!Jle
record-it pnld for ilseH and hacl n
balance left over of $1.85, together
with a number of unsold copies, some
or which mny yet be sold, Are yo11
going to keep a complete file of tliis
paper. from the very first Issue? 'rhen
make sure that you have a copy of
these early issues; tliey will be very
scarce a little later,
It is certaiuly gratifying to us
all to have the flrst uumber of li'ul'tl
}Jail Polk~ so generously welcomed; so
far, very good: But the real test will
come on the second, and third, and
fourth issues. \Vas It curiosity that
led a good many to buy that fin;t number and ls that curiosity now satifled?
Or on the ot11er hancl, are there a goocl
many who clicl not see the fii•st copy,
and perhaps dlcl not lrnow about it,
who will be eager to buy one 'as soon
as the matter Is brought to tlleir attention? Our success hangs on the answer
to these two questions. You can help
ans\\;er the secon cl one by calling the
attention of your friends and neighbors among the Fore] Hall folks to the
fact that a weekly paper is' being published.
Sn!Jscriptions are coming In from
various directions. That is a healthy
sign. -what about getting in touch
with those hunclrnds of people who
want to come to Ford Hall hut who
cannot brave the crowds or wait in
line? Scores of them would be glad
to subscrilJe H they knew whnt we are
doing. Cnn'L you reach some or them
and tell them about IL?
Surely those who heard l\frs. Spencer will want the copy of her address herein contained ancl nrnny who
missed hearing her will be eager to
get a copy, too. It was different from
Price Ten Cents,
anything we have ever hncl before nncl
was immensely appre.ciated,
Young Loudon, our business manager, ls taking hold of the work in
splendid fashion. Help him on every
chance yon get.
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NEXT WEEK'S SPEAKER.
\Ve shall have a red-letter uig!Jt next
Sunday for then Dr. Yamei Kin of
China addresses us on '"l'he A wakening of China," with particular reference, we may assume, to the extraordinary \Vomen-Movement that is now
so clrong there, Dr. Kin ls a fount
of flrst-lrnncl informalion concerning
ev·ery phase of lit'e in this new Revublic of the enst.
THE PRAYER.
{ l)r; 1,•p1li11g· Jl1·x. Npe11<•pt•'s .Ad(lre:-.s.)
\Ve give thanks for the capacity and
the desire to learn wilh which Thon
hast. endowed us. ',Ve rejoice in the
blessings that the Public School has
brought into our Jives, \Ve pray for
an open mind and an .attentive spirit
that we may learn each dny the lessons of life that Thou wouldst teach
us. Help us to cherish Olli' public
school system, to guard it against
every dange1: that threatens, and to
welcome every change that will make
it n more efflcien t servant of all the
people,
It is with glnd hearts that we recognize that tllis great function of giving
a fundamental education to all the
people rests upon the divine pl'iuciple of reqniring from every citizen according to his abillty and giving lo
every child according to its need. With
such a glorious foundation on which to
build, help uii to go on in the same
spirit, not resting content until every
child grncluating frnm our public
schools has received tlle best equipment for n life and for a living thnt it
was possible for thnt child to receive.
Amen.
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FORD HALL FOLKS
\
ARE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEM•
OCRATIC?
ska! expression from all the 11eople
that shows the great, almost ineal(Add1•p,.;i-4 of ~11·~. A111u1 (:n1·1in HpPlll'el'
culable distance we have moved from·
;II till' )•'01'11 ))11)1 ~l1•pf)11!-(H,
that old iclea that edncation is a copy
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Mr. Chairman and Frlen1lf1: I thought of the past. \Ve had something lnlrod11ccd Into our thinking less than a
when Mr. Cole1nan waR going to name
hnndred years ago that changed that
the iirntltntions from which he took his
idea-we began to understand lha t
direct.ion for these Ford Hall meetings
mankind is not a static, but a dynamic
that he would namo 0111· own Cooper
in its life-that we are not Co cancel ve
Union in New York; but he did not so
one genern tion as cop~•lng the 11receedI will say that I sometimes tell our
lng lrnt as hr~ing snpm'ior to the preCooper Union friends, whom I have
cet1di11g, doing something new, somethe pleasme of meeting every winter
and sometimes more than once, that · thing [or its own spiritual advancement; and so the old idea of covying
they have a Cooper Union in Boston.
even the best of the men and women
When I·say that the Cooper Union peothat ever livecl has given place to thede}lle all feel very happy because lhey
volovment of independent and individlhink their Cooper Union is about. the
ual vower, \Ve are making mistakes
best thing there is,
In Olli' aLlministrntion of it and some
l have been asked by vonr director
very crude mistakes and some very
and leader to speak lonlgl;t on the subfoolish mistakes, and we are sometimes
ject of the public school and I venlnre
getting an atmosvhere in whicl1 the·
to })lit my title in tho form of a q11oschild thinks today something far difLion-"ls tho irublic school of America
ferent than does his fat.he!' and mother
<lo111oc1·alic?"
and Lhnl. it must be better because it is
We lllllRt begin Olli' cliHCllRsion with
different. Moveover, we are not yet
reminding ourselves that eVC'l'y special
over the first awkwardness of a beginera in human develovment. has had its
ning in a new field. But we have come
own a\)!iropriale form of education,
to feel lhat this idealism in edncalion,
'Whenever a set of people in savage
this idealism of 11rogress rather than of
life, or in clvilize<l lll'e have set about
copy of the past ls parlicularly the
inRll'l1uling youth they have lrled to
ideal for llS and it is true that it be- Ir'
renlize and to verpetnate lhe ideals
longs to onr era and our civilization in'
they have accepted. E\'ery c11·a has
a peculiar sense, 'l'o he sure Aristotle,
songht to express ilRelf and perpetnate
that l\loHt modern mind of nntiqnlt,v,
itRelf in the education of youth. You
antici]lated onr idealism in edllcatlon
know the great example ol' many
when he said, "TIJvery human mind
churches who have said "Give us the
crnves truth, and the mind grows as
children until they are ten OI' twelve
lhe hocly grows by having Sllitable
~,ears of age and we will know that our
nourishment and uot by being placed
ohurch will remain vennanent."
ll]lon the rack." But then Aristotle
\Ve have to<lay what we call a new
talked tu a wmld in which it was still
educnt.ion and it is new in its pe1·ce11•
believed that you must spiritually
tion of what education should be; and
s111rn1·-im11ose upon youth an absolute
in so far ns it is new it i:; democrnlic
model, and that education meant learnand our object tonight will be to see
ing to copy and to copy nccnrate!y,
\vhether we realize the ideals of this
Then again we have had an incalcnnew education, 'l'here are five J)oinls
lable change in Olli' edncatlonal ideals
lhat I think we lllnst discm1s logelher
and in the scove of edllcalion and of
-five points of the most profound
the edncalional system. All the educachange in educational conceptions and
tions of the vast wm·e chiss educationideals which mal'k this which we have
the formal suhooling was, until very
vroperly called the new education. :
lntely, reserved only for those people
'rhe first is the change in the ideal
on the top of life's opportunity who
of what we wish to arcomplish by eclnhad leisure and chance, who were the
cation. All the old cil'llizations wishecl
favored, as we say, of fortune; but now
to ]lerpotuate themselves by repetition.
we have entered upon a new era and
They selected certain things in Ji[e,
we call it Democracy. \Vhat docs De·
certain charnclerR, certain silna I.I 01m,
mocracy mean in the o<lucallonal llelcl?
certain sets of circumRLances ancl Rot
It means that every human being is a
them up as if a lrnrrior to keop lrnek
pt1lcnlial citi;,;en and therofore it is fair
change, You have had a very radical
that every human being should havo
and line illustration in lho op~ning adan adequate education.
llress on the new way or creating mu-
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fi'om all the people
lie greal, almost Inca!,·,\ we have moved fl'on1
that education is a cOJJY
\\' e hnd sonrnthing intl'o11 thinldng less than n,
; ago that changed that
:111 to undel'stand that
,1 a static, but a dynamic
VI we are not to conceive
1 :1s copying lhe pl'eceedi 11g; S!IJ)Cl'ior to the rire~ometlllng new, some,, wn spil'itual advance1l,c old idea ot co])ying
111· the men and women
li:1s given place to tllecle1,ilependent and individ,, are maldng mistakes
.\ rntion oE it and some
ii a\,cs anc1 some very
,·,. an1l we are sometimes
1,,spliel'e ln which the
il:1y ;:ometlling fal' tlif- hi;: fathe1· nm! molhe1·
t he better because it is
,·uve1· we are not yet
1 l,wa;·dness of a begin' hl. But we have come
, i1leali~m in educ\1tion,
111 •ogrcss rntller t,an of
,~l h; partlculal'ly the
I it is tl'\le that it lle:illll our civilization in
To )Jc sme Aristotle;
111 mind at' antiquity,
itlenlism in cdncnlion
"\Dvcl'y hnman mind
ii the mind gl'ows as
\Jy having suitable
I n~t by being pll,lced
But then Aristotle
I in which it was still
()l\
mnst spil'itually
,11 youth an alJsolnte
d11ention meant learn\" copy accnl'ately,
1,a ve had an incalcu,111· ctlncntionnl ideals
<>L eclucntion and of
~tern. All the ecluca,, re clnss educationling was, until very
11 ly for those people
,,•s opporlnnity who
1,:1nce, who were the
or fol'tnnc; lrnt now
;1 pon a new era and
:«·y. ·what does De1,c edncntional field?
11· lrnman being is ~
,;I lheJ'o[Ot'C it is fair
\icing shonltl have
tion.
1011
Bnl we hn ve so changed in our conception ot' what education should lie
in scope thnt the old kind of educational function has entirely gone by,
I remember nol so very long ago,
however, henl'ing a man who wns u11on a public platl'orm on au educational
topic say the important thing in edncntlon is how we shall train the leaders of the race and then n voice from
the re,·.r spoke up and said, "How do
we know who al'e going to be the leaders of the race?" (Applause,) 'J'he
revel'end gentleman had no reply lint
somebody else 011 lhc platform said:
"Liberntion at' power in the mass to
develop every human being into n
personality will show us and that is
thu only thing that will show us."
(Applause.) So, so fnr ns our illeal
of educnlion Is concerned, in its scope
it is democrnlic. Thus we hnve hall
a tre1)1(rndous change in our educational ideals leading to n grent ehange
in O11r educational Jll'aclice.
The conlenl ol' education, too, has
!Jeon imrnens11rn1Jly euln!'ged.
Look
up the college catalogues of 100 or
150 years ago and see how l'ew were
the sHbjeels HllJl!IOsc;d to comprise liberal c11ll11re. Now tnke 11p one of O11r
recent college catalogues or even our
high school year-boolrn and see how
8lmost infinitely eulargcd is the area
of hnman knowledge. f<'or that we
are illllelJted to that gl'(sat iconoelast
and (lye-O11e11ur, 'Modern Seience, that
sho\\'s 11s that it is not enough to
lrnow what some ]l(oople thoHght ailll
put in a book ahonl certain subjects,
but that we must lrnow what kind of
a universe we a1·e Jiving in nnd the
relnlion or things helow us. 'What
crin he dono by the p1·ojecl ion of education into wlw{ wern unknown fields
even a hnn1lrrnl years ngo is •SO slupenllom; that. we nrn almost pnrnlyzed.
And that nl'l'ects onr public school In
11 rcrnarlrnhle and often in a tragic
manner.
We shall spenk a little later of the
methods of ou1· Hchools, but I mnst
say this to you; {hat we have hnd
pressing upon us t'rnm !he kindel'gnrlen thro11gh the elementary school
a wholly new scope nnd breadth of
edncation nntl have hnd 1iressing down
lo the high school another great con,
gerie or stmlies thnt seem to be absolutely necessary J'or the student to
know somtithing· nhont; and in the
elementan• school the two things have
come toget!Hw liken lnmbermnn's jam.
Something lw:,; got to give way, we
ennnot hn ve n shorter school day,
more
3
vacations nnd more holidays,
longer sn·mmer vacations; W(l
cannot keep on cutting 011' at every
end our time of study nnd then ponr
in an infinitely increased content of
education. 'l'he lLnchers are getting
nel'vons pruslralion by wholesale trying to do llle impossible-putting n
gallon into a pint; and the children
nre following, loo, in their wild rush
l'or lrnowledge-as wns fully illustrnted by the little girls abrnpt change
from SnlJlinth evening peace to Monday moming lrnrry (refe!'ring to the
demonstration of musical composition
)Jy children given enl'lier in the evenings). Jn the midst or it all we are
canght in this wWening content or
education, nncl in the el'forl to apply it
not only to people whose ancestol'S
browsed nromHl in a lillrary, lint to
those whose ancestors never had nny
formnl 8chooling; and in onr effort lo
flllJl]Y 1hiB mulllplied form of content
lo all the people with all the historic
backgrounds that are mixed in onr
great populnlion we are slrnggling
with lhnl which a]Ji,olnlely requires
the next £,hnnge nnd that is a change
in melhocl. We have achieved a wonderful change in method in some respects. vVc have found that Jr you are
going to develop i111livldnal power and
im11rove !he generations by conscious
el'tor( ns they mnrnh along; i1' you are
going to lake within your :;cope or
ednenlion all faculties nml r11mlilies
and oondiliollB and sortB ot' human
beings; if yon nre going to illcrease
your content beyond the wildest
dreams ot' any e<lncator of the Eighteenth Century, then you must have a
cliffet•enl method, You can not simply
set chiltlnm to rn1rnat and memol'ize,
lo do the mere things that menn the
saying over and over and over again
of something enough to make it so
that it cannot be forgotten, but we
hnve ·gol to have something that altracts the attention and holds the
power at ne<Jllisitlon immediately,· nnd
so 11'0 have come inlo nu era of clomonst l'alion, \Ve have pushed the laborntol'y from the post-grud11ale course
in the university down into the elementai·y school and we !ll'e pushing il
more and more, nud now somebody
snys that we are going to gel (I believe it is Mr. Edison) our education
quick, on the run, by !he moving pieturn that is going to ponr into us as
we stop for a minute bet ween sandwiches nll that we need to know.
\'Ire]], we mny lnugh if we will, but
somehow we have got to grip th(:) at-
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tenliou of the child more quickly than
er can properly take care of; and the
the old content of edncation required
lower down we go in the school and
-we have got lo hold more vital relathe younger the child and the more
llonshi]l with that system to keep lh'l disastrous this treatment therefore,
child's allenllo11. The method must is, the more we crowd the schoolbe one of demonstralio11-overy child
rooms and the less we supply the
must know that he knows. \Ve can- proper teaching material. But'in spite
not trust in this enormons business or
of that we are lrneping on, and it is
education t~ any sort of acceptance
clear now that what Is wanted is lo
and tradition.
set this pyramid of education that we
When only a few ]leople at lhe top
have inverted on its true foundation.
of !He received formal schooling;
The younger the child the more exwhen it was not considerncl necessary
travagantly we shoulcl supply it with
for manna! workers to read and write;
its educational food and surroundings
when all the commonwealth of (ho11ght
and lhe elder the child the better he
was shut away for the benellt of a
can afford to be crowded and pushed
select few; then ed11calion might be
along. Not that I want to hinder the
a matter of home provision or of
older on(?s, but if we liave got to sacchurch supervision; b11t the fact that
rifice anywhere we must not sacrifj_ee
it has become so enorn10usly extended
with the younger children as we are
in its scope of content emphasizes thb
)H·one to do at the present time.
fact that no institution is strong
Then as to sco11e: iVe say grandly
enough, and rellgious eno11gh, and able
when we are having our Fourth of
enough to reach all the people except
July orations,· and at other times .of
the Slate. So the State is stanclanlizsel!'-complaccmcy, that the American
ing ,education as well as providing it.
Public Schools stand for the open cloor
I have no brief for the ]luhlic school
for every age, yet if we refer to sta·
iigainst lhe private school, bul I betiRtics we find that average children of
lieve the 11rivat.e school is valuable
the United Stat.es have five years and · ♦
almost entirely as a place to try out
a fraction of schooling for ten mouths ,
each with twenty clays in a m,onth.
improvements in education.
There
are certain things so delicate and dif'The Sage Foundation has just brought
llc11lt and expensive in working oul
out a hook containing ·a very careful
these problems of edncallon (hat. we
study of this whole .situation . . . . .
cannot ask the taxpayer lo 111Hlersla1Hl
How many ecl11cators, .however, come
in the first place th[;t thny are nncnsbefore an anclience with any clear iclcnl
of lhis most fundamontal of all quessary, and in lhe second placfl consunl
to the expense involved; and so prit ions in education; what is the Iden!
eclucnt.lon for children, nil children up
vate schools may be great. experiment
to the age of 14? That is the problem
stations in education. I am sorry lo
in American education as it iR in edusay they are nol all t.ha t. They sometimes are very backward, making Jilcation everywhere. iVlrnt shall we do
to develop most perfectly not only one
lie eddies in social progress-they
],incl of a chilcl but every kinµ of child
keep people feeling they arn bet ler
in the early years of life? And right
than other people when they are not;
but they may be of great help in ashere I want to say a word about industrial training. I believe in indussisting our public education, 11ndertrial eclucation. I believe in it with
slancling that their limit is lo show
nil my heart; I lielleve in it for every
the State how to do it.
child; but not inclnstrlal training
Now, let us go over our points again
that. sharpens to an economical choice
and see if they are really as demolhe Iii tie chilcl's lll'e. I would keep the
cratic in realization as they are in
whirr of the factory wheels away from
ideal.
the elementary schools. I would keep
First: The purvose of edncationthe Idea of specialization away from
l.he liberation of power. The father of
elementary education. I would try and
our new ed11cat.ion has said so wisely
devise with all the wisclom we can
"Ecl11cation is not learning this or that,
bring to bear upon it an education that.
hnt finding ont what each child was
shall fit all children to be whole permoant to become." \Ve have not got
sons. Emerson said, you know: "iVe
annvhere near that In our public
want. not thinkers, but men thinking."
school education. -we still put tho
children in lhe hopper and they move . l[ that be true, ancl I believe it. is, it
is a thousand times more true that we
along from one place lo the other, and
want not workers but men and women
we give about three times as nrnn~·
worldng,
children to each teacher as any teach-
so
f
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take care of; and the
, go in the school und
''-' child and the more
treatment therefore,
.rn crowd the schoolless we supply the
materia L But in spite
1 ►ceping on, and It is
what is wanted is to
I of education that we
111 ils true foundation.
It' c,liild the more excifttuld supply it with
!'t 10<1 and Slll'l'Ollndings
111; child the better he
, crowded and pushed
I want to hinder the
i r we have got to sac11 c must not sacrlfke
· diilclren as W(J are so
11• present time.
111e: ,Ve say grandly
;i ving
our Fourth ot'
1111 at other Umes of
that the American
·,111d for the open c\oor
•t if we ret'er•to sta:it average thildren of
, have five years and
"'ling tor ten months
.1· days in a month.
I iun has just brought
1i11ing ·a very carefnl
,1 o situation. . . . .
•,1 tors, however, come
, wilh any clear ideal
lamental of all ques·,1: wliat ls tl1e ldcrn I
dren, all childl'Elll HP
'l'hat is the problem
,tion as lt ls in edn. \Vlrnt shall ,ve do
,,,rectly not only one
every kind of child
, ol' life? And right
, 1· a word a!Jont in. I bl1lieve in lndus' believe in it with
litivc in it for every
i11dustl'ial training'
11 econoinical choice
t'.
1 wonlcl keep the
1· whculs away from
,'1101s. I would lrnep
li;,atlon away fl'om
,11. I would tq' antl
It' wlsclom we can
ii an education that
11 to he whole per,1 von know: "\Ve
1:1i't men thinldng."
,I I lielieve it is, it
1110Fe true tliat we
11l men and women
Now what are the great forms of indnstr/ on which civilization. rests?
Thay are two. '!'hey are gethng ,the
raw nrnterial ot' food and physical
comfort from the soil and they are
converting that raw material of food
and physical comfort into the home
and its lH'"· ,Ve call these l<'armlng
am! Domestic Science for want of better names, lrnt they are the fundamental prncesses or race activity and
they are the things that all little childl'8n, normal little childl'en, love to do.
I don't mean Farmiug as a science tlrnt
they teach in college; I do not mean
Domestic Science where they take four
years to train a girl for some highly
vaid position as dietician Ol' Urnt sort '
or thing. 1 mean the simple, homely
arts, that is, the fanning and the h01~1e
making of the race which it has bmlt
Its civilization upon.
I believe that }ll(lustl'ial tl'aining in
the elemeutary school should take in
only those thing;; that have made for
race deve.lopment. IDvery school should
have lts garden and its pince where the
little gll'l, before she gets to high
school, may learn the art of tak(ng the
raw material and converting 1t lnlo
food. So my inclustl'ial training w~rnld
be away from the factory, away from
indoors-out at' doors,--and don't let's
wait till the cl11ldl'8n are Incipiently
tuberculous llefore we open the door
and let the air in. Let us have the outdoor school and the inclustl'ial activity
very early in the game. I deplore any
tendency that brings the idea of the
machine-dominated life to the mind of
the chiltl. We should give tlle ehild
the things ilrnt ]Jelong to the education ot' the race. Not until then
shall we be truly democratic. ..When I
hoar people talk alJOut education for
those who al'8 going to be laborel's I
am a little dislmbcd if it means that
clil't'erentialion ii; to begin so low down
that there is !mt little period in the
school whe1'8 all Urn children will feel
themselves er1unl.
'!'hen we come from that to the mat•
ter of method and here I have a very
serion;; word to say. My friends who
al'e 1rnrents and interested in the
scl10ols, do yon ever stop to think what
it ls we want in 0111' iiHlustrial changes
and in our 11rogreBs toward the democratising of industry?
Now tlrnn, \Vhere are you going to
genera'te your cooperative spirit if In
your pn!Jlic schools the competitive
spirit is developed by every ty]le of ingenious appeal to the child? You will
not have coo])erative people when they
grow up if yon check the natural ten-
5
clency of the child to help a comrade
who is lrn,dtatlng for a word and you
vut your child down and punish him
and give him discredits of various
amounts because he has spoken up and
helpetl a little child that he loved to
say the lesson right. You lrnve planted
JJO.ison in the child's !He. (AJJ]llause.)
If every ,a])peal you make lo tile child
is tor i11de11e1ulent achievement no matte!' what happens to the other fellow
yon arn not trniuing people for cooperative activities-you arn trninlng them
fol' the factol'y system of life wilh the
boss al1ead aud everybody struggling
and never mind what becomes of the
other follow.
(Applause.) . . . , ,
If we do not help the children in our
elemeulary and high schools to see
that the greatest achievements are the
achievements that all make together
we cau never have a cooperative commonwealt11, no matter who brings the
story lo you.
Now in the last few minutes that I
l1ave and they are very few, I \vant to
s~y to you what not all of yon will
cal'8 to know even though you al'e usetl
to Fol'tl Hall meetings. I believe that
one of the most undemocratic things in
the 1i1•ofessedly democratic puhlic
school of Amel'ica is its present method
of admiuistrntlon. I believe tllat we
lrn ve in more ways than one fa?toryizerl our methods. You see we are ll1 the
inlluence the tremendous inllnenee of
that ldncl of business elfleieucy which
is snpvosed to inhere in having a boss
cin t11e top and little lJOsses in between
and other little bosses, and then a lot
of somebodies down at the bottom doing Urn work. (Applause.) Now we
have, 1111conscio11s ly I am sure, let the
factory ldnd of Jiving cl'ee]) into our
schools. "\Ve used to get along pretty
well when wo were all neighbors together in a small town and public
opinion was expressed on the ,ba?k
doo1· step and at the frout door and Ill
tlJG church sewing circle, and we 1Jeha ved ourselves very well; but it Is far
dift'erent in a great clty where we do
not frnow our next-door neighbor and
we are in a very complex situation in
all oul' socia I relationships.
In regnrcl to school administration
I have come to certain convictions
and one of them I share with you
~vhich is, that there are two kinds of
people tlrnt oughl to be on the Scho?l
Board-whose l11flueuce ought to be m
every, school. In the first place there
ought to he some fathers and mothers
on the Boal'll.
'l'hen there ought
to he some people who are pro--
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fessional and some people who are
business people, and some peo11le who
are wage-earners, and some people of
the different classes in life. There
isn't a class of people that is not in,
terested in the school. It is also a pparent that if we want to do the best
for our children we ought to have a
class of educational experts as wellpeople who know something about education, direct education.
These are the kind of people we
ought to have in part on onr board,
bnt I do not lrnlieve that our board
ought to be made up of them entirely.
The third element should be the teachers-the people who are doing the
most work with and for the children
(applause). If there is aiiythl!1g that
is undemocratic in O11r prnlessedly
democratic schools it Is the way we
put the people who are doing the a~tual service iu · education into a position of nonentity so fur as the condnc.t
of the great enterprise in which they
are engaged is concerned. I believe
that every grade of teacher should be
represented by vote of their own pe~rs
on every School Board, und I !111nk
that co;1tingent from the teaching
foi·ce should change every year so that
we might get a very wide rang~ of
n rsl-hand knowle<lge and sngges!Jons
from the teaching force itseH. Then
the teachers themselves wo11ld know
themseh/'es to be as Important as they
really are. If there is a pnsillanimous
set ~f people in the United States,
people who allow changes o[ lhe most
dlsaslrons kind lo go on without lispIng a voice of prnlesl, it Is the teach•
ers in the public schools; and the
men teachers are more cowardly e,·en
than the "·omen (applause). '1'110;>'
are cowardly because they have be~n
shut ont of all responsibllily. It 1s
said, yon remember, that one or the
great causes foi· the decline anrl fall
of the Roman Empire, was the fact
that, arter Rome subjugalPd ~reece,
she took learned G reE,ks for the teachers of her youth and the Greeks
tang ht everything to Homan you! !1. except patrioti~m and a sense of poht1cal
responsibility; therefore, out of the
soul of the Homan patriot went that
fire that had preserved his nation, Imcause In youth he was tanght by those
that had no responsibility. Now we
have ninety per cent. of O11r teachers
in the public school women and thPgreat hue and cry goes out that. we
are feminizing education In sublm~e
unconsciousness or the fact that, Ill
nil ages and all civilizations the worl<l
hns ever known, women have taught
all the girls and all lhe little boys
since teaching began; so it's not a
new thing to have women engage'd In
teaching. nut here in America where
we have the ideal of making every
citizen a great potentiality, we, in the
first place, disfranchise our teachers
and then we deprive men and women
who ure teaching of any sort of responsibility for their work. Now I
say the nrst thing is to flll into that
waitln g niche of our three-sided boards
of edncalion representatives of the
teachers and let the people -who are
doing the greatest social service that
we see, done be recognized. See tile
work tlrnt is being done by them in
O11r JJUhlic schools, poor and inade;
quate as it ls-In that greatest of
mission stations where we are taking
all the things of the earth nnd striving to develoJJ something that shall
yet become inllnential cilizenshi11! .1
say that lo leave that class that directs a specific 1rnlJlic responsibility
out of public representation on the
board of school administration ls a
most undemocratic mistalce.
Again, we shall not be clemocratk
in tl;e public schools of America until
our ideal of the liberation of the power
of all the children is more nearly
reached. \Ve shall not be democratic
in our public schools until the scope
of their leaching reaches every child
everywhere. \Ve shall not be truly
democratic in use of this new content
of education until we develop every
racnlty as we he,anl so charmingly of
the development of the musical facultv. \Ve shall not be democratic in the
11se of om Jlllb!ic school opportunity
until the molhorls that we use-which
are the very inbreeding of our lifeslrnll be wholly co-operative and fraternal; HI](! we shall not be democratic
in onr public school until we have
learned lo take advantage of that vital
experience, that wealth of wisdom
which the average public school teacl1er of many years experfence could:
i',ontrlbute to our noarcl.
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Miss Frances Curl.is and Mr. Isaac
Harris, candidates for the single vacancy on lite Boslon School Board,
had been invited to be present and to
nnswer any questions concerning the
local sltnalion which might be addressed to thcrn1. Mr. Harris was
questioned several limes (Miss Curtis_
having- wil hdra wn to keep another engngenienl).
or
Q.
qncsUonc
Harrill, 1
Jilli ty do
having t
I cl
A.
tuachc1· I
does, lw
J)O\\'01'S H
oped, hu1
lhun111eh
I !mt t.o
those sl'h
11 here th
d1c11. I
hoy
111:\'S<
ag~~ of (l'
n myster
who lnni
:c1iic wnnl
111CJ llfl 11
sl1e won!,
show wh
jll 111[),
I
when I 1
i1w tl1eN
to' spcnk.
I am SJ)l'U
WhPn I I
one of' th
go honrn
and lie cl
two.
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Ill
Q.
lf' t
I he greal
should w
lng,ly?
A.
I h
and I Ill(
is not g,
the worlc
consciPnt
ns wr::'
1111
inasmucl1
mentary ,
person ~
prnressicl!I
should gc
largest R:
Q. Doc
industrinl
A.
Oh,
must do,
that woul
merely ]J,
family, ln
get whnt
pnrnnts cl
l'nlional
Lnw, ·wp
strongest
,iglng om
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. women have taught
d all the little boys
lll•gan; so it's not a
1·(1 women engage'd in
·rn In America where
1•al ot' making every
11tentialily, we, in the
,111chise our teachers
,rive men and women
1; ot' any sort of rel lleir work,
Now I
1g is to llll into that
,11r three-sided boards
pr;,8entatives of the
the 1rnople who are
-:I social service that
r,•cognized. See the
11g· done by them in
>IH, poor and inadei11 that greatest of
11·here we are laking
the earth and striv«,1llelhing that shall
·1,tial citizenship!. l
· that class that dip1i111ic responsibility
presentation on Uie
;,(l111inistrnijoh is a
Ii: llliHlake.
I not be democratic.
11JIS of America until
11•rnlion of the power
1·,•u 18 more ncarlv
11 1101 be democra l i;:
11uls nntil the scope
1,,aches every chilcl'
shall not be truly
of this new content
I we develop every
rd so clrnrmii1gly of
,!' lhe nrnsical facul11<• democratic in the
}lChool opportunity
I1ml we use-which
,·,·ding of our life' 1-operu ti ve and fra' 11 not be democratic
1110! until we have
1"ntage of that vital
11 ualth of wisdom
1111l1lic school teach:: experience could
l()Hl'd,
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1J'lis and Mr. Isaac.
i'l>r the single val on School Board,
11 Im present and to
i:11s concerning the·
1kh might be ndMr. 1-lurris was
limes (Miss Curtis
1",kenp another en-
QUTIJSTIONS.
Of all grades of teachers the
queslioner would like to know Mr
Harris, whether lhe greater res,;onsi~
bility does not rest upon the teachers
having the younger scholars'?
A. I do believe that the elementary
teache1· by ,·eeeiving the child, as he
does, before il possesses reasoning
powers simply with its instincts developed, has by far the harder work and
the much greater responsibility. I know
that to be the fact, especially so in
those sc,!10ols in the congested dhit.ricls
where they have the immigrnnt childl'en, I remernber as an irnmigrant
hoy myself when I came here at the
age of ten and the very alphabet was
a mystery to me I had a good teacher
who taught me by visna!bdng--when
she wanted to give the iinpresslo11 to
me as to what the word rnn 111eant
she wonld rnu and when she wished to
show what it was to jump she woulcl
jnmp. I myseH had a lit tie experience,
when I was earning my living teachIng these immigrants that came over
to speak, and I can assnre yon that
I am speaking from rny own experience
when I say thaL after a lesson with
one of those immigrant men I had to
go home after earning that fifty cents
and lie down and rest for au hour or
two.
Q. It' the lower-grade teachers have
the greater responsibility of the task
shonld we not reward them accol'llingly?
A. I lielieve this, that there is not,
and I mean this serlonsly, that there
Is not gold enongh in the mines of
the world to sullleiently reward the
conscien lions t encher, lrn t iuasmuch
~s we must have <1ome stnndarcls, and
rnnsmuch as the teaclier in the elementary Sf/hool is usually the younger
person slurti11g in with the teaching
1>rofession I think perhaps that Rhe
should get n goocl salary, ]Jilt not lhe
largest salary,
Q. Does 'the Chl!cl Labor Law help
industrial education in the school?
A. Oh, certainly, ·we see tlrnt wt
mnst do somet11ing for the children
that would otherwise leave school not
merely ']Jecnnse of the poverty of the
family, but because the children do not
get what seems to them and to the
J>Hrents direct preparation for their vocational work; and the Child Labor
Law, well-ent'orcecl, is 011e of the
strongest reasons why we are encour:aging our vocaj ionnl training,
Q.
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Q. Isn't it about time that the
State of Massachusetts provided higher education for our children?
A. There should be every opportunity
for those who have 11t>t had the desired chance in their early life every
incentive for nclult education. '
Q. Shoulcl lhe Billie he rend in the
pnlllic schools, Mr. Harris?
A. They told me that before I got
lhrnugh here this evening I'd have to
use 111)' legal wits! I think yon can
all agree with the statement macle by
an eminent authority that if we lost nil
the litc,ra lure in the world tliat has
ever been written since the BiJ1le nn1l
we h,lll the Dible preserved we should
still have a very beautiful monument
of literature. Now at the same time
I believe that there ought to be spiritual nentrnlity in our sehools. A man
or a woma11 may perliaps get far away
from the moorings of their religion ye't
it' yon say one word lo that very person againpt lhe religion in which he
was horn he will lrntlle for the principle of that religion no matter how
l'ar he may Ile removed from it. Now
lrnlieving as I do in the spiritual neutrality in our public schools, and believing as I do lhat the matter of religion should be lel't lo the inflnenee
of the home and the clrnrch, and believing ns I do that our streams can
be crossed by two arches, religion and
democracy-a good .Jew, a good citizen, a good Catholic, a good citizen, n
good Pro.testant, a good citizen-I
wonld say that the teacher might [ll'OJJDUnd the value of the Billie for literary purposes; but I would not have it
rend in the schools.
Q. ·what do you think, Mrs. ·Spencer, of the idea J)revalent in Doston
that the School Donnl should consist
of two Protestants, two Catholics and
a Jew?
A. I am a member of the human
family and opposed to it.
Q. 'l'he speaker of the evening emJ>hnslies the uecessi ty of good cooperative spirit. I want to know if Mr
Hanis, if he is elected, will tlo all h<~
can to prnmote that cooperative spirit?
A. Yes. I believe firmly in everything tlrnt was said by the speaker on
lhis point. I certainly will help it
along.
Q. 'l'o what extent does Mr. Harris
believe the school committee has a
right to control the teachers outside of
school 11ours?
,
A. A J)erson who has risen to the
JJOsition of being· a school reacher
ought not lo be controlled by the
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school committee at all after the school
hours. · (AJJ11lause.)
Q. Should not the teachers have a
right to exercise ]Jolitlcal privileges
outside the school hours?
A. (By l\lrs. Spencer.) I think every
human being should have a right to
express his or her versonality in a
prover way and I think any attem]Jt to
contrnl the teachers as a class as to
their ]Jl'ivato altillations ls an infringement of ])ersonal liberty.
Q. Does the speaker of the evening
think that the right meaning of democracy ought to be taught in the
schools?
A. Yes, I do. vVhat's more, my son,
I think it should be lived in the
schools.
Q. A little girl wants to know, why
should all the children at school in the
morning bow down their heads at
prayer?
A. Well I should not aslt the children to do that in a public school. (Ap11lause.) I feel that some would have
a training at home which would make
it a hclvful exercise, but others would
have a training at home which would
make It seem a matter of question and
an act of devotion should be under
conditions where all might unite. (Applause.)
Q. Does not the speaker of the evening agree that the teacher in the elementary grades having the most resvonsibility should have the most pay?
A. I said I wanted the present pyramid of education, which was to my
thinking inverted, put on its right,
foundation; and I meant economically
as well as educationally. ,
·
Q. Should the girls be taught by
women [lnd the boys by men?
A. I think the girls should be taught
by men and women and the boys be
taught by men and 'women. (Applause.)
,
Q. ·why does the speaker disbelieve
in the reading of the Bible in th~ public schools in view of the fact that we
all believe in Goel, and in view of the
fact that the reading of the Bible In
the imbllc schools has served us so
well in the past?
A. It was not I that answered that
question, but the gentleman on my
right (Mr. ·narris). However, as in
answer to the little girl's question
a bout the exercise of prayer, I indicated that in a tax-supported school
where the children are Jew and Gentile, Catholic nnd Prntestnnt, bell.ever
and agnostic, all having equal rightswhere the children's consciences aro
developed diversely on this question by
their home influence they should not
be confused by a rerJuirement to engage In any act of devotion. So far ns
the reading of the Bible is concerned I
do not think the Bible should he read
as a devotional exercise; but the liteJ·j,
ary value of the Bible, of all the Bibles
of all the great religions should be a
part of the heritage of every .child.
(Ap[Jlanse.)
"Every time you smile when your
hunch says 'snarl,' you win-'' Qnile
some philosophy, that!
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VoL. I.
No, 4.
ANOTHER
lball ·jfelks
January 19, 1913.
IMPROVEMENT
GESTED,
SUG-
Slowly, but surely, we are finding
our constituency, Elven now many of
our friends have not discovered that
we are issuing a publication, Frequently, in this place and that place,
I have a subscription for the balance
of the season handed to me by someone who cannot now come to the meetings very often but who wants to
know all about them and ls delighted
to find that a bulletin is being issued
every week.
Then there are other friends who
have come to see that there is no better way of extending the influence of
the Ford Hall meetings than to send
copies of /l'ord IJall /l'o//,& far and wide,
Some of these friends buy extra copies
every Sunday night; another one, a
member of the Baptist Social Union,
has sent us a check for five dollars to
enable us to send out free copies
where they will do the most good,
•
Our first two issues have just about
paid expenses, a trifle over on the
first issue and a trifle under on th.e
second. We shall need to do· better
than that in order to provide against
e.mergencies. One arose in connection
with the printing of the third number
, , that will cost two or three dollars extra very likely, We ought to make a
surplus every week of five or ten dollars in order to provide for unexpected slumps in sales and unusual
expenditures and also so that we can
have a margin with which to do little
stunts now and (!Jen that would improve the paper,
In our meeting of Ford Hall Folks
Sunday afternoons, we have consid,
ered whether there is any satisfactory
way of distributing tickets for admis
Price Ten Cents.
sion to the Ford Hall Meetings on
Sunday evenings and so do away with
some of the disadvantages of standing
in line fo1' an hour, more or less, before the doors are opened. The objection is that such a method would involve additional expense, The diffl.
culty ls· in distributing the tickets to
ljle right people. And (lie danger is
in interfering with the free and democratic method of admission. 'l'ickets
might be sold, especially· preferred
seats. You already know tile disadvantage of standing in line, Can a
ticket scheme be devised that will
beat the present method? How ,vould
it do to print a coupon in every issue
of the F'urd Hall Pulk1s which, when
detached, could be presented as a
ticket entitling the holder to a seat?
tr~~
NEXT WEEK'S SPEAKER.
'
I
_.Joseph Fels, the ardent single taxer,
will ..address us, next Sunday evening,
on Just Taxation the Hope of the
World." Here's your chance to leal'II
just what Lloyd George has and hasn't
clone In the way of adequately taxing
the large English estates, For Mr.
Fels Is fresh from England and has
especially studied this question there.
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FORD HALL FOLKS
THE PRAYER.
'
(Preceding Miss Scudder's AddresG.)
We do not pray to be freed from all
struggle. '\Ve ask for wisdom, strength
and courage that out of our str11ggles
may come development and progress,
May we be clrnered and upheld in the
midst of conflict by the real17,atlon that
all that we most cherish has come as the
fruit of struggle, Help us to accept
this fact for ourselves, for our class,
for our race, for our nation, as the way
which 'l'hou hast ordained whereby
mankind moves on to better things,
But we do pray with all' our hearts
for the hastening of the day when the
struggle with our fellowman, individually and In groups and divisions, will
be in mutual good will and for the welfare of all concerned, bringing In its
train joy and satisfaction instead of
fear and discontent.
We pray, 0 God, that in the great
struggle of this day and hour, we may
light valianlly and endure heroically
without malice and without bitterness.
confident that truth and justice will
prevail. Amen.
THE MORAL, ASSETS OF THE
CLASS S.TRUGGLE,
Address of Miss Vida D. Scudder at
the Ford Hall Meetings, January
12, 1913.
I suppose there has been nothing
more remarkable in the United States
during the last 25 years than the general demand for social justice and the
active movement toward a considerable degree of that justice which is to
be seen In our philanthrovlc and legislative agencies, We are all glad ancl
proud of it. We hail with amazement
and thanlrnglvlng the advent in politics
of the programme of remedial action
fol' which the social workers· and the
philanthropists of the United Stales
have been working for over a quarter
of a century, Many of us, myself included, read with enthusiasm and with
,
a deep Interest the speeches of our
president-elect; we notice the growth
of the great convent.ions of churches
and great assemblies of people such
as we· held In Boston at Christmas
time for the discussion of economic
justice and there is often a positive
law passed to insure social welfare.
Here in Massachusetts we can boast
during the last year of a Minimun1
Wage law. Now, all that makes me
very happy and all of you very happy
-I think we are all full of elation and
thanksgiving as we see the great general movement on the part of the big
Republic of the United States to dcma11d economic freedom and social
just.ice as the first necessity to a just
living. That thing is accomplished:
but I.hat vast movement which centers
In tlie activity of the workers themselves-1110 effort of the working class
to achieve their own salvation-to de,
mand for themselves economic freedom and social welfare ls still regarded with suspicion, hesit.atibn, and fear
in many quarters. Some people regard
with great Rympnthy the general
movement of nmoliorntion on !he part
of churches nnd on !he part of legislative assemblies, and find it easy lo fool
an inten$e sympathy with all that !a
being done for !he working people, but
· as soon as the working people themselves begin to nrise ancl say there
are concliticns they will not endure
and to organize to protest against
those conditions then the gene1·al public, and I am sorry to say, large sections of the religious public, begin to
be a little alarmed and_ a little full of
suspicion of the struggle of the organized workers for economic freedom
and against Eoclal oppre~sion.
'l'here are new, alarming revolutionary forms of orgaplzatlon which are
really holdini. all of New England In
1rnsplcion at present; the question,
therefore, which I think it behooves
us nil to consider is how we can best
give support to the workers in what
we call the class struggle. That Is a
question to which ( invit
tion ton lgh t.
I used lo think that it ,
ble to lndorse that move1
indeed, to be very much •
for I began to regard th
the demand of Americ
women to better their co
the philanthropic sicle.
to give enthusiastic alle
settlement moYement, wl
me on the whole the mo
form of philanthropy. D1
Jong I became cllssatlsll
the settlement movemell'
realize that I neecled soi
complete to satisfy my n
came interested In Soc
and very soon became
Socialist.
NeverthelesR
unable lo endorse the n
Socialist movemelll on n
doctrine of the class sl 1
count of the feeling, der
in me from my Christin
that the world must art<>
by voluntary sacrifice ti
through meekness, 1.hrou
, through the pure pol
through the rnagnanimo
privilege and not thro111
Ing of privilege on lJJP
class. We Christinn ll'
with Intensity that the
which are making for R
be the forces that givr
mand--that they must. b1
voluntary self-abnegatio1
on the part of the uppr
that we are afraid of
afraid of greed, afraid
afraid of criticism. Thi
me Rhrink from the Soc
I knew It and I think ti
is still deep-ingr.ained ii
the religious world and
the chief reason ,~ by
world remains aloof fr
socialism. When the
great labor war move1
tenlfled-it sees plcke•
abusive language, it '
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FORD HALL FOLKS
ill terest the speeches of our
l-dect; we notice the growth
l'!sat conventions of churches
l assemblies of people suclt
dd in Boston at Christmas
1!le discussion of economic
1Hl there is often a positive
,·<l to insure social welfare.
,lassachusetts we can boast
,e last year of a Minimum
Now, all that makes me
y and all of you very happy
11·,o are all full of elation and
11g as we see the great gen111ent on the part of the big
,( the United States to dc11nm ic freedom and social
1 l1e llrst necessity to a just
u,t thing is accomplished;
,;l movement which centers
i1 ily of the workers them.,ffort of the working class
lileir own salvation-Ufde,
1l,ernselves economic free,·ial welfare is still regard- •
11 icion, hesitation, and fear
, rters. Some people regard
sympnlhy the general
,r amelioration on the part.
:111d ou the part of Jegisla" 'S, au<I /ind it easy to feel
;ymvathy with all that ia
11r the working people, bnl
111 e working people themto arise and say there
11s they will not endnre
11iize to protest against
,11s then the general pub' sorry to say, large sec1l'liglons public, begin to
,rn1ed nnd_n lilile full or
!1e slrnggle of lhe organfor economic freedom
, ucial oppression.
,.,w, alarming revolutionorganization which are
all of New England In
preseHt; the question,
id1 I think it behooves
ider is how we can bes!
10 lh-i workel'B in what
"ss s! ruggle. 'rhat Is a
question to which I invite your attention tonight.
, I used lo think that it was not posslbl~ to iudorse th.at movement. I used,
indeed, lo be very much opposed to it,
for I began to regard the question of
tho demand of American men and
women to better their conditions from
the philanthropic side. Then I came
lo give enthusiastic allegiance to the
settlement mo,·ement, which seems to
me on the whole the most democratic
form of philanthropy, But before very
Jong I beeame dissatisfied even witli
the settlement movement. I began to
realize that I needed something more
complete to satisfy my mind and I became interested in Socialistic books
and very soon bedame a convinced
Social isl.
Nevertheless I remainecl
unable lo endorse the active political
Socialist movement on account of the
doctrine of the class struggle-on account of .the feeling, deeply ingrained
in me from my Christian inheritance,
that the world must after all !Je savecl
by voluntary sacrince through mercy,
through meekness, 1.hrough obedience,
through the pure power of lovfl,
through the magnanimous sharing ot
privilege and not through the clutching of privilege on lhe part of any
class. We Christian people all feel
with intensity that the nobler forces
which are making for salvation must
pe the forces that give and not dernand-lhat they must be the forces of
yo)1mtary self-abnegatlon of privilege
on the part of the upper classes and
I hat we are afraid of self-assertion,
afraid of greed, afraid of violence,
nfrnld of criticism, TJ1is terror made
me shrink from the Socialist varty as
I knew it and I think that this terrnr
is still deep-ingrained in the heart of
the religions world and I -think it is
the chief reason ,v hy the religious
world remains aloof from organized
socialism. 'When the public sees a
great lal.Jor war movement on it is
terrified-It sees picketing, ·a hears
abusive language, it watches stub-
3
borness, it watches violence. Now,
am not going to attempt to defend
violence either in speech or action-I
am shocked at violence, I believe, as
I fancy that all of us here tonight be•'
lieye, that destrnction of either property or life is a hideous crime and
when one sees such destruction
brought to justice we must rejoice, as
in the conviction of the dynamiters lu
the last month. The worst of any
violence on the part of the workers is
that, socially speaking, it retards the
emancipation of the people, The dynamiters have strengthened the hands
of capitalism unspeakably-the blow
that they have struck has rebounclecl
to the cause which they sought lo
serve. A II wild sveeches do the same;
but even when we discount all these
things the very call of the class strnggle is devotional to a great many people. \Vhen I got over my compunctions I discavered that, after all, the
class struggle has in it a wholly re- •
ligious aspect; I then found myselt' to
be u11conscionsly changii\g to the Socialist Party, goiug over to the side or
the class that is struggling for social
freedom. So I now hold my red card! ·
(Applause). I tha11k you for clapping
that rod card. (Applause). I am going to ask you to clap once more because we doubled our vote in the last
elect.Ion, (Applause).
But I don't change my old position
as much as you might suppose because I hold my red card and love it.
I have, however, come to be reconciled
to the class struggle. In the ti rst
place I discovered tllat I didn't invent
it. ·(Applause). Struggle is the essence of life everywhere, The assertion qf the right to live is a holy ancl
a sacred thing. It is manifest every,
where, it is manifest in the struggle
for existence all the way up. It is
sacred, the desire for more life, Life
is in Itself a dim desire on the part of
man to be rnore lllled with Dlely-to
reach a fuller measure of likeness to
the Infinite, and wherever one finds a
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FORD HAL,L FOLKS
demand for life it Is Intrinsically holy.
Then 'there Is that other great and
sacred thing-the right to sacrifice.
It is In sacrifice that life is most holy,
'rhe greatest spiritual leader of the
race has said "Only he who lays down
his life shall find It." In that scrip•
ture we find the real 1:1pirit of life, the
principle that life, real life, can only
be had through sacrifice. But we
must gain life ere we can give. it in
sacrificial service and the trouble with
the working class today is that it
doesn't have enough life to sacrifice;
our modern industrial conditions prevent it from having enough life and
the object of the class struggle Is to
secure that life which must precede
the sacrificial life. I have come to see
that the gaining of more fullness of
life is the great sacred duty incumbent on the workers-that the class
strnggle mmit exist just as much as
the great surging impulse to reach
the tomb of the Saviour led to the
great Crusades In the Middle Ages!
Aftm considering all these things I
came to ask myself: What is tlvi
tnoral gain to the workers from this
r;truggle? Can the class struggle reHult in any moral advantage or Improvement, or development to the
working classes? And secondly: Does
lhe class struggle present ~ny great
tnoral opportunity to the privileged
classes? Those are the two ways In
which we are now going to consider
the qneRtion. You see I am occupied
entirely with the question of the moral
results of the struggle; that is the
only thing to care about in the world,
that the soul should have a free
chance. Personally I do not care what
happens to men's bodies except as
what happens to their bodies mny affect their souls, I do not object to
poverty as poverty, r do not object to
starvation, or slow murder, I do not
object to any of these things if they
are good for the soul. The one question I ask about the economic condition Is, is .It favorable to character?
Is character likely to develop under
those conditions as well as it would
under other conditions?
As I look on the working class
and .see, what happens as it develops
class consciousness and merges In to
a great collective struggle for economic freedom I see a great many
th1;1gs that interest me very much. I
see perfectly clearly that it is distinctly good for any working man or
woman to be rnused to the sense of
an interest for· co-operative struggle,
I thin!{ that the development of class
consciousness and class solidarity is
one of the most Important missions
today of the education of the working
man and woman. For from a pretty
considerable experience among them I
have observed that there are two ardent Impulses in the class struggle-a
desire to fight for the freedom of the
workers, and a lofty Christian idealism willing to endure to the end. That
is the thing I have observe<!. In my
experience among the workers, I have
seen that the organization of labor
into groups _appears, generally speaking, to increase the morale of the
working class. That's what I have
discovered mi.cl it is not strange that.
'it should be so for association an<!
fellowship are very holy things. Some
say we should have a great feeling for
our church or that we might unite
with some great political party, Why
isn't it enough for a working man,
they as!{, to feel himself a member ot
the church? Well, I can only · say
from experiences of my own that union loyalty Is so valuable a thing we
cannot discard it.
The unions of
workers in the same line seem to me
a splendid and beautiful thing for us
to regard. Their spirit is educfltlnr,an<l uplifting; ror the bond In a trade
union Is e!:lpecially the bond of a common human interest. I observe that
whether lh time of labor war or in
time of peace the working classes lend
aid to those below them in a splendid
fashion.
Now about self-assertion as· the dun.
ger of the class struggle. It is always
helng said that people cannot endorse
the class straggle be!)ause they do not
like the self-assertion brought· out;
but It seems to me that the man who
Is striving to get economic freedom
for, his fellows is more to be applauded
.J
I
I
I
lhan he who is'slmp
self and his immed
l see In the Labt
generally is an iJ
earners for the grr
of love and sollcltu
Any especial distn
justice makes then
dent glow of figh
this land-fightin1
They an, not fig\
present. They lo
they make fearful
Jd10w they are 111.
condition In a r1
that reason indust
to me better than
ism, and I think
when the older un
all their sober qu
be permeated willl
and its lofty ide
unskilled. The A
working bocly wl
Labor dwdt a gn
tion and inlliat\011
senllment ancl I
mcnt or the Kn
1he chivalric spir
skilled by the ski
all for the sulrn
are some peoplr
lah0r movement
is shocking to th
delica.tely-n urtur1
aloof from th13
beautHul things :
♦ Ing pictures. T
•folly materialist
L'9 engaged in s
these people wl
any attention to
I always try to
1he absolute spi
for which tlw
ment is struggli
wa.<;es m1d hour
means more cl
· · hence a chanct'
For vou cnnnot
except under
von have woll-1
hodv :ieeds to
the ·soul may 11
the body may
abode.
The question
sire for more II
ual thing; the ,
ntcd on a pe
(a11plause). It
and was mean
equally c1lvidec
done all she c
socialism but ,
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FORD HALL FOLKS
uevelop under
_dl as it would
working class
as It develops
1d merges into
1ggle for econa great many ,
, very much. I
that it Is dis:urking man or
u the sense of
ra ti ve struggle.
, p 111011 t of class
>iH i,olidarily is
,rtunt missions
of the working
from a pretty
,• among thrTU I
•re are two \1•l:,ss struggle__:._&. •
freedom of the '< 'hristian 'ideal" the euu. Thal
,.,0.rveu. In my
11 orltern, I have
1.:dion of labor
·, nerally speak1,1orale of the
" what I have
Ill strange that.
:i,;sociat ion and
ly things. Some
:.real feeling for
1 ,. might unite
·:tl J)arly, Why
working man,
Ii' a member ot
can only say
,y own that un' Ide a thing we
The unions of
111e seem lo me
i',il thing for us
tit is edncalinr
1,011<1 in a trade
1,ond of a comI observe that
"1,or war or in
i11g classes lend
111 in a splendid
I ion as the dan1l'. It is alwayi;
cannot endorse
111,;e they do not
1 brought out;
:ti the man who
,11omlc freedom
to be applauded
5
than he who is simply fighting for himtime-we all have to live the same
self and ,bis Immediate family. What
kind of a day; we all have the same
I see In the Labor War movement·
number of hours and whether or not
generally ls an incentive to wagewe are all in the same social condition
earners for the growth of the feeliug
we all have to depend upon the same
of Jove and solicitude for one another.
average length of life. One of the
Any especial distress or type of Ingreatest sins of Capitalism is that it
justice makes them feel the great arhas established a "corner" on time and
dent glow or fighting for others In
said that only a few privileged people
this land-fighting for the future.
shall have time and that the working
They ar6 not fighting just t'or the
people shall not have time. In depresent. They know perfectly well
manding more leisure time for the en!hey make fearful sacrifices, but they
joyment of life and in seeking to gain
ki10w they are fighting for a better
It I think the workers are fighting for
condition in a remote future.
I~or
a purely spiritual victory.
that reason industrial unionism seems
What about the advantage of the
to me better than the old craft union~lass struggle to the workei:s and what
ism, and I think the time is coming
does it give? Discipline In obedience,
when the older unions while retaining
discipline In self-a,bnegatlon and suball their sober qualities are going to
ordination. The development of solidbe permeated with the social unionism
arity among the workers means that
and its lofty ideal of schooling the
they must obtain ·a more disinterested
unskilled. Th1: A. F. of L. is a good
r1asslon for the common cause. They
working body where the Knights of
must also learn to obey the laws; they
. Labor dwelt a great deal on organization and initiation; but after all I love . must learn the great mysterious art of
social and collect! ve action.
sentiment and the one great sentl'I'he best discipline that can be found
mr1:t of the Knights of Labor was
today Is found through the solidarity
lhe chivalric spirit of training the unof labor in the great social movement.
skilled by Urn Hkilled and the unity of
'l'he people always come out of a strike
all for the sake of progress. There
better men and women than they went
are some ·people who say that this
in-they have learned that in order to
lab('lr movement is so materialistic it
succeed they have got to obey laws,
is shocking to them, but these are the
make concessions, and they have had a
delicately-nurtured people who stand
good object lesson In an Important
aloof from the world thinking very
public affair-they have had that disbeautiful things and looking at charmcipline they could not get in any other
Ing pictures. They think it is fearway. So we must reckon with the class
fully materialistic for the workers to
struggle as a thing of value; I believe
be engaged in struggle for freedomclass consciousness is a tremendously
lhl'se J)eople who never haye to pay
important steJ) in modern American
any attention to the material! Well,
democracy.
I always try to bring home to them
1he absolute spirituality of the things
Once before, In the l~rench Revolution, the worhers rose to submerge and
for which the class-conscious movement is struggling. If Is a question of
overthrow civilization. Even then I
wa~es and hours lo be sure. But that
believe that among th~m were to be·
means more chance · for health, and
found a number of the world's leaders
hence a chance to be more religious.
who held the key to the future, but
For :vou cannot be religious, I believe,
they had at that time gained no self0xcept under great difficulty unless
control-thcre had been no long, deft-.
you hnve wcll-nomished bodies. The
nite class-conscious movement precedbody :10eds to be well-nurtured that
ing that revolutionary upheaval and
the soul mny havl' a chance and that when the power vassed into their hands
the body may be a truly religious . they proved themselves incoherent, Inabode.
capable. Today we are being prepared
'!'he qu(;lstlon for shorter hours Is a defor the time when the balance ot power
sire for more time, and time Is a splrltIn the United States shall pass Into the
hands of the working people. I believe
11al thing; the one thing that Is distrlbnted on a perfectly socialistic basis
they shall some day have the full product of their labor and I believe that
(applause). It Is a spiritual possession
and was meant to he free to all and
the time Is coming yet In a co-operaequally divided among all. Nature has
tive system of government when they
be called upon to take the lead In
done all she. can to establish not only
socialism but communism in regard to
the socializing of industry.
will
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I know there are a great many of
you here who are members of the
Christian Church, and I know there are
a great many here who are entirely unchurched; but 1 also Imo,~ that If there
had not been a Christian Chmch there
would not have been any Ford Hall
meetings and I think we are all glad
t lrnt there are such meetings and I
know I can expect from· all of you
courtesy while I speak. as a church
woman and to church peo11le. It Is a
varadoxlcal and lamentable fact that
the church today Is largely made up of
the members of the governing class.
Now I consider that to be the great
1mradox of modern times-I consider it
to be the most lamentable phenomenon
in religion. But It shows an extrnordmary transformation of Christianity.
Once It was tho rel'.gion of the slavesor the working veo11le-and it spread
its way from all that great 111Hlerwol'ld
of the Roman Emplrn appealing to the
disinherited, to the dispossessed, to the
servile population.
Now it is a religion no Jongor of
slaves bnt of masters; a religion of I.he
11 P11er classes who get together to tliscnss how to win back again tho workIng classes!
Christianity first spread to lhe disinherited and oppressed and it had no
trouble in commending itself to thein
l'or the virtues which it taught were
I.he virtues with which I.hoy w.ere
obllgocl to be familiar. When IL
preached meekness, submission, nonresistance and humility it was preaching virtues natural to a servile population-virtues of the slaves and workIng people and the 01111ressed and dlsinherllecl of the earth and, of course,
the people were pleased to listen lo
the assertion of the supreme worth
of these qualities; for they were their
qualities and to be told that they
meant salvation was to them extremely gratifying, Pretty soon Christianity was adopted by the rulers and ther
proceeclecl to subdue the nations under
them and baptise them wholesale and
then fight other nations and baptise
them at the point of the sword.
.Jesus believed that riches imperil
the soul and preached the Importance
of meekness. Yet his religion became
the religion of the ruling class! 'I'hm1e
who 11rofess today, the religion of
meekness and poverty are, generally
speaking, neither 11oor nor meek-a
very curious [act (laughter).
I think there ls great 011110rtunlly
now for the members of the governing
classes to prove the reality of their re-
ligion. How? In Oils way: Dy identifying themselves with the workers In
the class struggle, Already we are beginning to do it. It ls said that in
England the Socialist party depends
very largely upon the church vote am!
that it Is that which is rapidly putting
nower into· their hands. If we c·an
demonstrate the· spirituality of the
aims of the Socialist party I believe
that the members of the Christian
churches will jolh us almost in a body
and so put power into the hands of
the worker.
Jesus, you will notice, very rarely
told us to be good to the poor. He had
very little to say about charity-extraordinarily little. He told us lo
Identify ourselves with the poor. I
hunger to see a true disinterestedness,
I hunger to see a voluntary abnegation
of privilege. That would indeed be a
revelation of religion as .a supernatural power and this is the chance
In my opinion that the class struggle
offers us. If we refuse it-we religious
people-I believe that we will be refusing the only chance that modern
life gives,
To the workers the class struggle •
brings a wlclenlug devotion, disinterestedness and allegiance; to the privileged it offers the greatest chance they
ever had to prove the reality of their
religion. Auel from this Industrial
struggle ls destined to come forth a
more perfect understanding than we
have ever had before of the great purposes of God.
A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS.
f
Q, You speak In strong criticism of
the dynamiters and their effect upon
the Labor Unions; should you not also
condemn the conditions that drove
these men to such desperation as was
exllibited in their dynamiting?
A. I certainly should. The dynamiters were under great provocation
and provocation Incites crime; but it
does not excuse crime.
Q. Is not violence an essential element in all struggle and does it not
better the condition of the oppressed.
The questioner refers especially to the
violence of the dynamiters and of
,John Brown of Osawatomie.
A. I do think that violence above
board Is at times necessary, but I
think that a fight Is one thing and
conspiracy another and that dynamite
affair was a conspiracy. Now, my
answer to the second part of your
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n;,
s way:
!dent h the workers in
!ready we are beis said lhnt in
,l party depends
, d1urch vote antl
ia rapidly putting
nds. If we can
1rituality of the
I party I believe
or the Christian
almost In a llody
, lo the hands of
l
,t ice, very rarely
I he poor. He had
1,out charity-ex! le told us lo
i I h the 1mor. I
ii isinterestedness,
111 l ary abnegation
,rnld indeed \Je u
011 us a .. quver1ia is lhe chance
he class struggle
,,, it-we religious,.
I we will \Je re-"'
1we that modern
, " class struggle
, ,l'otion, disinter11,·e; to the privi:11 est chance they
,, reality or their
this industrial
I u come forth a
landing than we
of the great pm·-
qUES'l'IONS.
rnng criticism of
11,eir effect upon
r11tld you not also
ions that drove
·;;pcrallon as was
,,amitlng?
,11 Id.
'!'he dyna•,1'<'.at Jll'OVOCation
,,s crime; Jrnt it
t
(',
an essential ele:llld does It not
i,f l he OJ]J]ressed.
,,specially to the
,amllcrs and of
,,tomie,
t violence above
111'cessary, but I
; one thing and
111 that dynamite
racy, Now, my
d J)arl of your
question Is that I wish I were more Intimately acquainted with the story of
.John Brown's raid, llut as far as I remember it I do not see any J)ossible
J)oinl of connection.
Q, You hold up self-sacrifice as an
ideal and then you condemn the dynamiters l'or 11uttl11g themselves In a position whern they sacrificed their all.
A. I think so far as there was an
element of dislnlernsled self-sacrifice
in the work of the McNamaras there is
a call for sympathy and respect; but I
recognize the fact that while they ran
a certain rlsl, themselves they also
sacrificed the prnperty and lives of
others and I never unde1·stood that the
sacrifice of ethers was an ideal to be
appla.u<led,
Q. Can the working people trust
the capitalists who come over from
their sides Into the ranks of labor to
help?
A. Well, after all, we are all human
and· I think it depends upon the intilvidunl.
Q. How could a strike of the dimellsions of t,110 Lawrence 'l'extile
strike have been won without any
violence?
A. I don't know that I said it conic!
have been and I don't know that I
i;aid ail violcuce wai; wmug, I think
I was vrelty careful not lo say that
all violence was wrong,
Q. Do you not think that the trite
saying that lhe rnling churn will do
anything for the working clnss except get ol'f their bacl,s holds goodin :;plte of lhe lauor legislation we are
getting?
A, Of course, that is Tolslol's great
phrase! I am watching to see labor
Jegislnlion by the privileged class
touching the question of the distrillntion of pro11erly. When it does that
I will uelieve it is becoming disinter•
ested and I am hoping and praying to
see it.
Q, ·was the dynamite trial one of
misguided leaders 01· a trial of Organized Lal.Jar?
A, Misguided leaders in organized
labor; organized labor I think, Is not
responsible, for the dynamiters.
Q, What ls the Socialist definition of
the Privileged Class to a man who believes in following the Golden Rule?
A. I think that the privilegeJ class
of people are those who are living on
mo11ey that they have not directly
earned. (Applause.)
llllss ANGELA ~IOl!GAN
IN
MANY WAYS.
"God fulfills Himself in many ways
Lest one good custom should corrupt
the world."
'I'hose of us who believe very heartily in the Ford Hall Meetings' way of
quickening the social conscience of
our time sometimes fail lo realize
that the leaven is worldng lustily in
other llodies, also. The \Vomau's Clubs,
for instance! ·week before last the
Massachusetts I~ederation of ·women's
Clnh held a. co11fcrc11ce of its Literature Committee in the Lecture llall
of the Boston Public Lil)rary and, acting on the motion of the Secretary of
these meetings-who chanced lo be a
membe1· of the Committee-in-chargethe subject discussed was "'I'he Relation of Conlempornry Literature lo
Contemporary Life."
'I'o illustrate
this :Mrs. Lionel Maries (Josephine
Preston Peallody) rend her poem "'l'he
Singing l\Ian," and Mii;s Angela Morgan gave "'I'oday," which the audience here has already heard and enjoyed,
Mrs. Marks promised,· after
that meeting, to come to us at an
early date with her poignant cele\Jration of that joyous day when man
sang of his work aud her prophetic
visioning of a time when happly he
will sing agaiu. Miss Morgan's poem
(copyrighted) we are herewith re,
printing through the kind permission
of the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
·what we started out to say, however, was that those clubwomen applauded these stirring social poems
just as vigorously as If they had one
and all been Ford Hall Folirn. Two
years ago, even, this wouldn't have
happened. For then Shakespeare or
Browning would have been given on
�FORD HALL FOLKS
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\he Literature aflernoon and it would
ueyer have occurred lo anybody to re•
late \he truths they might he:ir with
their ears to life as It is being lived
today.
TO-DAY.
By Angela Morgan.
To be alive in such an age!
With every year a lightning page
Turned In ( he world's great wonclerb:Jok
Whereon the leaning nations look.
When men speak strong for brotherhood,
For peace and universal good;
vVhen miracles are everywhere,
And every inch of common air
Throbs a tremendous prophecy
Of greater marvels yet to be.
Oh, thrilling age!
Oh, willing age!
When steel and stone and rail and rod
Become the avenue of GodA trump to shout his thunder through
To crown lhe work tint man may do.
To be alive in s12ch an age!
When mun, impatient of his cage,
'rhrills to the soul's imE1orlal rage
For conquest-reaches goal on goal,
•rravels the earth from pole to pole,
Garners the tempests and the tides,
And on a dream triumphant rides.
When, hid within a. lnmp of clay,
A light more terrible than day
Proclaims the presence of that Force
Which hurls the planets on their
course.
Oh, age with wings!
Oh, age that flings
A challenge to the very sky
Where endless realms of conquest lie!
vVhen earth, on tiptoe, strives to hear
The message of a sister sphere,
Yearning to reach the cosmic wires
,rlrnt flash Inllnity's desires.
To be alive in such an age!
That thunders forth its discontent
With fulile creed and sacrament,
Yet craves to utter God's intent,
Seeing beneath the world's unrest
Creation's huge, untiring quest,
And through Tradition's broken crust
The flame of 'l'ruth's triumphant
thrust;
Below the seething thought of man
The push of a stupendous plan.
Oh, age of strife!
Oh, age of life!
When Progress rides her chariot high
And on the borders of the sky
'l'he signals of the century
Proclaim the things that are to beThe rise of woman to her place,
The coming of a nobler race.
To be alive in such an age!
To JI ve to It!
To give lo it!
Ilise, soul, from thy despairing knees.
What if thy lips have drunk the lees?
The passion of a larger claim
Will put thy puny grief to shame.
Fling forth thy sorrow to the wind
And link thy hope with humankind;
Breathe the world-thought, do the
world·deed,
Think hugely of thy brother's need.
And what thy woe, and what thy
weal?
Look to the work the times reveal!
Give thanks with all thy flaming
heartCrave but fo have in it a part.
Give thanks and clasp thy heritage.
To be alive in such an age!
OVERHEARD IN THE LINES.
".Just the thing Ford Hall needed
to spread its wings."
"A neat-looking magazine."
"I wouldn't help to enrich other peo•
pie by buying it."
"Please let me have five copies.
want lo send them to my friends."
"Here is a subscription for a friend'
of mine who attended a Ford Hall
Meeting a short time ago and who is
now residing in Washington."
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Keep talking
That's the idea.
about J•'onl /Tall f1'0/ks.
Did you buy a copy last Sunday?
Have you subscribed or received
any subs~rijitions as yet?
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the paper costs len cents per issue.)
[Remit to J. S. London, Room 707, Ford Building, Boston.]
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No. 5,
THE IDEA
1ball jfolRs
January 26, 1913.
IS SPREADING.
Last week in Rochester, N. Y., I
talked with Paul Moore Strayer and
,valter Rauschenbusch who are the
leading factors in the People's Sunday
\ Evening movement of that city. Their
work is conducted somewhat different, ly from the manner of our Ford Hall
1 Meetings but It serves very largely the
. same purpose. Here again is a free
i popular Sµnday evening gathering of
the people which owes its Initiative
i and continued success to the churches.
It has been running nearly five years,
having started just before our meetings began. ,ve are trying to arrange
a date when Mr. Strayer can speak to
the Ford Hall folks.
It was interesting to me to note that
these meetings in Rochester are having a reactive effect on the churches
, thei·e just as I believe our Ford Hall
Meetings are exerting an Influence on
the church life of Boston. When I
called on Mr. Strayer I found him in
his study In the new parish house
which the Third Presbyterian Church
' has added to its already commodious
and beautiful edifice. In this parish
house, In addition to a model Sunday
School room and beautifully homelike
parlors and an office for a paid secretary and another for a social secretary,
l found a ·billiard room, a bowling
alley, a Rathskeller, an expansive and
up-to-date Jdtchen and other signs of
the times too numerous to mention.
The building waa of stone and looked
as though it must have cost a hundred
thousand dollars. It is less than three
years old. Maybe there is no connec, tion between the two enterprises. I
think there is.
Professor Rauschenbusch's work is
growing amazingly. His new book is
attracting very wide and very favorable attention. In one mail recently he
Price Ten Cents.
received a dozen or more requests for
lectures and articles from cities scattered all over the map from San Francisco to Paris. This is indicative of
the active part the church is beginning to take in the social movement.
When I returned to my desk Satl1rday moming I found my mail full of
letters about the Ford Hall Meetings
Including requests for information
from several cities that, are planning to
start similar meetings. In Detroit they
are expecting to raise a fun°d of $10,000 to start the work. If a man were
free to do It he could spend his whole
time effect! vely In organizing popular
forums in all the principal cities In the
NEXT
SUNDAY'S
SPEAKER.
Rev. John A. Ryan, D. D., one of
the progressive Roman Catholic clergy of the Middle West, is to be our
speaker next Sunday evening, his
topic being, "The Right and Wrong of
the Labor Union." This timely subject ought to be very interesting as
set forth by a priest who has made a
special study of the "living wage"!
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HAVE
YOU
YET JOINED
"FOLKS?"
THE
THE AWAKENING OF CHINA.
· If you haven't yet joined the Ford
Hall Folks, and want to, drop a line
to Miss Crawford at room 707 Ford
Building, and then come on along to
the meeting in Kingsley Hall at 3.30
next Sunday aftemoon. At half-past
five we all have supper together;
price tweuty-fl,ve cents each, A company of forty-two thus established a
friendly bond at the last gathering of
the "Folks."
THE PRAYER.
(Preceding Dr. Kin's Address.)
Our li'ather in Heaven, help us to
realize that we have m!llions of brothers and sisters in ·China stamped like
ourselves with the image of God, made
of one blood with all the race ·of men,
and yeamlng and striving for a better
life just as we are here. Some of
them, like some of us, have drawn
very close unto Tllee, Many of them,
like many of us, have tried to live
without Thee. vVe thank Thee for
the light and blessing we have been
permitted to carry to them and we
pray that our hearts and minds may
be open to the great lessons which
they have to teach us. Help us to be
as keenly alive to the value of an
ever-increasing exchange in spiritual
gifts as we are to the blessings that
flow from the wide interchange of
material things.
And as we struggle, here in America, for au extension of the brotherly
relationship into the realms of industry, commerce and finance, in order
that our democracy in government
may be purified and made enduring,
wo pray Thee with great eamestness
to watch over the new Republic of
China, to give it wise and powerful
friends, to sav.e it from its enemies,
and to make it possible very soon for
our own great Republic to extend to
the new govemment of China a brotherly recognition and a helping hand.
Amen.
Address of Dr. Yamel Kin at the Ford
Hall Meeting, January 19, 1913.
Eight years ago when I was last in
Boston, I talked a little of how we of
China feel toward the great world
movement for peace. But I hardly
thought then that the time would
come to us so soon to show practically that we believe in peace! For, al:
though there has been some bloodshed
in our Revolution, we can point with
pride, I think, to what we have done
in this last year and say truly that
nowhere throughout the world has
there been so great a revolution as
has taken place in China-the passing
of a dynasty which had an absolute
hold upon the country, the heritage of
thousands of years of precedentswith so little bloodshed! (Applause).
How has this awakening come
about? The awakening, as you call
it, as shown by the events of the
revolution of the past year? Many
factors contributed and perhaps l
would best outline a few in order that
you may get' a background for recent.
developments.
Because you will
please remember that so great events
as you have seen In the last year did
not spring up like mushrooms from a
night's growth-they are simply thr/
visible result of years of toil and etncient endeavor. Just as when you
see lhe little shoot come up througl!
the ground it does not mean that at
that moment has the s,
When I left here eight
returned to my own cou
I knew there was this a
Ing on and I wanted to s<
why or how, a.nd what wa:
I traveled for the first 1
the Norlh, the Middle .i
West of China, even Lo II
clers of Thibet as far as ,
for a woman to go unal
alone. I found that it was
ble, even eight years ago,
nese woman under suitable
In suitable dress, to travel
tho length and brEadth or
molested, unattehded, att1
curiosity, perhaps less tha1
here as I go about In
(Laughter). But twenty y,
could not have gone the I
breadlh of the Empire In
with only a casual glance
passer-by!
I went up into a far West
Ince for a few months In on!
out what the feeling of the P<
there because they were far
from the ports by lmpassab
and the very dangerous and
navigation of the. river Yang
Its source. People there ca
great eagerness to visit me,
friends and were most an~
lrnow about the Western co111
which they had been reading R
An enormous amount of l!ternt
being translated; for some yer
there had been a good deal, to
since the Boxer trouble. 'rhP
Revolution which shook lhP
North of China, had given II t
dons Impetus throughout to el'(
and they wanted to know whnt
foreigners were like who brough
troops Into ·the North of Chin
did so much damage.
(Appl
One day in the middle or my t
11 fellow traveler, seeing that I:
dress I was from another part <
country, said to me:
"May I make bold to ask you i
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:HINA.
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I, 1913.
.1s last in
ow we of
at world
I hardly
1e would
practicalFor, albloodshed
oint wit.h
,ave done
rnly that
·orld has
llltion as
e passing
absolute
urilage of
Clidents,pplause).
:1g come
you call
s of the
·? Many
erhaps l
Jl'(Jer that
·or recent
1·ou will
·al events
year did
is from a
111ply tlHJ
I and effi1·lien you
i through
ll that at
that moment has the seed sprouted,
When I left here eight years ago I
returned to my own country because
I knew there was this awakening going on and I wanted to see for myself
why or how, a_nd what was being done.
I traveled for the first year through
the North, the Middle and the far
West of China, even to the very borders of Thibet as far as was possible
for a woman to go unattended, and
alone. I found that it was quite possible, even eight years ago, for a Chinese woman under suitable escort and
In suitable dress, to travel throughout
the length and breadth of China un.
molested, unattended, attracting no
curiosity, perhaps less than I attract
here as I go about in your city,
(Laughter), But twenty years ago l
could' not have gone the length and
breadth of the Empire in that way
with only a casual glance from the
passer-by!
I went up into a far Western ProvInce for a few months in order to find
out what the feeling of the people was
there because they were far removed
from the ports by impassable rapids
and the very dangerous and difficult
navigation of the river Yangtse near
its source. People there came with
great eagerness to visit me, niaking
friends and were most anxious to
know about the Western countries of
which they had been reading so much.
An enormous amount of literature was
being translated; for some years past
there had been a good deal, too-eve1·
since the Boxer trouble. The Boxer
Revolution which shook the whole
North of China, had given a tremendous impetus throughout to everyone,
and they wanted to know what these
foreigners were like who brought such
troops into the North of China and
did so much damage,
(Applause).
One day in the middle of my travels
a fellow traveler, seeing that by my
dress I was from another part of the
country, said to rne:
"May I make bold to ask you if you
3,
have traveled in a foreign land and
do you speak a foreign language?"
• "Well I have, yes."
"And 1:ead books in a foreign language?"
"Yes," I admitted.
He said: "I have read a lot of these
translations and they interest me, but
what I want most lo know is are
those adventures of Sherlock Holmes
really true?" (Laughter),
As I passed into the capitol I found
there were uniformed
policemen
standing on the corner. "Oh yes,"
they said very proudly, "We have policemen now, this is a new introduction by some of our officials who had
been abroad to Japan." And also
they were beginning to take up street
lighting and the practice of blowing
bugles. Bugle calls, in all keys, true
and false, ;night be heard morning,
noon and night.
Then I found there were schools
established. They had been projected
soon after the Boxer trouble-a vast
system of education throughout all
China beginning with Priniary schools
for children of six or seven, then a
higher ·grade, which we call middle
schools, corresponding sbmewhat to
your high schools, and then what we
call colleges or universities where
they were employing a staff of Japanese, English and French-professors
of different nationalities. 1 looked
and found that in this college-the
highest school - there were nearly
four hundred pupils, all men. But although the Government in the beginning projected the education mainly
for men, one of the thoughtful men of
the town said:
"\,Ve must include
woman's education, because if we educate the men only in these new
branches of knowledge and do not
bring the women up in this knowledge, also, we will be like a man with
one long leg and one short leg." (Applause). So some of the enterprlsing
citizens of the town started a school
for girls and equipped it very nicely
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indeed out of their own private purne,
The·y ,had brought In the dauglJ_ters ot
the literate families-their o\\'-.familles, and their friends' families, and
they had a little school of about 150
pupils. And they also had· gone to
this exceedingly progressive and en,
lightened Western country of Japan
and brought back two young Japanese
ladles at a very great expense and
trouble to be teachers and supplement
the staff then In the school.
Before my stay was finished other
schools sprang up-Industrial schools.
It was very remarkable to see
throughout the whole of this regioncut off though it was from the main
part of China, and having to depend
upon its own act! vi ties for Its own
light and power-that even there In
this far-off region they were thinking
-they were working; and so far had
they ascended from the point of view
that only the old was good-that they
had begun to realize there was something In the future for them, something In the outside world.
Along with all this there was a
very great movement toward making communication from one place to
another with more facility, and although the railroad Is not yet laid out
-because of the extreme and difficult
problems presented to the engineers
who must either lay rails across those
very precipitous peaks, tunnel through .
very long stretches or go around the
mountain for many miles-although
these difficulties have not been entirely overcome yet already the people are
beginning to Improve transportation
facilities and better navigation. So
that Instead of taking a long time to
go up the rapids with a small play-·
thing of a boat drnwn by coolies strung
on the end of a barn boo rope they are
now using steam navigation. 'ro be
sure the difficulties of navigation are
still so great that their little steamer
makes very irregular passages; bnt
iievertheless we find there is the beginning-that the people are using steam
rather than human power, though It
will be yet many years before machinery supercedes human labor entirely; for we still have the problem
in China of a great many mouths to
feed and the, object we must yet for
some years to come keep In mind is
how to divide the labor among the people so that each one shall have some
work to do and so earn something to
eat. Thus we shall avert that great
divergence between the very rich and
the very poor (applaus.e).
('rhen followed an interesting acs
count of Dr. Kln'-s personal experience
In developing the schools, hospitals
and reform Institutions of North China
of which she Is still the official head.
Particularly did she bring out the
growing feeling that women in China
must be educated.)
This women awakening Is perhaps
the greatest awakening of all in China,
because I think It is quite true, what I
have heard others say:
That they
judge of a people by Its women.
You have heard much of this revolution. Now, what were the beginnings
-the causes of this? All through
these years that I am telling you of
there was an immense amount of
translation going on. Everything was
being translated and this literature
spread among the people. Vve make a
large part of our paper from bamboo
which produces a fine paper that is
good for printing the Chinese charac~
ters; but our mills and factories could
not turn out enough for the supply and
every year we had to Import tons of
imper In order to supply the printing
presses. In every corner of the streets
almost you could find little presses or
little establishments, and everyone of
them was as busy as could be.
Another force which brought about
this change of attitude on the part of
the people was the return of students
who had been studying In America and
Europe and who, when they came back,
desired to make a change, And that
not only in a humble way, but in a way
that has had Its effect upon the people
and the country. Then these Chinese
!migrants who had been here-the
laundrymen, the laborers whom you
have striven to put out-came back
and in their humble way they have told .
the story of what America has done
and they have had considerable Influence In bringing the mass of the
people to wish for something different.
From time to time before, this de-'
sire· for change, this feeling that the
Dynasty had done its work and must
be put· down has come upon the people; bt1t this Is the firs[ time In the
history of the Manchu dynasty that the
feeling has been shown where there
was not a certain amount of sedition
and revolution. In 1854 in the great
revolution the people rose against the
Manchu dynasty and ha.d It not been
for Gordon who then helped the Imperial troops regain their hold · upon
the people, the Manchu dynasty would
have gone at that time; but with their
hold upon the people strengthened
again they lasted for a while. But
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'Jllowed an interesting ac'l'. Kin's personal experience
ling the schools, hospitals
, institutions of North China
lw is still the official head.
r did she bring out the
ding that women in China
ncated.)
nen awakening is perhaps
l awalrening of all in China,
llink it is quite true, what I
l others say:
That they
people by its women.
l!eard much of this revolu,vhat were the beginnings
es of this? All through
that I am telling you of
nn immense amount of
going on., Everything was
lated and this literature
1g the people. \Ve make a
it' our paper from bamboo
L1ces a fine paper that is
intlng the Chinese charac~
r mills and factories could
enough for the supply and
we had to import tons of
1<,r to supply the printing
every corner of the streets
•onld find little presses or
,;l1ments, and everyone of
, busy as could be,
irce whi<lh brought about
ot attitude on the part of
as the return of students
1 studying in America and
d10, when they came back,
a lrn a change. And that
lrnmble way, but in a way
ii s effect upon the people
try. Then these Chinese
110 had been here-the
the laborers whom you
to put out-came back
mnble way they have told .
what America has done
ve liad considerable ini11ging the mass of the
1 for something different.
to time before, this de•
~e. thifl feeling that the
clorie its work and must
lias come upon the peois the first time in the
1\lanchu dyriasty that the
r•en shown where there
·tain amount of sedition
1.
In 1854 in the great
people rose against the
,ty and had it not been
110 then helped the Imregain their hold· upon
, Manchu dynasty would
hat time; but with their
e people strengthened
,ted for a while, But
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I
5
this last year among the thoughtful
bee'n hurt ill any way except those
:and conservative people of 'the North things that were directly connected
,and South tliere was this feeling that with ,politics. 'Such a thing· has never
there must be a change. Tl1is was
occurred before in a1I the history ot
' about six months before the revolution
'China. ·whenever t11ere has been a
1lroke out. 'l'hey didn't know exactfy
change before there has been blood•
what they wanted, some people wanted
shed and there has 'been war and
,one tJilng und some people another ,there has been pi1lage and there has
tiling and I sometimes said to some ·of
been ravaging in the coun'try from one
my frieni1s fhat foe people wantei1 to
end to the ot11e1\ It was hard for the
Temove the prnsent ·government before
people to believe tliat the new spirit
they knew what the next one would
had come to China-tlrat we deshed
:be and wltl1 no way of telling. This
to change our Government and that
:shows w1rnt I have always content1ed- we could change a pollcy without
that t110 Chinese were an exceedinglY
br1nglng bloodshed, without bringing
,emotional l)eople, although you have
'trouble to 'the people fit large. So
been told tliat they are impassive and
after all had apparently passed peace:stolid.
fully suddenly one night the soldiers
"V{hy not," I sa'id, "do as ot1ier na•
rose in the city and they fired one portions have done, leave the monarchy
tion of It and pillaged another i[)ortlon
,in place as a constitutional monarchy
wlrnre we find the pawn shops and
'-with the addition of a House of Par- - rich fur ·shops and silk shops,
liament, as is done in England, vir·
"Why was that 7" people will ask.
tually making the king a figurehead."
Now, friends, it was lllre this. Al·
But the Chinese said': "'That will never
t110ugh there was th1s feeling through,do because we know ourselves. If we
out the country that we could make a
leave this Dynasty on t110 throne lt
change 'in a peaceful way we must
wm mean that we will constantly remember that Chhia is a very large
1rnve to struggle against it-that we
country and that there were many
, will always have to strive with them,
p'eople who felt tliat In the good old
'!'hey will be patient and gradually
times when there was a change of
take back from us onr various privi- Government it was a free-for-all and in
leges and we shall be no better off
a certain sense, to borrow your own
tllan we were before. We know ourpolitical phrase, "to the victor the
:sel ves wen enough and we realize that
spoils." So the soldiers said, "we see
we ought to do this t11ing, Let us do
tl10 officials getting money and 'See it
'It at once." "But," I said, "what are
passing back and forth, but we have
you going to do afterwards?" "Let us
nothing of it; we have 110 share in
1iave a republic." "A republic," I
it." Which shows again the funda•
said, "Do you lmow what a republic
mental feeling of socialism that there
is'/" "Oh yes. A place where everyls in China from the lowest official to
·one has a right to speak." ,,.Well, if
the highest official. In China when•·
that's your idea of a republic then per- ever anyone gets a promotion, a birth·
1iaps we may have 460 millions of reday, or any kind of advancement or
1rnbl!cs ln C11ina." Bnt t1ie people
anything that brings increase to him
said to me, and I think the events will
or to any member of the family, he is
prove the wisdom of their choice, "We
expected to share it somewhat with
Will arrange and we will settle the maall the members of his family; and
-cl1inery of om· government as necesthe soldiers felt that in this new ordel'
sity arises, but we feel we must put of things others were getting a share
upon ourselves a spur all the time, beof t11e spoils and they had not had
cause if we do not we will get interesttheir share. So that was the reason
ed in other tl1ings and we will leave
for the mutiny.
the government to itself." Therefore,
In spite of this and the other sporathey made t1Jls change,
dic disturbances, which we would wish
I lived in the city tlrnre in October,
were not so, it is, however, an unde•
November and December when we
niable fact that this revolution has
were 11earlng reports from the centre, been apcompllslied with less violence
''.Don't be anxious."
and bloodshed than any before, not
You can see how wonderfully it has only in the history of China, but I
been done. Even the robber troops, think in the history of any nation ot
bandits who were infesting the country this size in all the world (applause).
1vithheld their hands from Injuring
Then we have had other advance
any foreigner and hone In all this time movements. You have been told that
has bee~jured; no charitable )nstl· the Chinese idea of the Republic is
tutlon 1rns been injured; nothing has not to give everyone the franchise as
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you have it here, but to make it a limited franchise.
And limited very
strictly indeed. Because It was not
only the person who could merely relld
and write, but the person who had
completed the common school education; in fact, if the bill goes through
which is now before the different assemblies, it will be a high school education that will qualify a person to
vote. And not only as you have it in
your own Constitution that people who
have been in State's prison shall not
vote, but in our Constitution It is the
fact that any prison offence disfranchises a man.
And then we hear of women voting.
In the general loosening of the bond
the women, also, have come forward;
and many women have become anarchists. Even one of my own girls became a bomb maker against my
wishes, She said she was so filled
with a desire to do something for her
country that she thought she could at
least carry bombs from Tien-Tsin to
Peking. We heard in middle China of
girls who went to the different commanders and asked to be given unifortns and arms. But as these girls
were largely women who still have
the old compressed feet it was not
surprising that the commander said
that he thought it was not best to give
them a rifle and unifol'm because, assuredly, if they attempted to shoot the
ordinary rifle the recoil would lrnocl{
them over.
Some of the women in Canton Province and a few others did come forward and say they desired to have
the suffrage together with the men.
But it must be miderstood that there
are not very many women who can
pass, in China, the requirements for
suffrage, For, although we have had
in China from time immemorial educated women and cultivated women,
women of high executive ability, In
the main the work of the women has
been in the home-circle and reading
and writing has been an accomplishment, not an absolute necessity with
her for advancement in her sphere of
life. Until we are able to get more
teachers (we are constantly turning
out staffs of teachers but we are not
able to produce enough for our needs),
we cannot make education in the new
schools absolutely compulsory.
What wlll be done in the coming
election when we select our delegates
who shall frame the constitution, who
shall represent the provinces and
make a government for the whole of
Cblna, what will then be done with
the women? I cannot say.
vVhen women shall have more education, when they shall und/erstand
what it is that they are doing we will
have our women comirig forward to
take the vote as you are beginning to
do it het·e in the United States; but
remember, friends, your women here
Jn the United States have had education for many years and for the last
ten years perhaps as much in the way.
of colleges, in the way of higher educational advantages as men have had·
and our women are not yet equal t~
that standard and I feel, friends that
although you have many well-me~ning
people who desire to go to us and to
urge our women to grasp at the privileges of suffrage, yet I think It is a
case of trying to make the corn grow
a little faster and it will be better
to wait a little while until our women
know better what they are to do before urging them to grasp the vote,
And yet the lack of ·the vote does not
mean that the Chinese women do not
exercise a very great and real influence upon the political life of the
country.
Just a word now about the philosophy of woman's position in China according to our old ideas; and out of
the old will grow the new. You all
know of the doctrine of duality which
has influenced China since the days of
Confucius. It was that this whole
world was kept in order by the Influences of two opposing forces. Sometimes people have translated these as
being force and matter. In the Chinese life they were typified by light
and darkness. It was sunshine and
rain; it was the sun and the earth.
They figured that the sun in the Heavens alone by itself would produce
nothing, but shining upon the earth
the earth brought forth Its produce
and thus the joint influence of the sun
and the earth made the universe a living thing. Or again it is said that although the sun's rays were hot yet
heat alone was not sufli'clent to accomplish anything; there must be the
action of water. With the sun's rays
shining through the water the different vegetation grew and brought forth
green to feed the world. Now remember, that was one· of our great ideas
in the philosophy of Chinese life. Confucius said, "In this same way in the
family life there is the father and the
mother. The two together working
together make up the family." It is
not so unlike your Christian doctrine
where you say "Male and female ere-
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then be done with
annot say.
oltall have more eduev shall und!erstand
1~y are doing we will
1 coming forward to
you are beginning to
2 United States; but
's. your women here
1les have had educa,ars and for the last
; as much in the way
2 way of higher edu•
i,s as men have had;
1 re not yet equal to
l I feel, friends, that
, many well-meaning
~ to go to us and to
o grasp at the prlviyet I think it Is a
make the corn grow
ti it will be better
ile until our women
they are to do be- ,
to grasp the vote.
>f ·the vote does not
nese women do not
mat and real lnfluulitical life of the
about the phllosomiUon in China acideas; and out of
the new. You all
ne of duality which
a since the days of
s that this whole
order by the influ,iug forces. Some( ran slated these as
atter. In the Chie typified by light
was sunshine and
nu and the earth.
,e sun in the Heavlf would produce
g upon the earth
forth its produce
1fluence of the sun
the universe a Iivit is said that al·
,1ys were hot yet
1 • suflfoient
to ac•
lliere must be the
ith the sun's rays
water the differand brought forth
,rld. Now rememf our great ideas
Chinese life. Consame way in the
he father and the
together working
1e family."
It is
'.hrlstian doctrine
: and female ere·
1
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ated He them In the beginning and the suppression of opium than was
the twain shall be one," Woman did done under the Manchu dynmity two
not occupy so high a position as she years ago, and that was a marvelous
does in modern times with your pres• thing, Remember that you in the beent education; but the woman was ginning of your Republic had your own
given a tremendous power through troubles before you settled down to a
her motherhood; through motherhood perfect understanding of your circumthe woman had power equal with the stances; and perhaps you may have
father over the entire family and in some trouble In the future (applause).
control of all the children, the sons
IE there are any questions you would
like to ask I would be very glad to
included.
Now to return to this philosophy, give a few moments to answering
We have this philosophy of the dual them.
principle of the man and the woman;
the two co-operating together to make
QUESTIONS.
the perfect unit of the family which
is the basis of all political organizaQ. 'l'o what extent does the speaker
tions. With this dual principle we think that the missionary influence In
have also the teaching of the great China has been helpful in bringing
philosopher, who says this:
"The about the present change?
great principles of nature are feminine
A. The missionaries have done a
in their action. Water has always great deal of , educational work in
stood for the feminine principle'." , He China and educational work has helped
said, "Look at water, it may come in people to understand the change going
an overpowering torrent and may
on in other countries and the way in
crush and may destroy, but," he said, which people make their voice heard
"that ls not its normal action, The in other countries. Some people ask
normal action of water is that it comes whether this missionary influence was
down so softly like a stream as it not paramount in bringing about thif\
comes down a gentle slope; it curls change, I cannot honestly say that I
around every angle, it fits !tseH to
think it was because I think It was the
every hollow, It does not brealc and political, the economic pressure toyet, by its gently solvent power it gether with the translation, the enorsmooths the angles, It smooths the mous translation of this miscellaneous
outlines, -it comes to the level and it literature which has been the main
covers all the unevenesses below so,"
thing; but the economJ.c and political
he said "the man who would be great pressure has been the thing that has
in the ~vorld must get that permeating caused the ·people to look at matters
action and by graciousness and hy
In a different way.
winsomeness win the hearts of the
Q. What Is the official language of
people the reason of the people, China?
becau;e," he said, "if you coerce
A. The official language of China
people it is very much like · the old has always been the Mandarin dialect.
proverb you have that 'A man con• Out or the 18 main provinces of China
vlnced against his .will is of the same 15 speal, only the Mandarin dialect.
opinion still.'" So we find these two
Q. ·wm the people of China develop
great princlples-tl'ie dual principle of as quicldy as events will call for theil'
philosophy and the feminine action of development?
the great forces of nature; and with
A. Necessity, you know, compels
these two I think you will find that people to do many things and we have
we will develop our idea of woman'a been under the pressure of necessity
work in a way which shall make that and were it not for the very great nework greater than it has ever been cessity we should not have moved as
before, so that her power may be felt fast as we have even now.
not only in the home but In the whole
Q. Are there many Jews in China?,
social and political organization.
A. Now, friends, that is a very
One of the greatest proofs of the sensible question . (applause). '\117hoprogress of the pcwple Is in the sup- ever aslrnd that que·st1011 has been
pression of the opium traffic wlllch reading history, Vve have had a flourhas gone on steadily and with greater ishing colony of Jews In one of tlie
vigor than ever, even through the provinces for many thousands ol' years.
change of organization, and I think we We do not know just when they came,,
will find that when we come to the but we lmow tlrnt from the year 700 on
next convention on June 1st the peo- there was a very flourishing Jewish
ple will have gone even farther with community. The Jews in China have
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never been persecuted as they have
been elsewhere. But year by year they
have lost their old' customs and only
some twenty years ago they deliberately disbanded their last synagogue,
the best relics of which are in the
' British museum and when some .of
their learned brethren came over and
offered to take some of them back
into Palestine to learn again the .Jewish religion they made answer that
they were quite satisfied to become·
Chinese.
Q. Is the Chinese nation at the
present time strong enough to grapp.le
with the Russian Bear and drive him
(T)Ut of territory where. he does mit be.long?
A. Well, a good many of our Chi- ,
nese people think so. They are sending troops all the time to the Nortrr,
but it is not the question of Russia
alone, it ls England back of R'tlssla.
That's tfie question.
Q. Do you think it is the spirit of a
republic to deprive certain men from
voting?
A. Of course, the Idea of the republic has been in China not exactly the
same idea as here that every unedu-·
cated man can rule every other man.
We desire to make a government of
the educated, the well-behaved-not·
the man society has to look after.
Q Does the use of opium fn China
<'late back very far'!
A. Oh no. The use of opium In
China dates back to the encroachments,
of the Englsh (applause);: that Is a
matter of very recent history.
Q_ How about the Chinese morally?
A. Do yon mean trade morals or individual morals? Indfvidually if we
compare those of the Interior they
compare very favorably with the other
peoples;, but in the outer ports where
the very worst of tl\e ·west meets the,
very worst of the East the morals are,
not to be admired.
Q.
How ls religion organized in·
China? Is it by the, Government or as:
In this country?
A. Oh,, the Govemment !\.as nothing
to do with religion; every man ls free,
to worship as he chooses.
Q. What is your opinion of our laws:
restricting Chinese immigration to our·
country?
· A.. Probably if I were, In your place:
I would do the same-.
Q. How far has music and. art pro••
15ressed in China?
i A. Art has progressed to a very
great degree, but In the matter of music we have yet a great deal before us ..
Q. How did the Chinese obtain their
education before the, school system.
was started?
A. They had to obtain their educa-•
tron as best they could by private,
teachers or schools. Examinations;
were held by the Government but the
teaching was what was obtained by
learning wherever they could.
Q. Is capital punishment stm pram-•
tlced in China?:
A. It Is.
Q. Are there any Rlaves in China?'
A. The slave In China! There Is a.
certain amount of domestic· slavery·,.
that ls, the cf11ldren of very poor par•·
ents are bound out to other people,
who can take care of them until· they·
are grown. They are mostly girls that
are thus bound' out and at five or six.
tl'ley must be- given some education and
at 16 or 17 a husband must be found'.
for them so that they shall have m
family of their own. Ours ls not a
perpetual slavery as waa the slavery
here In olden Unies ..
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jfcrb 1ball jfclks
VoL. I.
No. 6.
February 2, 1913.
WHO ARE THE FOLKS?
'l'he amazing thing to me .about the
Ford Hall meetings is the wide variety
of people whom they deeply interest.
'l'hey were established primarily for
the benefit of people who do. not go to
church, it has proved almost impossible to lrnep the church people out altogether. Some of them will come In
spite of°tall we can do and hundreds
of others regret exceedingly that they
cannot come, ·
In planning our programs, our first
consideration is for the worlring class,
so-called, But I find employer after
employer who is delighted with the
spll'it and scope of our meetings, We
keep constantly in mind the person of
ordinary development in mind and
character as we choose the su]Jjects
for discussion. But I find among our
regular attendants and most enthusiastic friends, teachers and professors
and professional people generally.
Our meetings are, of course, intended
for the layman but there ls hardly a
night when we do not have a halfdozen ministers in the audience and
often many more. 11/e were quite
doubtful at first whether we could interest the Jews In our meetings, At
least a third of the audience ls made up
of .Tews every Sunday night and they
contribute a larger proportion than
that to the interest and enthusiasm
of the meetings,
I doubt if more than a small fraction
of our audience belong to the Socialist
, Party but they are so enthusiastic and
have so many sympathizers who are
willing to go part way with them that
it sometimes seems as though HHl
great majority were Socialists.
· Shocking as it may seem to some
good people who have never attended
'one of our meetings, we have in our
audience every night a very considerable group of anarchists who take
themselves just as seriously as any
churchman I ever met. 'l'hey even
claim Jesus as their model man,
It would seem as if quite a large
proportion of the Ford Hall folks were
agnostics or atheists but it may be
that they are like the Socialists in being more in evidence than their ortho-
Price Ten Cents.
dox neighbors. In the churches, the
congregations are two-thirds women,
At Ford Hall, the audience is never
less than two-thirds men and frequently the propo1-tion of men is still
larger,
There are always negroes in our
meetings and generally a Japanese or
two while a fortnight ago we had, besides the speaker of the evening, Dr,
Yamei Kin, three 01· four Chinese
women and several Chinese men,
This conglomeration of humanity
might make you think of the "happy
family" at the circus but ours ls really a happy family all the time, and we
certainly enjoy going to the Ford Hall
meetings quite as much as the small
boyenJ4~~
NEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAKER.
On February 9, Edward A, Filene
comes to us to discuss "'l'he Growing
Pains of Democracy," l\1r. Filene is
one of those rare souls who believes
in doing rather than in talking (he is
so averse to personal publicity that
we cannot here show his photograph
as ls our custom), but no man who
tries to do in these days can fail to
be confronted by certain arresting
facts .. Some of these have so deeply
impressed themselves upon Boston's
most public-spirited merchant that he
desires to call them to your attention,
His will be a significant evening at
Ford Hall.
PLANS FOR THE BIRTHDAY.
Things are coming along splendidly
for onr anniversary on li'ebruary 23,
l\1rs. Lionel Marks (Josephine Preston
Peabody) will be with ns to read her
poem, "The. Singing l\fan," and. that
brilliant Baptist, Rev. 0, P. Gifford,
D, D., of Brookline, ii; to give the address of the evening, his topic being
"'rile Social Value of Free Speech,"
Lets of other good things, too!
I
�Falls
fo
Se~)uatlc~, :,'. ·,• ,
centlces I. never. could,.see · that It
1sllfled. · 'l'he argument In 'tavor
la that wlthout It the frade will
, overcrowded and wages lowIt seems to:me that this Is n far
1ormal copdltlon thari a l'lcarclty
,, with wages fore~
Also, It a trade I
"llY wish to enter, l
ey be allowed, to do,
wage, than. not; to~
wages will presum
,c1 for by the 'co
1slrn,
t of the various
abor unionism ls fig
ll. The Injunction, I
110 of former Um«
1 t Ions of working
,·cd conspiracies, an
J,v Jaw, If judges
·otild grant lnjuncj
as well as against
shops, The reason1
Is that strikes ar
(lges have coma ti
o ultimate benefit·
t the Injury to . I~
,jeot.
,es should .be resci
I oti1er methods ha~
1e end to be attali
I(] only when thei
<>o of success,
'I
•nee Is never just!
Ylolence ls a viol
nler.
"J
e Ia a parallel bet
,1;-namlters and t
RY
ATHER
1\.N, of the Cath-qlic- Seminary of St~ Pa\11.
· ~h~n,, ~peakin& on 1.abor qu~sti?n,s l~ Ford H. all, says i \
,
lnJUsltce of employers bege:ts lllJUst1ce on .. the part ot:
i their employees -.violence breeds violence." Evidently \
1
· •atlU>.LReilhz:_nLLawrence is 1101' Ii aradua.te...oLthe Catholic.
1o the restrlct!on cit: the' riuniber
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FORD HALL FOLKS
THE PRAYER.
0
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roads for tnany y
I,· coupling appll
Manv were kllle
,,u', · y.;t the rail
!mowing this, foll
matter, These
s the dynamiters.'
(Preceding Mr. Fels' Address,)
Our hearts are made glad, our Father,
through the fellowship we have with
men of fortune and with men of privilege, who are spending and working
to bring about changes in our every
day life such as will make It Impossible
for some men to grow rich at the ex11ense of others, Vie thank Thee for
the men of large resources who give
generously to relieve the sufferings of
less fortunate brethren, but we pray
Thee to give us more men of large ac,
complishment and ample resources who
are determined to find the way by
which more people will have justice
and fewer people will need charity,
·we pray Thee to remove the scales
from the eyes of those who are blinded
by their own comfort and to give great
blessing and deep satisfaction to those
who hi spite of wealt,h and prlvilego
have not been unmindful of the
heavenly vision which Thou hast
vouchsafed to them, Amen.
"JUST TAXATION THE HOPE OF
THE WORLD,"
(Address of Joseph Fels at the Ford
Hall Meetings, ,lanuary 26, 1913.)
I'
Mr. Chairman and Ladles and Gentlemen, I always put the ladles first
because the women already rule us and
are going to help us nile the world.
(Anplause and laughter.)
You have been good enouF-h to invite me to come here and talk to you
on "Just Taxation, the Hope of the
·world." I do not believe any five
words could be much tn1 er than these
five, when we look around 11s and sre
the poverty, misery and brutishness
that belong to the common neople of
America, of Canada, of Grent Britidn. of
Germany, of France, and of everr other
country in the world, where there Is
riches, I have been caught In the
meshes of this tremendous strnggle fo"
equal freedom; for equal oppoi'tunl ty
among men and for special privilege to
none (applause) and so I go about the
world, perhaps today In Boston, perhaps three weeks !Jenee In Argentine, I
go about tbe world, I say, preaching
this great. doctrine of equal fl'eeclom
among men. And I do it 11111)r/lnd, as
··have been many, mani men before me,
to stretch out my hand to those people who haven't even got a defense, ns
I have, against want-an unearned Increment-and I have come to believe
myself that I uni a part and J)arcel of
the common people of the world
and not of the special J)rlvlleged
class, (Applause.) To me It Is en>
ti!'ely In keeping with good sound
reason, that there are anarchists, I.
vV. vV's, syndlcatlsts and other malcontents everywhere. They take one name
In one country and another name in
another country but they all point to
the same thing; they all point to the
fact that there is special privilege for
the few and that want for the many ·
arises but of that special privilege,
Now I do not know as to whether I
have ever given you an account of the
way I look at It all or not; perhaps I
have but It will bear repetition for the
audiences change from week to week,
month to month and year to year. So
I will say that if you want to get rid
of dogs in Boston, you tax dogs. You
· put a tax of say $20 each on every
four-footed dog that walks (laughter)
--it ls a great pity that you cannot put
a tax of $20 on some two-legged dogs.
(Applause.) You place this tax upon
dogs In Boston with the intention of
wiping out the dogs-and dogs disappear. And so If we wanted to get rid
of houses and fumlture and Income
and the things that men and women
use, we would lay a tax on them and
they would disappear as houses do dlsapbear or rather do not come to lifeit amounts to the same thing,
I happened to be In the state of Missouri from the 18th of October until
the day of election, November 5th, I,
went out there to fight what I called a
forelnm hope at the time; I was fighting for the Single Tax, (Laughter,)
vVhlle trying to find out where the
weaklrneed gentlemen were I dropped
into Kansas City and into a large club
there ·which bore close relation to the
Board of Trade, consisting of 800 or
900 members, big, nice, smooth, oily
looking chaps (laughte1')-telephone
people, and the railway people and the
merchants and the big representatives
of the mining Interests and things of ·
f hat kind. Six months before a taxation league had put It up before these
chaps as to whether they were In favor
or not of amending the constitutiona measure permitting Home Rule
which would ultimately end In the
Single Tax, and these gentlemen had t
appointed a committee promptly to
consider this, Intending to make a report to the gentlemen of the club by
and by, The committee consisted of
three large land owners, as I understood, and two gentlemen who worshipped the land owners, making five
of a kind. And these gentlemen had
been cons!
five and or
along and i
to Invite tr
ter,) The
to get per
after I got
of these ni
very first t
them wris t
300 and 40
there ls ai
men that i:
up," (Lani
I then ha
friends, the
In this roo
the same c'
liar myself.
the man wh
longs to ye
him, comes
much mone
your buslne
not any of)'
The next q
business ha·
of last Jani
,your gross
none of thei
Ile In your 1
question of
longed to th
of those 35
'must such q
themselves v
are to come
I tell you
government
fj! lrn for Its 1
is cren t.ecl b,
everything if
make it any
It any smalle
stances whe
steal it. (La
made larger
will aclrnow
woman and c
feet squarely
be In the t,
building in T'
Jar in Lond01
Now to wl
this tremencl
ours? To w
prevent the I
many? Well,
of people in
that gives an.
in Boston,
case, that th,
are sufficient
penses of BoS'
they may bm
the only thh
�FORD HALL FOLKS
•.ople of, the world
~
&')Jecial privileged
.J 'l'o me it is eng with good sound
·e are anarchists, I.
,..
st s and other malcon'l'hey take one name
ncl another name in
lrnt they all point to
they all point to the
special privilege for
want for the many
Hpecial privilege.
now as to whether I
on an account of the
1II or not; perhaps I
,a r repetition for the
from week to week,
nd year to year. So
you want to get rid
, you tax dogs. You
$20 each on every
mt walks (laughter)
that you cannot put
me t1tvo-legged dogs.
place this tax upon
it h the intention of
gs-and dogs disapre wanted to get rid
rniture and Income
at men and women
a tax on them and
•ar as houses do diso not come to life,ame thing,
in tlie state of Misth of October until
1, November 5th.
I
ight what I called a
e time; I was fightTax. (Laughter.)
lnd out where the
1en were I dropped
11tl into a large club
lose relation to the
onsisting of 800 or
nice, smooth, oily
:inghter)-tel<,phone
lway people and the
liig representatives
r0.sts and things of
11 l hs before a taxa-•
t it up before these
,. they wore In favor
, the constltut)ont ting Home Rule
natoly end in the
J<'SC gentlemen had
niltoe promptly to
cling to make a re1wn of tho club by
mittee consisted of
wners, ns I under11 tlornen who worwners, making five
10se gentlemen had
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beeJ considering this amendment for
five and one-half months when I came
along and invited the Commercial Club
to invite me to address them. (Laughter.) The secretary was good enougl1
to get permission and so, two days
after I got there, I stood before 350
of these nice, oily gentlemen and the
very first thing I did after looking at
them was to say: "There are between
300 and 400 men in this room and if
there ls any mun , amongst these 300
men that is not a liar, let him stand
up." (Laughter.) No one stood.
I then hastened to say to them: "My
friends, the reason I called every mun
in this room a liar is because, under
the same circumstances, I would be a
liar myself. When the tax collectorthe man who is after the thing that belongs to you and does not belong to
him, comes to you and aslcs you 'How
much money have you got invested in
your business?' you say to him 'It is
not any of your business.' (Laughter.)
The next question is 'What kind of
business have you done since the first
of last ,January' and then '°\,Vhut are
your gross profits?' All of which is
none of their business. Naturally you
lie in your answers." But if a simple
question of finance about what belonged to them could make every one
of those 350 men liars, what effect
must such questions have on the men
themselves and on their children who
are to come after them?
I tell you the only thing that the
government has any right at all to
take for its support is everything that
is created by all the people; and that
everything is land value. You cannot
make it any larger, you cannot make
it any smaller, though I do lmow of instances ,vhere land owners tried to
steal it. (Laughter.) As it cannot be
made larger or smaller, I think you
will acknowledge that every man,
woman and child must have his or her
feet squarely on the earth whether it
be in the top story of the highest
building in Boston or in the slum cellar in London.
Now to what extent can we go in
this tremendously civilized world of
ours? '.Po what extent can we go to
prevent the few from swallowing' the
many? Well, I claim that the presence
of people in Boston is the only thing
that gives any value at all to the land
in Boston. I claim, that being the
case, that the land values of Boston
are sufficient to pay nil public expenses of Boston, no matter how heavy
they may become. I also claim that
the only thing Government has any
3
right to tamper with Is that which has
been created by all of us. Now, that
being the case, we may well do without taxation on everything else except
land values.
I got back, three weeks ago, from a
town in Texas. The place ls Houston.
It ls supposed to have at least a population of about 1~5,000 people who
think highly of it. Other people especially people living In Galve~ton
which ls 60 miles away, think it ha~
only about 80,000. (Laughter.) I think
it has about 80,000, It is perhaps the
most prosperous city in the United
States. '!:here is more real down-right
business and industry in Houston than
in any other city that I have ever been
in in the United States. And nil this
has been largely caused by one man,
This man is a little taller than I um
(laughter), almost as bald (laughter),
and only half us wide. (Laughter.) He
began his job some 18 years ago-having become a follower of the economic
philosophy of Henry George-and 12
years ago he bought what is now four
blocks of ground within the city limits
of Houston and put up a sign, "This
property cost $390 per plot. It ls for
sale for $5000 per plot and it will be
held until such time as it realizes
$5000· per plot." That seemed very
foolish, didn't it? He then proceeded
to pnt up a log cabin-they built it
with their own hands, back of this
sign, and they used, this log cabin
every day until I came there, three
weeks ago, for meetings of Single Ta¥
nrn!l' who believed in the economic
philosophy of Henry George, I said
during m_y recent visit, "Why don't
you repmr that sign? Why it can
hardly be read, one comer qf it has
been blown away by the wind. It has
passed its day of usefulness.'' He
said, "I have had an offer for $4500 on
my last plot. 'l'he fellow is coming up
by 'lnrl by 11nd will .give me $5000." He
had already sold off foiw of the plots
for $20,000. About two years ago this
same man, Joseph Pusteriza invited
the citizens of Houston to ap,;oint him
(1flmmlssioner of taxes. Think of'that.
Then he proceeded to remove all the
taxation from every bit of personal
property in Houston. He took off ~II
twrntion from all banlrn, stocks, etc.,
and he furthermore removed 75 per
cent. of taxes from all buildings in
Houston and then he went and found
a scientific lot of fellows who knew
how to assess land, who could 'find m1t
just exactly what Janel was woi;th
whether it would be in Houston 01• In
Paris or in Palestine. And then he got
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to the rostrlotlo~ 'ot 1 the'· ntiinber
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of the Cath~li~-s~~ninary of St~ Paut.l '
·0ntlcea I never oouh;J,.aee· lllat It
1
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stifled. •.rhe argu_ment ,tn favor
Minn., speakin&' on labqr qu~stions In Ford Hall, says:,
Is that without It the trade will
.
"Injustice of ~mployers beg-e;ts injustice on .the part oi ·
overcrowded and wages lowd
·
'd 1 1
1t seems to, me that this ts a far
their employees - violence bree, s violence, "
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ormal condition thq___,,.......,n.11,=---~"-...._-=-~·
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,, with wages forol
,.,
Also, If a trade
111y wish to enter, i
ry be allowed, to do
~·age, than not, t
,,.ages wlll presum
cl for by the · co
FORD HALL FOLKS
4
sks.
I
. of the varloul
the value of every piece of land in
the Stars nncl Stripes, went over to
that elevate
1bor unionism Is fl~
I. The Injunction, 1
Houston and the town was plotted out
these three 11rovlnces of Canada. And
down as 1111
•lie of former tlII\
by those fellows that knew their busiwhy did they do it? They went beter.) But ~
,lions of worlclng I
ness-every blessed one of whom was
cause they saw n taxation of the right
creased tax
eel conspiracies, ai
a Single Tax man. They mapped out
ment store
kind in Canada and of a most damnJw law. If judges
Houston, putting down the name of the
ably wrong kind in the United States.
afford to m
,t;ld grant lnjuno,
owner of every ]llot and what the land
And so there ls a fight on in Oregon
up and dow
as well as agalns'
hops. The reasoi:i
was worth as between the willing buyer
and in 1.Ynshington and beginning in
out, and ma
is that strikes
cessible an(,
and the wllling seller. Then he ]lroIdaho for untaxing labor and taxing
lges ha.ve come t
ceeded--did Pnsterizn-to assess all
floor, why s
land values.
, ultlmate benefl1
Now, then, as to other countries. In
railway 10 1
this land 100 cents on the dollar of
the Injury to . ~
1909-'10 Lloyd George put through Parmake it just
what It was worth.
lect.
j
liament his Budget, assessing nil the
'I'he grafters or land owners, I say
other encl o
rs should .be res
grafters now because I nm far n way
land in Great Britain and laying a
this encl? (
other methods h~
o end to be attn
fro.m Houston, fought so hard that
small tax on all Janel values amounting
You see w
1 only when thl
they made Pnsterizn tax it 70 )Jer cent.
to over $250 an acre and Lloyd George
way would c
e of success,
of its value; so he proceeded to tax 70
did this in the face of the utmost op-
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• Is a parallel be
I ,·namlters and
,;,tds for many •
,, coupling appll
l\Ianv were Jdll
,r, · y.;t the rat~
nowlng this, fol\
matter, These,)
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per cent. of t.he value of the land in
Houston. "Well, there were some ]llots
of ground in Houston discovered on
which no taxes had been paid since
the days of Mother :mve (laughter),
and he found some land that had been
taxed 30 per cent. and some 125 per
cent. ·why? because the land that was
taxed 125 per cent. was underneath the
little shanties of the poor, the houses
that rented for about $15 to $18 ))el'
month. Pnsterlza changed nil that
with the wave of his hand. He was
appointed the first of January, 1911.
During the first six months after he
got his job finished, t.he citizens of .the
city of Houston put UJJ 219 more build-."
ings in six months than they did in
the six months in 1910. Two hundred
and nineteen more buildings, and (·hese
21!l buildings were worth three times
whnt, the buildings that had been JJUt
np in 1910 hncl cost! 1Vhich proves
that if yon remove nil taxation from
all person:il ]lroperty and nil b11lldln<r.s
n man wlll put in more money into
building because he has got morP.
money_ to put into it. He saves that
from taxation. This change Js giving
Pnsterlzn nil the money he had before for public purposes and thev talk
now of 500,000 inhabitants in Houston
within 20 years; and they are going to
have it because neople are piling in-,
t.here from every direct.ion just as soon
as they find out the different ]rind of
taxation that there prevails. Gnlvegton has gone to sleep and I wlll say
tlrnt unless the other cities in Texas
follows Houston, the peonle will ll1ove
into Houston n1• thev will ha.ve to shut
up business. (Laughter.)
This is the experience in the northwestern part of Cnnndn, in the cities of
Vancouver nncl Victoria and in more
than 30 or 40 rural eettlements that
have n large mensnre of the Single
Tax in onerntion. And in 1910, my
friends, 141,000 Americans, members ot
position. Every duke and every titled
gentleman who ought to have been
put to worlc (laughter) objected to
this. They wanted to hang him. But,
my friends, you can put this down
flne; that ns Great Drltnin ficlclles to·(iay the world begins to dance tomorrow; and unless the United States gets
in line with the Single 'I'ax movement,
which ls fnst coming in England, we
shall nil have to move over across the
sen.
Now I am here in Boston and you
Goston )Jeople should come to your
f'enses; you should beg-in an agitation
for untaxing labor in Boston, and untaxing business in Boston, and untaxing houses in Boston so that you can
nut n tax on unus<ocl land, such as yon
have got here by the mile, and get it
Jut.o use to tlie encl that people may
live Jn homes instead of hovels. (Applause.)
There used to he n man in CleveIa ud whose name was Tom L. Johnson (ap]Jlause) nncl I heard that man
say in a speech, one day, that he expected tb live to see the time whe'1
Cleve.land should have n free street
railway from one encl to the other.
When he died, in April of Inst year, ho
hncl a street car line throughout Cleveland and running into the country for
20 miles on which there was charged
the rate of 3 cents wi1J1 universal free
transfer, and this street railway made
so much money that they have paid 6
per cent. on every share of stock-and
a good many shni·es of this stock were
about. RS thin. or thinner, than water.
I believe that if Johnson had lived
20 years longer he would have had a
free street rnilwny because I can show
you more than n thousand free rnilwny lines that are rnn in Boston tonhd1t. Every clennrtment store, every,
omce, every building has a free railway running up and down nil the time.
And no charge is made for running
come for exn
street rnilwa
and n land v
every steams
of the Unite•,
tioned on th
cohntry whe1
fit it gets fro
And so sho
the water, if
vate compnn
!lghts, and 1
privilege that
sonnl nctivll
should be pni
you would no
people in Bos I
any people in
• cause you wo
next door to
much as the
building.
Diel you ev
happens whl'J
1.Yhen the lane
to build n 11011
lnr-I don't rn
]Jecnuse he dor
ter), but ho hi1
lnr nnd when
ished digging
the foundation
to have the st
mason con1fS .
lshed, the !Jrie
the concrete n
and then comr
carpenters, the
fitters and p!11
menters and p
would go to w
o"ne of these me
hasn't he ougl
nncl every one
babies and if ti
have them (In
babies have re•
and for, stocldn,
for lmick-lmac
�FORD HALL FOLKS
:::Jtrlpes,' went over · to
vinces of Canada. And
lo it? They went bea taxation of the right
and of a most damn! in the United States.
; a fight on in- Oregon
:;ton and beginning in
..:ing labor and taxing
to other countries. In
corge put through ParJg-et, assessing all the.
Bl'italn and laying a
land values amounting
acre and Lloyd George
·ace of the utmost opcJuke and every titled
taught to have been
lnngllter) objected to
l'll to hang him. But,
1 can put this down
1,a t Britain fiddles to•gins to dance tomor( l!e UnitecJ States gets
Single Tax movement,
ming in England, we
move over across the
c in Boston and you
hould come to your
Ill begin an agitation
JI' in Boston, and un11 Boston, and. untaxston so that you can
s, cl land, such as yo11
the mile, and get it
:md that people may
I <'ad of hovels. (Ap!Je a man in Cleve, was Tom L . .TohnHl I heard that man
one day, that he exsee the time whe'1
have a free street
2 end to the other.
April of last year, he
11n thro11ghout Cleveinto the country for
1 there was charged
; with universal free
street railway made
mt they have paid 6
share of stock-and
·s of this stock were
l1inner, than water.
' Johnson had lived
l would have had a
because I can show
thousand free rail-·
, run in Boston to1rtment store, every
ng has a free rail(] down all the time.
made for running
....
that c,ievator and you may ride up and
clown as much as you chose. (Laughter.) But you are paying for it in increased taxation. Now, if a depart~
ment store or Ir an office building can
afford to maintain free transportation
up and clown all day, clay in and day
out and maim a 27th story equally ucces~ible and as desirable as the first
floor, why should you not run a street
mllway 10 miles into the country and
make It just us possible to live at the
·other encl of the 10 miles as it is at
this end? (Applause.)
You see where your free street railway ,~mlcl co.me in and that it would
come for exactly the same reason. This
street railway is a public franGhise
and a Janel value. So the franchise of
every steamship line that leaves a port
of the United States should be conditioned on the Single Tax paid to the
country where it docks for the benefit it gets from the country.
And so should every other franchlse,
the water if it was rented by a private company, the gas and electric
lights, and telephone system,-every
privilege that is made up by the personal activities of the population
should be paid for. And, my friends,
you would not then have any starving
J)eople in Boston. You would not have
any people in Boston out of work because you would tax the lot that was
next door to a 25-story building._ as
much as the land under the 25-stciry
building.
Diel you ever stop to think ,vlrnt
happens when you build a house•?
'Nhen tile landlord makes up his mind
to build a house-he llrst digs t110 eel.Jar-I don't mean he does it himself,
l>ecause he does not dig cellars (laughter), but he hires people to dig the cellar and when these people ha\re finisl1ecl digging the cellar, thfJY put up
the foundation wall and then they have
to have the stone mason. The stone
mason comes and when has has finished, the brick man comes along or
the concrete man,, or the steel man;·
and then come the J)lasterer and the
carpenters, the paper liangers and gasfitters and plumbers, then the ornamenters and painters. All these men
would go to worlc, and every blessed
one of these men has a wife, and if he
hasn't he ought to have (laughter),
and every one of tLese wives have
babies and if they don't they ought to
have them (laughter), and all these
babies have requirements for muslin
anrl for stockings and for flannels and
for lmick-lmacks and other various
5
things that go to make up babies.
(Laughter.)
You would then have killed off that
very dangerous "one man In 20." I
mean the one man in 20 who has no
job! You have nothing to fear from
the I. 'I.V. 'N. or Socialism or Anarchism
or anything else but from the mun in
20 who has no job. Until you can kill
him off by giving him a job, he will
a.lways be a threat to you and until
yoti can wipe him out you will not have
industrial peace in this country, nor do
you deserve to have it.
But if we tax those things and those
things only that are created by the
people and leave to the pl'!vate individual all things created by his labor,
you will have peace in this country,
you will have plenty in this counfry,
and you will have as near to a perfect
country as the world has ever seen'.
That great man, Tsin Yat Sun, in
China, knows about the Single Tax and
has already had the courage to establish colonies all through China having
It in mind to lceep for the people all
the land values that the people ornate,
In Germany over 100 cities have a
measure of the Single Tax already In
operation.
Tn the last political campaign we
had strnggles in Oregon, in the state
of Missomi and in the state of California, all with a view to having Single
Tax put into operation; and the little
state of Rhode Island, which is about
big enough to hold together (laughter)
has been strnggling for the Single Tax
to my eertaln lmowledge for 20 years,
but they haven't given up the ship. It
is not success that we are after; it is
education of tlie 11eo11le that we are
after, and until the people can become
sufficiently educated to take on this
great moral reform; this great economic reform, the people ought not to
adopt it. My friends, to me, this reform In taxation is a moral question,
as deep and as broad as any moral
question that has ever been brought to
the notice of the world. To me it is a
religion; I am a fanatic about it. But
there mnst be fanatics, for fanatics,
like cranks, ma.ke things turn.
A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS:
Q. ViToulcl you approve of the inheritance tax as did 'fhornas L . .Johnson
of Cleveland?
A. Certainly not. · Mr . .Johnson war,
as apt to make mistakes as any one
elstl.
Q. 'Noulcl. you exempt la;id occupied
by churches?
.
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-i=alls to see· ust ce . .·.,·.:.',
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lo'the restrlotlon ~f'the'numb1~
ATHER RYAN, of the Catholic Seminary of St. Pa1,1l.\
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prentlces 1 never could see· ll;lat
Minn. speakin&" 011 labor qu~stions in Ford Hall, says_i
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;l~~o~~gl~~~~\~~dJa;f1~
"Inju~tice of ~mployers bege,ts inj_ustice ~,n .the ?art nt \
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ne overcrowded and w,'.n~gje~s_n_lojw~L~-_Lt~l~ie~i!:r_~e~n~lp~l~o y~e:_l:e~s~::__v~i~o~l,:e~n~c,:e_~b:re:e~d~s:__,v:;t:_::o:.:,le::;n~c;:e:,~.....E:.;,v;,.1d:;_en:::,:.:tl-;_y...i..._________111111111E
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It seems to.mo that Vtls Is n far
,,,
normnl {1/ages fore
nn, wllli r,ondltlon. th1
. Also, If a trade I
:nanY wish to enler. I
:hey be allowed.to do,
wage, tlinn not, to
n wages will presum,
1ed for by the co
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FORD HAL~ FOLKS
t11sks.
,st of the various.
A. Certainly not (Applause). Nor
desks and chairs of the lawyers and
labor unionism Is fig'
reporters;
,
would I exempt :Masonic Temples. I
·ed. The Injunction, \
would not exempt from taxation anyThe cage, standing gaunt and unrelic of former tlm1
nations of worldng
thing In the shape of land.
friendly vis-a-vis the judge's chair;
'ered conspiracies, a~
Q. If the single tax was established,
The clock over the door proclaiming
" by law. If judges]
the ending of the court's recess;
would not tlie present system of exwould grant lnjunci
ploitation still continue?
The measured tread of the feet of tl,le
s as well as agalns~
A. I don't see how it could, my
jurors, coming along the corridor;
shops, The reaso~i
friend. Will you please tell me how
The entrance of the twelve "peers" of ·
l.s Is that strikes a
ludges have come t,
it could?
the prisoners, conscious of grave· rethe ultimate benefl
Q. ·well, by private ownership of
sponsibility;
,ot the Injury to · I
the mines,
The reporters and the lawyel'S filing
,liject.
Into place; the judge gravely facing
A. But if I have got all the value
!kes should .be res
that attaches to the land-all monopothe room;
·ill other methods ha
lies, or special privilege that come out
The click of the handcuffs stirring
the end to be attn!
curiosity, interest., anxiety;
of the land, how can you have posses1 nd only when the
ope of success, ' •,
sion of anything?
'l'he march of otficr.rs and nrlsoner8
,Jenee ls never jus
Q. Is a patent a specie of monopoly?
to the cage;
'. -violence ll ls a vi
A. Yes,
"Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!"
order.
Q, vVhat are you going to do with
'!'he call ·of roll of the jury,-one, two,
•re Is a parallel be
it?
three, four, five, six', seven, eight,
dynamiters and
nine, ten, eleven, twelve;
A. I think I should be ln favor of al!!roads for many •~
, lie coupling appll
The call and silent rising of the prislowing a man a certain percentage on
·s. Many were klll
the results of his patent for a cert(!ln
oners, "Joseph J. Ettor," "Arturo M,
year, . yet the ral
number of years and then wipe it out;
Glova11nitt.i,''. "Joseph Caruso!"
!mowing this, fo
but it woulcl have to be specific and
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s matter.
These
not speculative as it ls at present.
The prosecution ls closing its case;
as the dynamiters.
Q.
"\,Vouldn't taxation on land so
the State's Attorney ls completing
increase its value that it would be difhis charge;
ficult for poor people to buy land?
The officer of the State, the guardian of
A. Is it possible for the poor to buy
law and 01·der, the defender of the
land now? Taxation would bring the
oppressed, the servant of the elm:land into use-force the land into nse
torate, is building an argumentand the man who holds land ant ot'
An argument founded on suspicion.
use would have to pay td the commuclass hatred, race pride.
nity that which the community is ueHe flatters the jury; he conjures np
prived of now,
patriotic visions from tbe past;
He portrays the history of the commonwealth and its heroes, with sinMASS AC HUSE TT SON TRIAL:
ister intent;
MASSACHUSETTS ACQUITTED.
He warns of the menace of the foreigner, of the foreigner's philosophy,
of the foreigner's inflammability;
His commercial mind pictures the de:
sire for the dues of the comrades as
the motive of these agltatom;
"Our holy traditions are at stake; our
venerable Institutions. are at stalre;
yea, our sacred property ls at stake!"
·wm the jury surrender law and order,
will the)' condone anarchy?
The State's Attorney has addressed the
twelve men of Massachusetts.
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vVhat is 'the case that demands this
patriotic peroration?
An Italian woman has been ldlled, a
compatriot of two of these men, a
fellow worker,- comrade, sister, of all
By Charles Zueblln,
of t!Iem.
.
The high-ceiled court-room with it3 ,vhere Is the murderer? The State's
Attorney does not know: no one
ample windows on either side;
knows.
The spectators buzzing expectantly
The prisoners preached' brotherhood,
along three walls;
vehemently, passionately,
'l'he judge's empty bench; the empty
~fltt;~
'b---------'-
The Slat
vengean
ately.
The three
testing 1
the lan1
trial fo1
understr
cusers.
They have
for n10ll
\ned, ha
question
but who
Is It not t1
cb usetts
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,
The State
There re
judge.
"Accordlnf
r.husetts'
heard In
judge ch:
these pri
The counsc
to let th<
be silent.
Josepli Ett,
at this 111
The room
choked ,,
thick, bu
taln tops
roused.
Ettor pene1
State's ,
thruRt.
'The prison<
their actE
No acts I
phlloso}lh
He Is not. t
responslb',
an, he R
chair.
No palllatio
demnat.lo1
phy and I
Though it i
Ile must
claim the
run procl\J
He can~ to
co and I
ready to
necessary.
He ls not a
Itallan-bo1
zens and
wealth o[
Their death
of this CO'
On the day l
prophets "
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FORD HALL FOLKS
chairs of the lawyers and
standing gaunt and uni.s-a-.,ithe judge's chail·;
, 1·<>1'
door proclaiming
of
court's recess;
d t1
of the feet of the
Jing along the corridor;
, of the twelve "peers" of ·
·rc:, conscious of grave· re-
I·
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I
s and the lawyers ·filing
the judge gravely facing
· the handcuffs stirring
Ill erest, anxiety;
if officers and prisoners
1r ye, hear ye!"
,ll of the jury,-one, two,
five, siX:, seven, eight,
1 ven, twelve;
..
silent rising of the prlsph .T, Ettor,'.' "Arturo M,
' "Joseph Caruso!"
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on ls closing its case;
Attorney Is completing
lie State, the guardian of
1,r, the defender of the
lite servant of the elec-
ilding an argumentrounded on suspicion,
race pride,
'
l jury; he conjures np
ms from the past;
ie history of the comtlll its heroes, with slnmenace of the forl'oreigner's philosophy,
ur's Inflammability;
mind pictures the de11es of the comrades as
these agltatom;
lions are at stake; our
itutions are at stalre;
l property Is at stake!"
1'l'ender law and order,
"ne anarchy?
mey has addresood the
J\Iassachusetts,
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,e that demands this
at ion?
111 has been killed, a •
l wo of these men, a
comrade, sister, of all
lH1
1rderer? The State's
not know; no one
reached· hrotherhood,
ssionately,
(
1'he Slate'S' Attorney is preaching
vengeance sophistically intem1rnrately,
The three men sit in the cage, two protesting mutely; the third ignorant of
the language, staring mystified; on
trial for his life he sits for hams
understanding no word of his accusers.
'I'hey have been deprived of freedom
for months they have been examined have testified, have been crossquestloned, have heard witnesses:
but who ls on trial today?,
Is it not the Commonwealth o,f Massachusetts?
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The State's·· Attomey has Nnished.
· There rema1'ns only the charge of the
judge,
·
"According to the precedent of Massadrnsetts' Jaw a prisoner, may be
heal'd in his own behalf before the
judge charges the jury. Does one of
these 11risoners desire to speak?"
1'be counsel of the prisoners urge them
to let the .case rest, but they nannot
he silent,
Joseph Ettor rises, rotun,d, genial, but
at this moment not smiling,
The room Is now full; the doors are
choked with spectators; the air ls
thick, but pulses beat as on, mountain tops; even the weary Jury Is
roused,
Ettor penetrates the sophistry of tl10
State's Attorney with one keen
thrust,
The prisoners are not being tried for
their acts, but for their philosophy,
No acts have been proved and the
philosophy has been misrepresented.
He is not there to apologize. If he ls
responsible for the death of a woman, he should sit in the electric
chair, .
·
No palliation; no compromise; no condemnation of the prisoner's phllosophy and pity for the prisoner.
Though it invite the severest penalty
he must still stand there and proclaim the right of all men to the
full product of their labor,
He came to Massachusetts as Kosclusco and Pula11ki had come; he is
ready to give his lite for others if
necessary,
He ls not a foreigner, but he and his
Italian-born comrades are the citi·ze1'rs and prophets of the commonwealth of the world.
Their death will not delay the coming
of this commonwealth.
On the day that they die half a million
prophets w\ll rise,
In a hushed voice the court officer, he
~~tt~\~:~:: .~m~n?{1'.?te
bl~t~I~~i ;~ys
'Who but the prnsecutlon could doubt
that Masoochusetts is on trial?
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"Does one of the other prisoners wish
to speak?" asks the judge,
Yes. Glovannitli will also be heard.
It is well.
He wins at once attention and sympathy, He is still more intense, and
speaks with some dlfflculty-hls first
speech In English,
Ettor commanded by logic, vigor and
sincerity, Giovann!tti appeals by his
delicate profile, bis gentle voice, his
exa Ita tion,
VVhat are the sacred traditions of
Massachusetts that arwbeing upheld
in this trial?
Are they the traditions of witch-burning Salem, or those of tl10 Boston
tea-1iarty that overthrew tyrants?
Are they the traditions of the respectable mob that dragged Garrison
around by a noose, or those of the
triumphant abolitionists?
He also ls not there to plead for mercy,
but to protest against punishment
for holding the philosophy that
unites the class-conscious workers of
the world.
He too will have no compromise. All
dr n~thlng,
He can face death for his faith, as
Socrates did, as Jesus did, as the
mediaeval martyrs did; but he ls no
martyr,
He ancl Ettor are responsible for their
proved words; but Caruso, his poor
comrade Caruso, cannot speak English· he has a wife, he ls Ignorant,
sur~ly he cannot be held responsible.
(Even the experienced court officer and
the sophistlca ted reporter blink
hard),
On his mother's lmee he had learned of
the oppressors of Rome and Italy,
He had come to the Republic to find
freedom, and found-Lawrence,
H this proved to be his last speech It
would be one of prophecy, of that
fraternity of the future for which he
would still work if he were set free.
Ettor and Giovannltti liave addressed
the twelve men of Massachusetts;
but all must have seen, a they saw,
a listening world, a world of superficial prejudices and misunderstandings but a world of latent sympathy ~nd humanity.
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The next day the judge delivers his
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la to, See
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IFATHER,RYAN,
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''Aa.to the restrlotlo/i ot'the number
of the Catholic-S~mlnary of St. Paul.\
·
bf approritlces I never could see th at It
: Minn,, spea.kin<r on labor qu~stions In Ford Hall, says :
, was justified. The argument In favor
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11
I of this ts that without It the trade will
"Injustice of employers bege',ts injustice on. the part ot \
nd wages lowbecome overcrowded a
their em lo ,ees - violence bree~ls. violence,'.'
Evidently '· _
ered, It seems to me tha,UJllilsL!JlsLJ!nJ.!fa!:!r:L_ __:_E:1_~:_~~~~~=~~::.'..'.::.':..~~_.:.)!!,.._,:;.:.:;.:~;;;.::.:.:.__.~:.:.::'.:.:::.:::.::.:;:.....,.__:______.lllllf
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more normal condition t
'1 ·
of men; with wages fo
, ~. \ : clally, Also, If a trade
·' H.\ II' that manY wish to en\er.
rd a that they be allowed' to d
· lower wage, than not,
lose In wages will presu
ems
pellsated for by the c
\ their tasks,
I "Moat of the varlo·
IWhich labor unionism Is
!removed, The Injunction
IN 10 NS, ts a relic ~f of workln~
former tll
combinations
Iconsidered conspiracies,
.
lshable by Jaw. If judg
,tiC'ISeS they would grant lnju
\ .
strll<es as well as again,
closed shops, The reasl
lR
do this Is that strikes
that judges have come
3,
that the ultimate bene
and not the Injury to
their· object,
"Strikes should .be r~
~l<e ever when all otiier methods h
l>ody or ,when the end to be att
1:yan of: one, and only when ti
. 1 Hall'· able hope of success,
1
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"Violence Is never ju
·r: of th ~ use of vlolencecJls· a V
1 social order.
follow-: "'.l'here Is a parallel b
,. Iar e- of the dynamiters. and
'
g the railroads for many
spealrnr automatic coupling app~
1, the I.' the cars,
Many were kl!
1
ti othor each year, · yet the r
sympa- though knowing this, fol
11·as un- on this matter. These
1· Indus: guilty as the dynamiter
,l ended ,
should ·
., under
1s their ':
rl them
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charge, precise, exhm1Hti ve, discriminating, dispassionate,
The day after, the jury returns its verdict. The twelve men of l\'lassachusetts have acquitted the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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"Hear ye, hear ye!"
"God bless the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts!"
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Copyright, 1913, by Charl!JS Zueblln.
Published by the Boston School of
· Social Science,
Coples of the above poem at five
cents each may be had upon application to Miss Louise Grout, 154 Newbury St., Boston,
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the I
ar-
Ing
r of
i,i(erest
•(l ?"
labor
had 1
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FORD. HALL FOLKS
FROM OUR MAIL BOX,
♦
"Please send me three sets of Ji'ord
llall Po/ks for which find enclosed
$1.50, Usually, I shall buy the paper
at the meetings but, on account of lllness in the family, I have not been
able to attend for a month now, 'l'he
paper will help make this up to me.':
* * * *
"I received Ji'ord Ila/I. J1'01/t8, Fine,
I enclose my check herewith for $5,
for which please send. me five (5)
copies of Pol'r/. Ila//, Ji'oll!s for ten
weeks, and at the ex]Jlration of that
elate, vlease send Ji'or1l Ilall Ji'o/ks just
the same, with bill. This little joumal
should have the su]Jport of every
thinking man. A little later I hope to
be able to increase my subscription,"
*
*
*
*
January 17, 1913,
My Dear Jack London:
I love to go to Ford Hall because l
learn there-and there only-what the
late vVilliam ,James meaut when he
wrote his great chapter on the Common Folks. I have lived in Boston for
three years and the Ford Hall meetings are the only ones in Boston with
]lower enough to draw me away froni
my own very comfortable home on Sunday nights, J love Ford Hall because I
find preached in It the great Gospel of
Neighborliness - the philosophy of
love. And, If you must have.the whole
truth, I love to go there because Its
people are close to the earth, and contact with them mal,es me understand
what is meant hy the old mythological
tale of the man whose strength was renewer] every time he touched the
grnund,
But I startd to tell you about 1Vlllimn James and his tribute to the rl)al
hhoes of the world- !he men and
women who are doing their dally work
In ti neighborly, helpful way,
"On
freight trains, on the decks of vessels,
in cattle vards and mines," says James
-"on lmi1ber rafts, among the firemen •
and the policemen, the demand for
'courage is incessant. There, every day
of the year, somewhere, is human nature in c,1•/.re111/s for you, And wherever a scythe, an 11¥,e, a pick, oi' a
shovel is wielded you have It sweating
and aching and with its powers of
patient endurance racked to the utmost. under the length of hours of the
strain."
What I have found at Ford Hall may
he found in this next 1mragraph: ''As
J awoke to all this unidealized he1'oic
life around me," continues Prof. James,
"the scales seemed to fall from my
eyes; and a wave of sym]Jathy greater
than anything I had ever before felt
with the commOJi life of common men
began to fUI my soul. It began to seem
as if virtue with l1orny hands and
dirty skin were the only virtue genuine and vital enough to take account
of. IiJvery other virtue poses; none is
absolutely unconscious and simple, and
unexpectant of decoration or recognition, like this, These are our soldiers,
thought I, these our sustainers, these
the very parents of our life."
I have lived on a dollar a week, slept
ln a drygoods box, spent a winter in
the north country in a room through
the walls of which filtered the snow,
wom vapor in my .shoes because I
rouldn't afford new· soles, worn patchcovered clothes-well, I've managed to
live 011 five dollars a week In a strange
town, and, although I've fought my
way to a better income, I cannot quite
escape from the feeling that nowhere
in Boston is there a spiritual home for
me that ls more mine than Ford Hall,
To learn the art of seeing the world
through the eyes of others is to !mow
often the joy that must have been in
the heart of Coiumbus when he discovered our land. Ford Hall gives us
O)J]Jortnnities to experience ,this joyand will conflnue to do so while that
'great neigJ1bor, George vV. Coleman,
conducts the meetings,
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?r-rn:1As pRmrnm, ... ,y
The first "woman movement'·; ··~vas E::ve's gesture when she reached for
the fruit of the Tree of Knowledgea movement symbolic of the entire
subseql!ent woman's movement of the
world,
For the will to pass beyond
established bounds has constantly
been the motive of her conscious as
well as of her subconscious questEllen Key,
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No. 7.
February 9, 1913.
OUGHT TO FIGHT FAIR.
I don't believe in dog-fights or cockfights. Not beca.use they are not interesting to any man with red blood
in his veins, but because they demoralize. But the men who do believe In
these things believe in fair play,
When two dogs are set at each other,
they must be two that, so far as meas·
. nrements and judgment can deter•
mine, are pretty evenly matched.
They do not set a cocker spaniel
against a great Newfoundland, 1101· a
dachshund against a bulldog; no, each
. dog must have a fair chance, and the
rules of the fight are absolutely !mi ·partial.
It ls a fight for life, and it
would be too disgusting, even for bru: tallzed men, if the contestants were
: manifestly unevenly matched.
But the very thing that we disdain
in sport among beasts we exalt and
Idolize In business among men.
We call it competition. Instead or
smashing bones and drawing blood,
we break hearts and dwarf souls. In- ; stead of fighting for your life, yon
have to fight for your living, We
• don't shoot and stab, not according to
rules at least, but the man who loses
in the battle of competition must
starve and freeze or accept charity.
But that is not so bad; the dogfighters do no worse than that. 'l'he
satanic devilishness of our game is
that the strong are pitted against the
weak, the grasping against the openhearted, the shrewd against the nnsophistlcated, the rapaclot:e against tl1!'
tender-hearted.
Whenever I run across a se!1sitlve,
i artistic soul, struggling with the bru•
1tallties of commercial life, trying to
keep the heads of his little family
above the economic waters, I instinctively think of some beautifully
trained house-dog facing in a fightlngnen some great 11gly bulldog· trained
'for fighting,
; Men differ in physique, tempera/ ment, and ability quite as much as
,logs differ in stature, dlsnosition, and
strength. When dogs fight for their
lives, their masters see to it that they
are ennl,Y ll)atr,hed and that the rules
!'rice Ten Cents.
of the game are upheld absolutely,
When men are thrust into the arena of
competitive Industrial and commercial
life to fight for their livings, they
have to go against their competitors,
whoever they are, anrl every one is so
busy fighting his own battles that no
one is over-concerned to make sure
that the fighting proceeds according
to the rules; namely, the laws as to
rebates, adulteration, child-labor, sanitary conditions, etc.
.
·we are wonderf111ly tender-hearted
to animals, When shall we he as kind
to ourselves?
NEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAK,ER,
Stewart Anderson of Springfield,
Mass., will talk to us next Sunday, on
"As An Immigrant Sees It." These
w:ll be firsUiand impressiqns, too, for
Anderson \vas a poor lad when he
came to this country, not so very
many years ago, and he )ias risen to a
position of Influence in his community
through liis own efforts. He will tell
us why America seems a promised
land to the stranger from o'erseasand the degree to which It fulfils its
promise.
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FORD HALL FOLKS
THE TARIFF AND H'UMAN LIFE,
Although cancel' in Its worst form is
declared by matly to be incurable, yet
there are many reputable physicianR
w.ho declare that il is curable, and
many specifics are announced to stay
its ravages. 'l'he point to which this
p11ragraph calls attention is that suc;h
a specific has been announced in Germany called mesothorlum.
Positive
claims are made for Its elflciency, and
cases In which its use has actually
effected a cure are cited. But the
exactions of our tariff system are such
that the Import duty on a mere teaspoonful of it would amount to $54,000.
A Boston physician lately went to Berlin and bought a small drop of the
specific for a local patient, for which
he Paid $383, including cost of trans•
portation to this country, and the imJJOl't duty was $145.20, 'I'he duty on a
potmd of this specific would, under
present tariff schedules, be $5,227,200.
Provided all these statements are
true-and there see1i1s 'to be no goo(!
reason to doubt their tr11th-then common humanity would seem to require
two things: one is that tariff duties in
matters that concern human life as directly as this specific might concern
it ought never to be so nearly prohibitive as the duty here involved
seems to be, The other thing ls that
no remedy, if it will do what _ls alleged of mesothor!um, should be allowed to be held as a private possession. It should, either voluntarily or
by force of law, be devoted to the free
use, under suit.able professlon;:il guicL
ance, of afflicted humanity, Let the
discoverer or inventor be suitably
compensated for his right of discovery, but let him not hold his discoveu
at rates that forbid the boon of life
to so many thousands of sufferers, the
majority of who·m may be classed as
poor people.-Editorial in the Watchman (Baptist).
THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF THE
LABOR UNION.
(Address of Father John A. Ryan, at
the Ford Hall r.~eeting, February
2, 1913.
l\fr, Chairman, Ladles anrl Gentle·
men. I have nothing but the pleasantest recollections of my visit here
last year, and I thank you very' heartily for the ,velcome that yon have extended to me this evening,
I am to speak on . the right and
wrong of the labor union and I shall
endeavor to discuss the question from
!he point of view of morals because
the moral judgment and the moral
test are the ones by which any lnstltut ion must in the long run stand or
. fall.
The first question one ought to ask
one's self is whether a social Institution Is right-whether it ls necessary
for social welfare or for the welfare
o!' any large section of soc'iety,
,Judged, by thio basis, a labor union as
a social institution ls justifiable hecunse it is necessary for the welfare
of' a large sP.etion of tile people,
rt is the clear right and the duty of
the wage earner to protect his ability
to maintain a home, To this end he
may make nse of all legitimate means;
he may combine with others to enforce this right and form a union with
his follow workers to exert adequate
moral power to maintain it and better
·his condition within the limits of justification, To deny him this dght to
organize is a direct injustice. He has
,no other way to safeguard his Interests. The rich and the powerful have
many ways which they do not hesitat_e
to employ to protect their investment.
The working man has only the sup1iort of possible combination.
If there were not a single combination of capital in existence, if there
was not a single trust or monopoly
the labor union would still he necessary for the simple reason that the
· Individual laborer Is not the match
for the lnllivlrlual employer,
In bargaining power the employer
ordinarily has a gren.t advantage, He
has a certain amount of economic resources which he can fall back upon
which enables him to wait until the
laborer Is more willing to come to his
terms and after all the bargaining
scale is chieny that of the ability to
wait. until Urn other man accepts your
terms or at least is more willing to
accept them.
As his Eminence Cardinal O'Connell has recently pointed out the employers have other means to advocate
their rights which they do not hesitate to use. They do not. have to maim
a bargain today or starve: sometimes
labor has to do that. That Is the
cause for the labor union then: the
inPqtiality of the individual laborer
and the Individual employer in bar·,
gaining power. That brings us lo the
utility of the labor union.
' T I;aven't the time to go into any
'rxt.en<led discussion of what has been
0
l
accomplished J
by the union ht
briefly to sho11
In 'the first
has succeeded i
large sections
I do not say i
all of them-I
but it has betl
employees as tc
tions or tne l,E
de2d, among
but not exclm
,vorkers who h
this matter by
to be the built
Ing· trades, the ,
the women ver,1
working trades,
in Chicago, T
but these are t
one can deny ti
Increase In the
of workers can
their organizatlc
the coal miners
the benefit.s in
tended not mer,
also to the UIJSI
in the matter ol
wise been a g1·1•
lions of the . wo
tivlties of the un
clitions of ern1il1
The unions
members, too, ir
denial for the I
Even a strike do
!hat sort; it cloc1
to snbordinnlc h
the sake or t.he
And the nnlonR
work ih that lit
also taught their
of real democrac
ment. Every uni
cessful has been
cause the mcmh<
discipline, have I
dinate their pri
passions to the 1
authority of lhe
authority was 1
have also done a
eating public senl
the public to liste
pie and to hear
understand that
class is made np ,
that they are no
human beings difl
other human hei
men and w01nrm
claims to recogn
women of other ,
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accomplished for the laboring people
by the union but I will undertake very
briefly to show a few points.
In the first place, the labor un1011
has succeeded in 1'aising the wages for
large sections of the laboring people.
I do not say it has raisec! wages for
all of them-I do not think It hasbut it has bettered coriditions of the
employees as to wages, over large sections of tne teld of labor chiefly, indeed, among the skilled workers
but not exclusively, 'rl1e kinds of
workers who have lleen benelited in
this matter by the uni011 may be said
to be the building trades, the printing 'trades, the coal miners and among
the women very recently the garment
working trades, both in New York and
in Chicago. There are many otheru
but these are the principal ones. No
one can deny that a very considerable
increase In the wages of these classe$
of workers can be traced directly to
their organizations and in the case of
the coal miners and garment workers,
the benefits in this matter have extended not merely to the skilled but
also to the unskilled workers. Then,
in the matter of honi·s there has likewise been a great gain for large sections of the . workers through the actl vitles of the union; and In other conditions of employnient also.
The unions have educated their
members, too, in the practice of self
denial for the benefit of their class.
Even a strike does teach something of
that sort; it does teach the individual
to subordinate his present desires for
the sake of the welfare of the mass.
And the unions have done a great
work in that line. The unions have
also taught their members something
of real democracy and of self government. Every union that has been successful has been successful largely liecause the members have been taught
discipline, have been taught to subordinate their private and individual
pnssions to the mass and to obey the
authority of the unions wherever that
authority' was needed. The unions
have also done a great work in educating public sentiment, in compelling
the public to listen to the working people and to hear their grievances, to
understand that all of the working
class is made np of human beings and
that they are not a separate kind of
human beings differing radically from
other human beings; that they are
111,en and women who have the same
claims to recognition that men and
women of other classes haYe.
If you wlll bl'iefly use your historical imagination and ask yourseH
"what was the status of the laboring
person or laborer in society 300 or
400 years ago and even 100 years ago?"
and compare that status with the status of the laborer today, you will realize something of what I mean. "\Ve
might as well he honest with ourselves
a11d admit that we who belong to the
comfortable class do somehow look
down more or less n]Jon the laborer
as belonging to An inferior class. We
would not admit that but unconsciously we do it. (Applause.) And
it' there is less of that done by the
average person in the comfortable
class today, than there wAs 100 or 200
years ago, the reason is largely because of the power which labol' has exercised through the unions in compelling people to consider them and their
grievances; because we always respect
power even· if we do not res11ect anything else.
Now no one makes any serious objer.tion to what I have been saying up
to thls point. 'l'he real cause of disagreement as to the labor union, its
merits and demerits, is to he found in
the methods of the union. Not in the
union as an institution; not in the
main thingi:; for what it stands; not
in its achievements hut in its methods.
'
There are several leading methods
or practises which almost every labor
union advocAtes and clings tenaciously
to. 'l'he fil'st of these is the method
of collective bargaining and that, of
course, ls lhe one about which there
is little discussion or disagreement.
The union stands essentially for collect! ve bargaining; that is to say for
the bargain between the members of
the union as a group and the em]Jloyer or several employers in the
tfade. It insists that all employers
in a given trade, say in coal mining,
shall come together and meet the representatives of all the laborers in that
employment and that they shall form
an agreement as to wages and hours
and other conditions of em]Jloyment
which will apply throughout the trade;
to every worker in the trade. The
bargain is made by collective means;
that is A collection of individuals on
either sirle acting as one person., T1iat
is the primary method of the labor
union, and against that there can beno valid arguments raised. The employer who refuses to treat with his
working people as a group or to treat
with their re[Jresentatives is occupy-
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FORD HALL FOLKS
ing an Indefensible position. Bnt thls
Is a general statement and like all
such statements, it Is subject to exception of one sort or another. For example:
vVhen the members of a union deliberately and formally proclaim that
they do not Intend to abide by any
agreement that they make exceJ)t and
so long as it shall 'seem useful to them
to do it, then I think the employer Is
perfectly justified In refusing to deal
with that union because there is no
reason why he should. Why should
he make an agreement with a body of
men or women who telr him beforehand that they do not intend to keep
their part of the agreement exceJJt so
long and In so far as they think It is
worth while? That Is one or tlle cases
In which an employer is J)erfectly justified in refusing to deal with the union. But as a general thing I say that
the emJ)loyer who takes the position
that he will not deal with the representatives of a union but will deal
with union members individually occupies In Indefensible position for• the
simple reason that he Is trying to prevent his employees from having that
source of strength which Is necessary
In order that they may occupy something like an equal basis or an equally
advantageous J)osltlon In bargaining
JJ0Wer with him. Passing from the
method of collective bargaining to the
method of the closed shop, we come to
a device or practise about which there
Is very much disagreement, and here
as elsewhere, I mean to discuss the
matter from the vleWJ)oint of morals,
right and wrong.
The closed shop as I presume yon all
know-or the union shop-means that
condition in which all of the employees
of an establishment-say a factory or
store or a railroad-belong to a union,
in which no one is penni/.ted. to wor/1.
who does not belong to the union.
That iR the closed shoJJ. That Is to
say, It Is closed to every one exceJ)t
»>•m<)Jers of the union-the union 11eo"-- mselves prefer to call it the
op.
that device. that situation, Is
nonnced by people who are
fondly otherwise to union lals denounced on the ground
s an infringement of the conal rights of the Individual.
, a non-union man has a right
without joining a union If he
and that when any body of
111 a labor union and say to
u shall not work in this place
Ile,
tho>
unless you belong to the union,"
that th11-t Is a violation of his constitutional rights of liberty and action.
Constitutional rights have nothing at
all to do with this situation, But· If
It is true that the non-nnlon man has
a right to work in a given establishment without joining the union, It
onght to be likewise true that the unlo1i man has a right not to work In
that establishment so long as the non1111lun man works beside him.
( Appia use.) So If the matter Is to be put
Into this phraseology of rights the honors are about equal.
The reasonable way to look at the
matter Is, however, to Inquire whether
this condition of .iolning the union,
wh lch the union people put up to the
,10n-un1on man as a cona1t1on or permitting him to work in this shopwhether it Is, all things considered, a
reasonable condition to impose u11on•
the non-union worker. I think sometimes It ls not ,a reasonable condition.
Bul a great deal of the time I. think It
is reasonable because there are some
other very good reasons why the union
people insist upon this union shop situation. In the first pince, they say, if
union men and non-union men work
side by side the employer very ·often
takes advantage of that in order to
gradually snbplnnt his union em1il9yees
with non-union people until, after a
t'me, the shop becomes instead of
an open shop a closed shop to the
members of the union.
( Appia use.) .
'I'hat is one of the arguments fllld I.
presume that is verified In a great
many cases. I do not suppose It is in
all. Another argument that they bse
Is that the non-union workers are·
really enjoying the benefits of organization, when they are employed in a
shop in which union conditions are
established:-11nion rates of wflges,
union conditions as to hours and the
rest.
They say here we have a
group of persons who are getting· just
the same benefits of the union as the
members themselves are and that
these men, in all fairness, ought to be
compelled to pay for these benefits br
becoming members of the union. A11d
of course there ls a great deal to be
said In .favor of that. There are some
other arguments which the union 11eople use in order to advocate these
closed shops but these, I think, are
the two principal ones.
..
SUJJJJOSe for example that for one
reason or another, an employer does
not want to maintain a union shop but
says "I am willing to enforce and
FU
maintain nnlon conditions I
tnbllshment and priy the. uni
of wages and comply with :
lions of a union shop l>nt
wnut to be put In the allltnd,
[H•!llng nnylHHly to joill th,
He say8 lo the union me11, "II
get the 11on-unlo11 lllcn-all
to join your union, all rlgl11
quite willing I.Jut I do 11,
to put It to a man as hi
lion of L e111ploy111ent llrnl I
join the n11lon." l lhinl< 11
perfectly legltlmale 111.tllnd11
Rnd If the elllJ)ioyer IH
It 011t honestly, I do 110I. SI'!!
can rensonahl,11 he req11lrl•1l to
ther. I SU,\' the bnrd1•11 of' lllll
no11-1111ionlsts snpport the 1111!1
l11rn for the hencllls thP,I' gl'f
the IIICIIIIHll'S or the 11111011 th,
rnlhc1· than npo11 1111! l'll1ploy1
concerning the rlghl.s of' tlw
lonlst I say I.hat, In a grr!HI 1
of cases, ft ls n 1·1ms1J11nhll' ,.
lo f111prme to ask hllll lo Join
Ion fr he Is to get till' ht!lll'fll
1111io11.
Another praetlce of thP nnl,:
wh lch there Is n grca I !Im I of
slon Is boycotting, Bo,1·1·01 I Ing
ernl means thn ref11sal of' a g
persons to deal will! a1111fl11•1·
nal. '!'hat is a very ge111•rn I r!PI
and it is llleant to he 111 1)1'(!1'1'
all kinds of 1,o,1·1·olt.. :'\1J11· 111
n hoycolt Is J)l'llct il'1,tl h.1· p:•opl
ery class of societ.1·. \\'hp11 a
prlvnt.e so!'lety or 1111.1· !<ind· J'l'I
11d111it II n1emhe1· IH!CHIIHI' th<•y
want to associate wllh thal. m,•
Is J)ractleing a boycott In n
limitecl wa~·. ThPy sn~·. 11·p
want to deal with 1·011 on lhl' I
co111111on IIICIJIIJe1·shii, l11 !his -o,
tlon.
When I.he Prlesls In Ilic <"ill'
erlck Inst ~•par advlspd fhel·,.
loners not lo palronii;e ,~1!rlai1
paJ)er dealers who lnslstl'd in
l11g <1isrcp11tn1Jle and dnnw1
English Sunday 11e11·spapNs 01·
the city, these Priests 1rNe 1
Ing or advocating a kind of' I
so thnt the IJoycott is qnltl' gr•
J)t acticed t hrnughont sol'inl ,1· i1
form or another.
In the labor world IHJ\'('O( t la!,
prlnelpnl forms, whnt 'are C'nll
primary and the se<"ondn r,· '101
Primary boycott means ·s1111,;1
a nmulrnr of members of IIH• uni
their friends say that lhey 11·
h1y goods from a certi11 Psl!ihlls
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violatlpn of his constltuor liberty and acllon.
I rights have nothing at
Ii this situation. But If
l the npn'union man has
.,rk in a given establlshl joining the union, It
i Im wise true that the una right not to work In
111ent so long as the nonvorks bes! de him. ( A pi r the matter is to be put
seology of rights the hon1e(Jual.
a Ille way to look at the
vPver, to Inquire whether
11 of joining the union,
ion people put up to the
ll as a conc11t1011 or perto work in this shopall things considered, a
111(1ition to impose upon
, worker. I think some,t a reasonable condition.
c;al of the time I think it
ilecause there are some
,tl reasons why the union
11pon this union shop sit,, first place, they say, If
1Hl non-union men work
t lie employer very often
1ge of that in order to
dant his union employees
m people until, after a
1p becomes instead of
, a closed shop to the
tile union.
(Applause.)
Df the argume·nts nnd I
is verified In a great
I do not suppose It is in
argument that they use
11 on-union workers are
~ the benefits of organlzhey are employed in a
It union conditions are
·Hnion ·rates of wages,
ms as to hours and the
say here we have a
111s who are getting just
,fits of the union as the
111selves are and that
all fail'lless, ought to be
Ht v for these benefits bv
11Jers of the union. Anil
·,· is a great deal to be
,f that. 'l'here are some
its which the union peorder to advocate these
l,nt these, I think, are
pal ones.
example that for one
,t lier, an employer does
lintaln a union shop but
willing to enforce and
I,
maintain union conditions In my establishment and vay the union scales
of wages and comvly with all condl·
lions of a union shop but I do not
waut to be 1rnt in the attitude of compi,1llng anyllocly to join the union."
~e says to the union men, "If yon can
get the non-union men-all of them
to join your union, nil right. I a111
quite willing but r · clo not want
to put it to a man as his condition of [ em1iloyment that he must
join the union." I think that is a
perfectly legitimate attitude to take,
and it' the employer is carrying
it out honestly, I do not see how he
can reasonably be required to go further. I say the burden of making the
non-unionists support the union in return for the benefits they get is upou
the members of the union themselves
rnther than 111)011 the em[)loyer. And
concerning the rights of the non-unionist I say that, in a great majority
of cases, it is a reasonable condition
to impose to ask him to join the union if he is to get the benefifa of the
union.
Another practice of the union about
which there is a great deal of discussion ls boycotting, Boycotting in general means the refusal of a group of
persons to deal with another Individual. That is a very general definition;
and it is meant to be in order to cover
all kinds of boycott. Now in general,
a boycott is practiced by peo]Jle in ev•
ery class of society. When a club or
private society of any kind refuses to
admit a member because they do not
want to associate with that' member it
is practicing a boycott in a certain
limited way. They say, we do not
want to deal with you on the basis of
common membership in this organlza•
tion.
When the Priests in the city of Limerick last year advised their parishioners not to patronize certain newspaper dealers who,. insisted in importing disreputable and demoralizing
English Sunday newspapers over into
the city, these Priests were organizing or ad vacating a kind of boycott,
so that the boycott is quite generally
practiced throughout society in some
form or another.
In the labor world boycott takes two
principal forms, what are called the
primary and the secondary boycott,
Primary boycott means simply that
a number of members of the m1ion and
their friends say that they will not
h1y goods fron1 a cert.in establishment.
For example in the famous Buck Stove
& Range Co. it took ~he form of a resolve not to vurchase stoves made by
this firm. 'I'here we have what Is
called primary boycott because it is directed against the pdmary person who
is supposed to be at fault in the quarrnl. Now that kind of thing Is justified, of course, if the grievance is a
real one. lt is quite as much justified
as a st.rike. If people have a right to
strike and thereby inflict injury upon
an employer when he ls not doing the
fair thing by the1i1 they have a right
to refuse to buy the things that he
produces and inflict injury upon him
In that way.
'l'he secondary boycott goes a step
further and taKes in some third verson who refuses to join in the primary
or original boycott. For example, In
the same Buck Stove & Range case, IL
look the form of a boycott upon the reta_il dealers who refused to comply
with• the demand of the union that
they should cease to handle theso ,
stoves. Here we have secondary boy,
~ott-a boycotting of the person who
refuses to co-operate in carrying on
the original boycott. Now that is a
boycott about which there ls a great
deal of argument, which is generally
denounced and which, so far as I can
see, is not morally justified in a great
majority of cases. It is expecting too
much of the innocent third party to
assume that he is going to make your
case his own and join with yon in the
boycott when it means a loss of trade
or money or some financial' loss to
him, -So I say secondary boycott may
be set down in most cases as not justifiable.
I say in most cases, Here
again as in the case of every othei·
·condition, life is not simule. The situation is not simple, and, we have to
make allowances for exceptions.
'l'he restriction of output by members of the union is often set down as
a great cause of blame to the union.
·rhls restriction means that a certain
limit of work is set by the union anct
the members thereof are forbidden to
do ·any more work or turn ont any
more work than that given number-to lay no more bricks for examplfcl, It
iil assumed by critics of th!s practice
that the practice ls altogether wrong,
Again, that makes the situation too
simple. It all depends on how much
restriction is practiced; it all de pen du
on how much is asked of the workers.
Over against the evil of restriction of
output we have the evil of excessivll
speeding in the running of the machinery in factories, for example. It
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a t(nlon restricts the output only so
'far as it Is necessary to prevent the
veople ft om being overworked, there Is
no wrong In it and nothing to be condemned. If in any given shop the m;;,chinery is speeded up so as to equal
,he speed or exceptionally fast workers and to exceed the average iipeed
ol the average worker, then the
restriction of output is perfectly
justifiable because the average worker
ought to be required to work only at
the average speed, not at the speed
that Is capable of being reached only
by an exceptional worker. Now there
Is a great deal of that prevailing In
. our modern industry-a great deal of
speeding up. In so far as restriction
of output Is practiced by the unloos as
directed against this abuse of fast
w01 k, it Is, of course, justifiable. If it
goes beyond that, if it attempts merely
to restrict the amount of the product
in order to kee11. the job going longer,
there ls, of course, no justification.
That is pure and simple dishonesty.
Now, as to the restrictl_on of apprentices-the limiting the number of persons who will be allowed to learn the
trade to a certain proportion of say
011e In ten. I know there Is something to be said In favor of this. lt
is said if too many apprentices are allowed to learn the trade, wages will
be reduced and that in self defense,
therefore, the members· of the union
must restrict their number. These are,
their arguments. But I never can see
that that Is justifiable. Assuming that
this Is true, that If an unlimited nnm- ·
her of persons is permitted to learn a
trade that as a result of this the trade ,
will be relatively overstocked to the
extent that wages will be reduced, even
if that be true, I maintain that that
fact Is a far more normal condition
than the condition in which you keep
up wages by artificially restricting the number of persons In that
trade.
I try to consider the situa tlon not merely from within the
trade but for all the workers who
might become members of the trad.e;
and if that trade becomes so popular,
as a res:1lt of unlimitecl facilities for allowing the people to learn it,-that as
a result wages will be reduced, it
means that, com1mred with other occupations outside of that. trade, It Is better to be a member of that trade even
at the rednced wage. I know that Is
not the way the labor union people regard this matter, bnt I think from a
viewpoint of the laboring class as a
whole it is absolutely reasonable and
fair.
I meant to have said something
about t·he use of the Injunction In labor disputes but that ls rather a large
question and I do not think I had better go Into it, I will say, however,
that I think that most of the grievances of the labor union people In this
respect will be removed before a very
long time goes by and will be removed
by law. In the main I think the people are right In their criticism of the
use of the injunction In labor disputes.
The injunction ls granted largely to
prevent boycott; to prevent the enforcement of the closed shop. As In
many other judicial decisions, this
practice of granting an injunction is a
relic of a former age-a relic of the
time when strikes were looked upon
when all combinations of working peo'.
pie were looked upon as a conspiracy
and therefore forbidden by law· and
if the judges who grant injun~tions
against primary boycott and against
the closed shop were logical they
would grant Injunctions against strikes
also. In theory the cases are exactly
the same but the reason why injunctions are not granted against strikes
now while they are still granted
against boycott is that the strike Is
much older and the judges have come
to see that although the primary end
of the strike Is to injure somebody, It
Is not the main end. They have come,
through actual contact with life, to
see that the injury inflicted upon the
employer ls not the important thing
and ultimate thing; that that thing IA
the benefit which is expected to be gotten by the strikers.
Another thing in methods which
causes a great deal of discussion is the
strike. The strike itself should be
'resorted to only when all other methods have failel. The strike should be resorted to likewise only when the grievances which the workers •have or the
aim ,v,hich the workers are seeking to
attabi Is a just one. Because there Is
such· a thing as justice In the relation
bet\veen the employer and the employee. The employee has not the simple right to get all that he can. Sometimes a man gets more than he is entitled to. A' strike is also justifiable
only when there is some reasonable
chance of success. No man Is justified
to make war on another man, no matter how just· ls his cause, if he is going to come out of it worse off than
he went In. Then during the conduct
of a strike, all methods of violence, or
physical force should be avoided because they are wrong,
I will admit that you can make out
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that will have some force in it In fa•
vor of the proposition that in some
cases the working man has a sort of
dght to his job. Let me try to formulate such a situation.
Let us suppose that there is a wellestablished industry in which all the
workers have been employed for a
Jong lime. They ·have their homes
there and if they are to be thrown out
of that employment It means they will
not only have to leave that particular
kind of work but go into another city.
~ow here we have a situation in which
the working people may be said to
have had a sort of right to their jobs.
Then a strike is called. In order to
break the strike, what are known as
strike-breakers are brought In. These
are men who do not Intend to remain
permanently in that employment.
They are brought there for the purpose of carrying on the work until the
strikers get tired and go back to the
wo1·k at the old unfair conditions.
Now I say in a situation of that sort,
yon can draw a theoretical argument
that will ·he in favor of the proposition that these striking persons have
a right to use violence in order to induce these strike-brealrnrs , to stay
away from that establishment. (Applause.)
.
If these strike-breakers are really
co-operating with the employer In inflicting an Injustice upon the workers
-upon the old employees-I think you
can make out of the Issue a fair theoretical argument in favor of that
proposition and It will be a good one,
-theoretically,-because you left out
of account one of the essential elements in the situation. And that Is
the fact that there are other parties
concerned besides the employer and
the strikers and the strike-breakers.
There Is society in general. Every use
of violence ln the strike ls a violation
of social order in that it Involves ln·
Jury not merely to the parties who ·are
concerned but to society and the social
order, And for the benefit of social
order we must require people with a
just grievance of that sort to refrain
from the use of violence. We cannot
permit lt any more than we can permit the members of different families
who are at war with each other to
work out their quarrels on thelr own
account and with the use of violence.
In other words in order to maintain
social peace, lt ls necessary that, no
matter how just the cause of the strikers, there should not be any violence
used. I am speaking of conditions in
this country, (Applause.)
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What might happen in other countries where there is less freedom, less
possibility or the workers using what
power they have politically and other·
wise for ~he correction of their grievances; what might be justified in that
country I am not now talking about ..
I am talking about the sltuallon in
this country where t-hings are nul as
had as they might be, anrl where soelal
peace ls of primary importance. So I
have nothing but condemnation for the
whole theory of that form of unionism
which is known as Syndicalism. I say
there can be, from the viewpoint of
morals, nothing but condemnation for
-that theory of unionism. 'I'he men of
that organlr.ation go even further than
nations go when they war with one
another. They say that the working
class Is at war with the capitalist class
and that society is backing up the capitalist class, that, therefore, the work·
ing class has a right to use weapons
which no power at war with a11other
uses in canylng on this fight-that it
ls right to use these weapons against
the capitalist class anrl against all or•
ganizatlon and society ·ancl against policemen. Now of course that idea of
the situation Is entirely false. The
syndicalists go further than any political power goes. Political powers
admit that If they make an agreement
with another power with whom they
are at war they must respect that
agreement. But the Syndicalist. defends every kind of practice and does
not admit that he ls bound by any
agreement made with the capitalist
class. That attitude, I say, is not justifiable in any sense or any clegree
from the viewpoint of the ethics that
we know-the Christian ethics. Of
course the adventurers of this practlct3
and of this school maintain they have
got a brand new kind of ethics. ·wen,
that means that there ls not any such
thing as truth, and that every man ls
law unto himself in the matter of conduct. Where Is that going tq land us?
Of course the remedy of thls menaci>
of ·Syndicallsin and the I. W. W. business will be the extreme actions of
some members of these orga~1lzatlons.
They are not the whole organization
and they will provoke a reaction which
will destroy their usefulness.
Now just one word which is suggested by this question of violence.
Wibh regard to the conviction of the
McNamaras and others for dynamiting: From what I have already said,
you will conclude naturally that I denounce the practice of dynamiting and
all these practices for which these
men are convicted. I am not saying
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anything about their guilt.
I say
these practices cannot be justified-of
co11,l'sr. 'l'hat they are not only unjust
but that they harm labor In the long
run. But In judging the conduct ot
these men and the conduct of others
like them, we ought to Lry and place
the matter in Its proper proportions.
We ought to try to realize that injus•
tice always breeds Injustice; that violence brings on violence. ( Appia nse.)
And if we have to point t.o these men
ahd say that they are guilty of unjustifiable destruction of property on a
large scale; on the other side, we
ought to point to the capitalist class
and say that they have often been
guilty of unjustifiable exposure of
llvES of human beings by refusing to
install safety appliances in their
works. ( Appia use.)
For many years the railroads resisted all attempts to require them to
use automatic couplers between the
cars.
Men were· being killed anti
maimed in great numbers for years be·
cause these automatic coupling devices
were not Installed.
I draw a parallel between that kind
of practice and the destruction of
property by these dynamiters.
'l'he railroads exposed lives to dan·
ger and the dynamiters exposed llves
to danger.
So I say that we ought to consider
t-hls matter In its proper proportion;
that vJolen~n causes vlolence-lnjustlce cat1ses Injustice - but that two
wrongs do not make a right. (Applause.)
A
FEW OF THE
QUESTIONS.
Q. What ls the attitude of u{e
Catholic Church towards the speaker's
work-say towards · his lecture tonight?
A. I think It would be quite sympathetic. The Catholic priests as a rule
are appreciative of what little work I
have don'? in this field. I rarely see
any unfavorable crit.lclsm.
Q. Do you give any credit for the
f. W. W. for the assistance that they
rendered in Lawrence. (Applause.)
A. Well I do not know anything
about that matter personally, although
I have read a great deal about It. I
do not know how to. answer that. I
presume they i:Ieserye credit for the
spect.acnlar way In which they called
the attention of the country at large to
certain abuses in that city.
Q. How can a minimum Jiving
wage he maintained In the presence of
bargain hunters?
A. I do not thi'nk a living wage can
be established without lel?,'islation. l
lhlnk we are getting somewhat nearer
to it gradually; that the field over
which the living wage extends ls becoming wider, slowly, and that condl•
tions are improving. I think through
legislation and the unions, we shall
get n living wage sooner than by any
other me::ins.
Q. Since Catholicism ls supposed to
help peo]J!e and Socialism is for the
people, why ls Catholicism against Socialism?
A. 'l'he gentleman assumes that it
Is a fact that Socialism is for the people. I don't believe that it ls.
Q. How can yon say Sociali8m is
not for the J)eo11Ie? Who is it for, the
capitalists? (Laughter and Applause.)
A. vVhy, I don't think it is for anybody.
(Applause.)
It ls meaut by
those who believe in it and advocate
It to be for the 11eople. I think it ls a
great mistake.
Q, Would it be advisable to have
unions lncorporat.ed and thus made responsible institutions?
A. I think that If our incorporation
laws were changed somewhat in order
to make it a fairer proposition for
them than the present laws are, that
would be true. On the other hand, I
do not think that the unions have
proved themselves irresponsible to
such a large extent as to make lncor·
poratlon a very great necessity,
Q, If the gentleman were a workIng man, which would he join the · A.
F. of L. or the I. W. W.
A. I should join the A. F. of L.
Q. In view of the fact that l!HJ
strike-breaker knows he is Injuring
the striker in taking his job, hasn't
the striker a moral right to -injure the
strike-breaker?
A. No, for the reason that I gave:
that that means a disturbance of public order and iujury to the whole of
society and that. soriety must. he con·
sider.eel· as well as the grievances of
the individual.
Q. Isn't. it wrong for the speaker to
speak so rlepreciatlngly of socialism in
view of the great strength that It has
in Germany.
A. I don't think so. That might
simply Imply that there are a lot ot
people In - Germany capable of being
misled. (Laughter and Applause.) A
very large proportion of those who
vote tlie socialistic ticket in Germany
do not lean to,vards socialism at all;
they vote the ticket as the only avalla•
ble method of protest against certain
abnsrs. (Applause.)
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February 16, 1913.
STIRRING UP THE CHURCHES,
I 'rice Ten Cents.
popular forum idea seems lo appeal in
such a community not only to those
who are in the habit of going to
church, but also to a good many who
ordinarily avoid church attendance,
It is exceedingly curious that the
Ford Hall meetings, which were organized especially and exclusively for
those who are more or less estranged
from church, cathedral and synagogue, should all unwittingly point
the way whereby the forces of organ17.ecl religion mny quicken the lagging
interest of many of their adherents,
A ,professor in one of our theological
seminaries says that, notwithstanding
all the blessings which the F01·d Hall
meetings have brought to those who
attend them and the indirect benefit
to the community at large, he believes
that 'perhaps their greatest service has
been to the churches themselves. Ho
notes .a marked change in the attitude
of the churches hereabouts. during the
last five years, and attributes a great
deal of it to the influence of the Ford
Hall
meetings,
He
thinks
tile
churches are rapidly coming to a bet,t.er understanding of their relation to
the great social, economic and Indus-- trial movements of the clay, 'l'here
, are certainly many facts ready to
!Janel tliat bear out such a statement,
I could name a llozen churches in
and around Boston thnt have come to
see the advantage of holding a popular
meeting for the free discussion of tlrn
great questions that are s(inlng the
public mind (oclny, Let me call JJUl'( icular attention tci one of these gath-~ __ erings most recently established, Six
01· seven of the Protestant churches
of Newton prope1·, including the ort110clox and liberal wings, have united in
a popular monthly Sunday evening
meeting, All these churches give up
their own regular Sunday evening ser•
'V!ce (there are t.wo that do not have
any) on tlie s·unday that the popular
meeting is held. 'l'his is very interesting· and significant, but a great flood
NEXT s'UNDAY'S SPEAKER.
of light is thrown on the situation by
this additional fact. 'l'hese chmches
Dr, 0, P, Gifford, the brilliant
so I ain told, do not total at theli BrnokJine Baptist, speaking on '"l'he
ieparate Sunday evening services; Social Value of Free Speech," strikes
hold each in its own place, an attend- us as a pretty strong attraction for
rnce exceeding three hunclred alto- tlie ·Fifth Anniversary progrnm of the
~ether, wherens at the popular union Ford I-Inll meetings,
Mrs, Lionel
11eetings, held once a month, the at- Marks (Josephine Preston Peabody).
:endance rises to seven hundred, and re.acting Iler poem; "'l'he Singing Man,"
11ore than that number turned out i.s a great card also, not to ,speak of
:ast Sunclriy night when Professor Hnssell Kingman's string quartette
Ranschenbusch spoke,
and the anniversary letters which l\lr,
It is very difficult in a quiet, homo- Colenrnn will read, Moreover, Brother
5eneous, suburban residential dis- Coleman will be bound to make a
trict to get the people out to church speech when we present him with that
:'lnnclay evening, Few churches are Book, Anll he knows how to maim
able to solve that problem, But the speeches!
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(Preceding _Mr. Fllene's Address,)
THE
GROWING PAINS OF
DEMOCRACY,
,v e 1ilead with Thee, o God, [or our (Address of Edward A. Fllene of Bosbrothers who are pressed by the careH
ton at the Ford Hall Meeting,
and beset by the temptations of busiFebruary 9, 1913.)
n,ess IHe.
,ve acknowledge before
i think that we shall agree, all of tis,
'lhee our common guilt for the hardness and deceitfulness o[ industry and
that we are face to face with most
trade which lead us all Into tempta- 111omentous political, Industrial arnl
tion and cause even the righteous to srclnl clrnngeH. I think we shall also
slip, and fan.· As long as man is set
agree that inasn111ch as these changes
ngamst man in a struggle for wealth,
predicate the need. of greater just.ice,
help the men in business to make
we should feel ourselves :under obligatheir contest as far as may be, a test
tion to see that they are brol1ght
of excellence, by which even the dc- about with fairness to all interests
[eated may be spurred lo betler work. concerned and with clue regard for the
If. any man is pitted against those who _conserv.ation of all in the present orhave forgotten fairness and honesty
der that is worth conserving, I think
help him to put his trust resolutely i1~
we may also agree that the most imthe profitableness of sincerity and uvmediate changes needed are those
rlghtness, and, if need be, to accept dealing with hig business and those
loss rather than follow on crooked
making for greater justice between
paths.
employees nncl employers. I do not
Establish in unshaken fidelity all
think that snch just relations come
who hold in trust the savings o[ about from the mere statement of abothern. Since the wealth and welfare stract principles, but must come
o( our nation are controlled by busi- rather from the working out in our
ness men, cause them to reali;,e that. every-day life and In co11111etitlve business of these1 principles. If that is
they serve not themselves alone, but
true and the great questions that unhold high public functions and do
clu·l_ie · the coming changes are busiThou save them from betraying the
ness questions, then ,?e shall require
interests of the many for their ow11
e11rlchment, lest 11 new tyrnnny grow the bes( l<111clership and the hest business leadership that we can get: Now
up In a land that is de<lica tell to freedom. Grant them forslghted patriot- that seems to be a self-avparent truth
an axiom, and yet of nil these mis'.
ism to subordinate their prollts to the
public weal, and a steadfast determi- takes that we J)eople make, perhaps
nation to transform the disorder or none is so constantly made as the·
mistake
in
choosing
leadership.
the present into the nobler and freer
harmony of the future.
May Thy , "'hat. may he the right leadership at
the beginning of a great movement
Spirit, 0 Goel, which is ceaselessly
may, by its very virtue ancl strength,
JJ)eading with us, prevail at last to
bring our business life under Christ's become bad leadership as the movelaw of service, so that all who share ment progresses ___ ('I'o bring out this·
In the processes of factory and trade ]Joint Mr. Filene quoted a conversallon he hncl hacl, when in ,Tn11an, with
may grow up into that high consciousPrince Ito, In which both of them
ness of a divine calling which blesses
those who are the free servants of agreed that great generals do not
God and the people, and who con- necessarily hecome great statesmen.)
I thereupon thought. of Grn11t and of
sciously devote their strength to the
Dewey, who would have been Presicommon good. Amen,
dent if he had not stopped it himself.
WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH.
We did not stop Dewey. (Applause
and laughter.) 'l'herefore, we ought
BRILLIANTS.
not to outlaw the great captains of inYou are entitled to a volnt ot' view dustry unless we are sure that they
bnt not to announce it as the <1811tre1 cannot. be used at this critical stage
for lite cause of the common good.
of the universe.~Henry van Dyke.
1\1 y experience teaches me that they
'l'he keenest test of n man comes can be so usecl. As l slncly the situawhen he has attained; the sl.r11ggle to 1Ion, It ic;eems lo me that nine out of
altain kecJ)S him strong, but I.ho lino ten or tho ca11talns of inclnstry who
of least resistance soon shows itseH have failed, have failed as the resnlt
of the system and the environment
In success.-Hugh Black.
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and the l)ressure !'or wh
1rnople, are as n111ch 1·ec
they are. (Applause.) I
must admit. this if \\'l'
growth of our clemocrncl'
last !Hty years.
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We need lendel'Ship th
from exverience, ancl if th,
that is needed now iR t.h<
that helps men seU.le1 (Im
big business and of het t
between the emplo~·er 111
ployees, then that. IPa<lerc
ness leadership nn<l not
preacher or the prophet.
I am not making a plea r,
Life seems to me too sl10
comes after it too nnccrlni
and np1J]a11se) to allow 11111
class feeling. Dnt we h:
that because the clemancl
is right, that therefore it n1
of ,itself. Now what. will 11
clo not get good, right. J0n<l
clemocrncy needs lenclernl,
much as aristocrncY-1\'hn
pen will be a reacti~n that
whole movement bark aga
111a11e11tly, because thPre iH
the world or In !he !ten l'l
slop lhe onward prog1'<'f
ment (Applause)-hut will
for many years.
And
human enong:h to· wn11I
gllm11se of the vromiHPcl
we die. (Laughter nncl n
I am going to try a11<l trn
this evening, some ol' l he•
results that lrnve led 11p
the phases of the preHP
ments of our democrac\'
great social ancl polili<'nl' 1,
today, trying to sharn ,,.
ho11e and faith in lhP 1'11!n1
lHany men, seeing U1P p1
and political lrouhks, gr"
tic, but I find myself groll'i 1
more optlmlslic, ThiR iR h
forced to believe thnl th,•
clemocratlc Instil 111 Ions or
lmt the scum rising l'ro111
vrocess, like the sc11111 whi
the purifying of hronr.e 111
!'esplenclent. 'I'he han<I o
working toiler is no( ns pr
o[ the non-working cl11clC',
regiment returning rro111 ,
covered' mHl cl11s(-conil'< <l
covered. So cle111ol'l'!IC')', ,
t<ncl f\ghUng out the grenl
common justice an<l l.hP c•o
is not always pretl y to loo
the seeing e~·e It Is nlw11
because through its <Inst n
nn(l its wo11ncls, Hhinl'f
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DEMOCRACY,
FOL{!) HALL FOLKS
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,s of Edward A. Fllene of Bosat the Ford Hall Meeting,
February 9, 1913.)
I, that we shall agree, all of us,
' are face to face with most
<1 1rn
JJolitical, industrial nn1l
lilllll--\88, J think we shall also
i.1l innsmnch as these change:;
',, lhe neecl of greater justice,
1ld feel ourselves lllHler obligasee that they, are bro11ght
,1·ith t'airness to' al! interests
,,d and with due regard for the
"t ion of all in the present 01·1 is worth conserving, I think
also agree that the most Imchanges needed are those
\\'ith big husiness and those
!'or greater justice between
,,,s nnd employers. I do not
lint such just relations come
'"111 the mere statement or abpl'inciples, but must come
l'rnm the working out in oui·
1y life and in competitive busilhese principles. If that is
I the great questions that unit,! coming changes are busi<'slions, then we shall require
IA,H]ership and the best busidurship that we can get.· Now
111s to be a self-apparent trnth,
111, ancl yet ot' all these mistit t we people make, perhaps
so constantly made as the
in
choosing
leadership.
ti1,1• be the right leadership at
im1ing of a great movement
its very virtue and strength,
Imel leadership as the move-.
'<>'P'e>Rses.
('I'o bring out this
1'. Filene quoted a coiiversal1i1cl had, when in Japan, with
Ito, in which both of them
llinl great generals do not
ily become great statesmen.),
,,11pon thought of Grant' and of
ll'ho woulll ha,;e been Presi11,, Ila cl not stopped it llimseH.
not slop Dewey, (Applause
,c, h ter.)
'l'herefore, we ought
11 Ilaw the great ca11tains of ln111less we are sure that they
1,., used at this cl'iticnl stage
,·anse of the common good.
,,1'ie11ce leaches me that they
11 nsccl.
As I slndy the sit11as,•e11rn lo me that nine out of
the ca1itains 'or ind11stry who
ii<•d, have failed as the result
srslem and lhe environment
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and the pressure for which we, the
1rnople, are as much responsible as
they are. (Applause.) I think we
mnst admit this It' we study the
growth of om· democracy during the
last fifty years.
We need leadership that is wise
from experience, and if the experience
that is needed now is the experience
that helps men settle lhe question of
big business and of better 1·elations
between the employer and the employees, then that leadership is husinf'ss leadership and not that of the
preacher or the prophet. (Applause.)
I am not making a plea for my class.
Lire seems to me too short and what
comes after it too uncertain (Laughter
and applause) to allow much room for
class feeling, But we have an idea
that because the demand for changes
L; right, that therefore it must conquer
of itself. Now what will ha11pen if we
do not get good, right leadership-and
democracy needs leadership just as
much as aristocracy-what will happen will be a reaction that wlll set the
whole movement hack again-not peruw nently, because there is'no power in
the world or in the Ilea vens that can
stop lhe onward progressive movement (Applause)-bnt will set it back
for many years,
And we are all
human enongh to· want to get a
gilmpse of the promi>:ecl land before
we die .. (Laughter and applause.)
I am going to try and trace with you,
this evening, some of lhe causes and
results lhat have led up to a few of
the phases of the present developments of our democracy and to the
great social and political tendencies oE
today, trying to share with you my
hope and faith in the future,
Many men, seeing the present social
and political troubles, grow pessimistie, hut I find myself growing more and
more optimistic, Thjs is because I am
forced to h«;Jlieve that the evils of out·
democratic institutions of today are
lmt the scum rising from a pmifying
vrocess, like the scum which arises in
the purifying of bronze and leaves it
1'8splendent. The hand ·of the hardworking loller is not as pretty as that
of the non-working d11de. A victorious
regiment returning from war is mudcovered and clnst-covered and blood ..
covered. So democracy, working out
1,nd fighting out the great problems of
common jnstice ancl the common good,
is not always pretty to look at; hnt to
the seeing eye it is always beautiful
liecanse through its dnst and its grime
nncl its wounds, shines its soul,
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stamped with the glory of its work for
Urn common good. As the great politicn] and social events of the pnst few
years 11n1'oll themselves one class or
n•.en thinks the country is going to the
dogs; then there is another clasR
which, seeing and judging the same
e\'ents, is as hopeful as the first is pessimistic,
J11dging separately ancl
apart the facts on which either class
base its beliefs, either seemingly may
prove its contention; hut taking these
facts as a whole, as part of an applied
ckmocracy, we are able to judge more
s11rely of- their meaning and hearing,
and whether they are for good or for
had. Such a taking of present political and social evm1ts in their proper
rel a tlon to the past makes for optlmfrm. As I have said, we find almost
inevitably that they are part of the
upward and onward prog1•ess for equal
opportunity and a fair share of nsefulness and happiness for every man,
What I mean is this, that a man who
conic] think straight could have foreseen 25 years ago that the causes then
at wot'k would bring about 1;tt this time
approximately the results which make
our problems and hopes today, Let us
examine these causes and results,
\Ve have been trying to work out
equal opportunities and just and efficient go-i•ernment on the largest scale
ond on the largest stage the world has
eYf'r known. ,Ve have endeavored to
cl? it in the democratic way, a very
d1fficult way; for there has been no
time in the history of the world when
one man or a few men could not do
some special thing better than the
grf'at mass of men. This led to giving
absolute power in the early days of
the world to one man or a few men
hut the world's experience taught it
that it was unsafe to give absolute
pc,wer to any man or any few men.
(Applause.) And so the history of the
world is the story of civilization leaming slowly and working steadily to replace the power of one man or a few
men with the self-government of all
men-democracy.
'l'he chief characteristic of the past
century and a half was its reaction
against the undue power of the inherited rights of the few which threatehed the right of equal opportunity for
all of us.
The French Revolution
and our own Revolution were very
dramatic events, and the latter's greatest effect was in the larger liberty and
freedom which it slowly gave to all of
us. But like all epoch-making events,
it was impossiµle to stop such a move-
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ll)ent ju~t at the point where It had accom11lished its greatest good. It \\'as
inevitable that It should go lieyond the
point. of the greatest goocl or the
point of safety, even as the swlftlylll0Ving train cannot be ·instantly
stopped. And so the great movement
for individual rights has produced
over-individualized men, men who
think their personal property rights
the most sacred things in the world
and far exceeding in importance the
rights of the commimity In which they
live, (Applause.) But this type of
man, Inevitable as he is, Is an Impossible type becaiise the greatest sum
total of freedom for each man together
with the greatest. sum total of freedom
for all' men, are 11ossible only as each
man Is limited in his Individual freedom to an amount that will not interfere with or unduly deprive his fellowmen of their freedom. (Applnuse.)
During the last twenty-five years, especially, this great battle for Individual rights has been accompanied )Jy
the great.est industrial development
the world has ever seen. The forces
of men have been doubled and quad1·upled by great inventions and by
g!'eat advancements of science. Capital and opportunities have been centralized and in 1iart monopolized. Op]lol'tunlt.ies and centralization grew
faster than men grew to take charge
of them. The men at the head of
these great undertakings could. only_
keep their places by getting results,
without much regard to the means employed, however good their intent.
They were a good deal like the man in
the midst of a herd of stampeding cat1.le. As long as he lrneps his seat he
le just as safe there as anywhe!'._e .. else.
Jlnt let him try to dro11 off and immediately the herd will trample him out
of existence. And if their larger vision
lrnbt them free from using bad me.ans
means that infringed upon the rights
and· liberty of their fellowmen, yet in
most cases they had to depend upon
subordinates from whom they lrnd to
Insist on results; and these subordinates, in most cases with an · even
smaller vision of historic and of real
, alues, and often with still greater
pressure upon them proportionately
for results, had often less opportunity
or desire to study and select the
means employed to get those results.
The shortest nnd easiest methods,
therefore, were too often used, even Jr
they were unethical or unlawful. In
most. cases, I believe there· was no
diteet had intent. Speaker Cannon
f;llid I.he other day to a friend of mine,
''Men are conditioned hy their enylronrnent and their activities. I am whal
I am on that account, whether it be
good or bad." I do not agree with Mr.
C'annon that this is a proper excuse
fo1 unsocial or bad action, but it is
true that it does account 'for much had
action clone without evil intent, am!
this lack of evil intent is one of the
causes which makes me optimistic as
to the future. Our undesirable citiZf.'ns become 11ndeslrable, as a rule, not
t llrough wickedness but by being
seized by a whirlpool as the stream of
triumphant democracy rushes on.
. The great captains of industry dming this great rush of commercial and
industrial progress in the last twentyfive years were men so overburdened
with work that their lives moved in
very small circles. They worked and
played and were almost always In the
snme kind of environment, the en' ironment of their work and of their
fellow captains. Almost surely such
men are bound to make fundamental
mistakes in working out their probkms in a deniocracy. This ls a type
of man who will be less and less fit
for the management of great buslILP.sses In the future. The great cry is
not for opportnnlUes and capital,
which are not scarce in this country,
lmt for men who know all kinds of
men and yet are efficient.; men, that
Is, who can lead and guide other men
In great 1111mbers.
Now I will say that because of the
great pressure upon these men for results they cnme to feel that the end
ju stifled the means; and some of t1F1
mPans employed were, control of JegiRlat.lon, control oJ' publicity and control of money and of banks. The attPmJJt to control legislation, it is said,
has been forced upon big business hy
Uw attempts of 'grafters to exact contri but.ions from vested interests by
legislation inimical to their proper
rights. Be that as it may, big business found It the shortest ancl easie§t.
,vay to mnke sure in advance of elections if 1iosslble, to see that men
frie.nclly to their interests were elected nnd only this kind of men if possible. In their cleificatlon of their incll viclual and property rights, however, they forgot. that by such meth'.
ocls they were imperilling and at
times destroying the equal rights of
tlielr fellow citizens. But lhe sins of
these great captains of industry and
of these great captains of finance
were the sins of a II of 11s.
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l'l'iencl ot' n1ine,
, tlwir'envirnn•s. I am ,,,Ital
\\'he(her It be
a,;ree with Mr.
proper excuse
t ion, but it is
I for much had
·ii intent, and
is one of the
, optimistic as
1desirnble citi, as a rule, not
11l by being
I he st1·eam of
11shes on.
industry dur1111mercial and.
,, last, twenty~
,,verlrnrdened
n,s moved in
\' worked and
·always in the
1Pnt, the enand of theil'
I SUl'ely sucll
, l'nndamental
1I their prob'llis is a type
,; and less fit
r great bnsi,, great cry is
u nd capital,
this country,
all kinds of
11; men, that
"" other men
,,·uuse of the
" men for rel hat the end
Hollie of t11P.
rntrol ot' Jeg·il y and con1ks. The nt111, it is said,
. lrnsiness by
to exact coniiiterests by
I heir proper
.i r, big busi1 and easiest
unce of elec,, that men
; were electmen if pos1 of their in1·ir-d1ts, howsuch meth11~ and at
1:il rights of
the sins of
1Hl nstry ancl
o't' finance
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stockholders in the great aggregations of businei;_s ancl capital, ot' which
they were the head, we asked only
l'or good dividends anti in no way demanded an accounting of the methods
by \\hich such dividends ·wel·e won.
If we people, who had the power to
prntect ourselves through our right to
demand this accounting from our representatives, political and financial,
had exercised that power during the
last twenty-five years, the evils of the
])resent conditions would not ha'l!e
come about. vVe would have organized an opposition that would have
been helpful not only to ourselves, but
equally helpful in relieving something
of the overwhelming pressure on the
men at the head of these affairs, our
1•epresentatives. (Applause.) But we
were rushing just as fast as we coulcl
ourselves, and if that was not as fast
as the captains of industry it was not
for lack on our parts of desire to do
so, We also were devoting our lime
to making money and neglecting, for
the most part, om· civic duties,
Then, too, as a people we were not
trained to defend our rights, 'Ne
conic! not think straight about our
rights as these problems came up.
Our education had not prepared us
directly for life. Until now our common schools liave been developed in
large measure on the basis that all
scholars were to go to college or to a
university instead of on the basis of
the fact that only a very small proportion go beyond the grammar
school. It has even been denied that
trne culture can come from vocational
education, a training for life work.
Our educational institutions have been
largely in the hands of an h1tellectual
v.ristocracy (applause), which may be
a8 dangerous to true democracy tts an
aristocracy based on inherited wealth.
(Applause.) For that men who worlr
and play with only one kind of men
are unsafe as leaders in a democracy
is as true of preachers and teachers
as it is trne of the business man. (Apvlause.) On the part of the teacher
or the preacher such isolation results
iu a super-refinement which is· inimirnl to true democracy. "Art for art's
sake," as it is cornrnonly interpreted,
iE treason to our democracy. I arn
emphasizing these weaknesses only
Jwcau~e they had and still have a very
important bearing on education, whicli
after all, is the fundamental remedy
uncl comes nearer a panacea for our
prnsent evils than any other thing.
I have spoken so far of two causes,
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over-individualization being the first
and unsuitable education the second.
The third is class distinction. As we
grew richer we moved onr families into a better locality where there was
more sunshine, better air, more playgrounds, more 1ia1·ks. 'Ne used the
schools and clnbs and churches of the
new neighborhood into which we had
come and ceased to know our former
neighbors. Then class religious ancl
racial prejudices sprang up, to which
the selfish politician seldom appeals
in vain. We forgot the troubles we
had moved away from 1
But 'l'ammany stayed. The Tammany leader who moves away from
his district loses his job. The Tam•
many leader is the ever-present friend.
He lrnows the troubles of his neighbors. It is his business to help them
in time of trouble and to take part
with them in their time of joy, Is It
any wonder that men so helped will
give their votes to the men who
helped them-? Tammany anti Tammany men,-wl10se like is in every
city and not in New York alone,-ca11
never be beaten until we realize that
we can never safe!~• escape the troubles of the masses by moving a way
from them. · ( Applause.)
Until we
realize that the only way. to beat Tammany's selfish friendliness is by unselfish friendliness, until we realize
that in a democracy we are part of
one another and must help each othe.r,
and that we cannot escape this even If
we would!
Another means which might have
helped to save us from errors was eclueation through our public press. But
here again the owners and publishers
foiled to get the support that was
uecessnry that they in turn might
have strength sufficient to resist the
great current of materialism and overindividualization which swept our
country. 1'he history of the evolution
ol' our public press Is that ot a busi•
ness proposition, and a private busi•
ness proposition at that. Of course
there are many papers whose owners
and editors and publishers believe
that they have no right to exist except as, they serve the common good,
and who resist the pressure from
,special or financial interests or adverth;ers. It is one of the great helpful
signs of the time that, as a rule, such
papers are among the most prosperous
in the country. And this would naturally be because the value of the
paper to Its advertisers lies in the fact
that the paper has the confidence of
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FUl{U l!ALL FOLKS
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l1 s readers, '1'he ))aper whose readers
have learned to have confidence in
· its methods of handling the news, and
In the disinterestedness of lls editorial
opinions, Is by far a greate1· help to
the advertisers than one which has
lhe opposite reputation,
\Ve must not forget, however. that
lhe attempt to print truthfully all tile
news that is fit to print is a difficult,
one, The pressure to suppress news
or to color it is endless and takes an
endless number of forms. S'ometimes
It is that of a city trying to suppress
news of a yellow fever or a typhoid
fever outbreak or an earthquake or a
strike, At other times It is that of a
gl·oup of men trying to suppress news
which they think will htfrt their interests. \Ve retailers are not the least
of sinners In this, Almost all the
papers in this and all cities suppress
the news of accidents In our shops
and stores and have been suppressing
stories of arrests for shoplifting in our
stores because they know we do not
like It, (Applause.),
Now befor·e attempting to point out.
the remedies for these wrong conrlitfons I have been describing, I want to
!\'lance briefly at the attitude of different men to whom the vroposed
rrcrnedles must be traced,
,First there are the pro1>1lets and
preachers, men who think their main
duty lies in emphasizing anrl preachIng an abstract principle of right, however impossible It be of Immediate
adoption as a whole by the masses,
, , , Then there are the conservative men who believe that there is no
promised land, that the only roads
which are safe are the old ones, Besides the·se there are the over-Individualized men and the opportunists,
I said In the beginning of my talk
that the more I understand the ills of
our democracy, the more optimistic
I become, · The reason for this lie::1
with the remedies which are simple
and within the reach of all. It has
been well said that the remedy for
the evils of democracy Is more democracy,
There must be adequate
representation of the public In the
control of railroads, for instance, And
by that I mean literally that strong
and -trusted representatives of the
1mbllc must sit on railroad directorates, In
democracy, we as Individuals have no right to exist except as
we serve the common good, A railroad has no. right to exist except as
it serves the common good, A newspaper has no right to exist except a8
a
it serves the common good, A business has no right to exist except as
It serves the common goocl,
( Applause,)
'I'he best rule for lrnsiness Is lhe
golden rule,
Men who 'Jove their
Helghbors and therefore can hanclle
und lead men, are the coming leaders
of business. The only road to success
and ha])piness fat· any of us Is to conform to the great curt'ent of democrncy of which we are a part, and to
do with a will our share of work for
the Common Good.
(Prolonged a11plause,)
I
I
JUST A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS,
Q, Doesn't the socialistic press
serve the common good?
A. I clo not know-I do not. rear!
It,
Q, \·Vhat Is your opinion of a nrn1dcipal newspaper?
A. It is qne of the panaceas,
have no objection to seeing It tried,
liut what is more needed Is that we,
the public, should hold our .newspa11ers accountable for presenting the
news fairly and impartially and to
recognize that there is nothing more
Sf,nsitlve to public opinion than !he
average commercial newspaper, (Allplause.)
·
Q, Does the rum business servo
the common good, and shall it go on
serving it?
A. There is- a difference of opinion
ahout that,
'fhe last. vote of thie<
Commonwealth said that It did and
that the people want it continnerl,
Q, Inasmuch as Commerce rloe9
not produce anything but exists for
the mere sake of dlstl'ibution, has ii.
any right to exist? (Laughter and
applause,)
A, I have said we have no right to
exist except as we serve. If commerce serves it has a right to exist.
H you can Imagine production, without commerce to distibute it-if you
can Imagine one day of your life with•
out the ·service of commerce then
commerce has not any right. to exist.
Q, What hope do you hold out of
equal oppoi·tunity to the small employer compared with the large employer?
A, Very little. No business has a
right to sncceecl exeeptlnµ; as II serves
the common good. It is our duty lo
see that opportunities are ke11t oJ)en;
under these, then, if I.he small lrnsl1wss ought to survive, it will survive.
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FORD HALL FOLKS
110 con\mon good, A bnsi" right lo exist except as
I lie
common good,
( Apr11le for business is the
i\len who love the'ir'
:Ille! therefore can handle
1•11, are the coming leaders
The only road to snccess'
·~s for any of ns is to con" great cun'ent of democi<'h we are a part. and to
,1·ill onr share of work for
,11 Good.
(P1·olonged ap-
,,
.W OF THE QUESTIONS,
, ·1 lhe socialistic press
i111111011 good?
11ot know-I do not read
i,; your opinion of a muspnper?
one of the panaceas. I
j,,ction to seeing it tried,
more needed is that we. '
shonld hold our .news1ntn1Jle for p1•esenting the
and impartially and to.
u t there is nothing more
pnbllc opinion than the
,mercial newspaper. (Apt he
rnm business serve
good, and shall it go Oil
i» a difference of opinion
The Inst vote of this
Ith said llint It did and
pie want it continnecl..
Jl'h as Commerce does
anytlilng bnt exists for
I"' of distrilrntion, has ii.
> exist?
(Langhter and
said we have no right to
as we serve. If com; it hns a right to exist.
1nagine production, with.,, to distibute it-if' you
oue clay of your life with·
ice of commerce then
,s not any r'ight to exist.
1ope do you hold ont of
1mity lo the small em, red ·with the large emt t le. · No business has a
,,,cJ excepting as it serves
good, It is our duty lo
,rtnnities nre kepi. open;
t lien, if the small bnsi' ,;nrvive, it will snrvive.
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It' it ought not lo su1•vive, big bus!than sit. in the presence of his frienclH.
ness should do the work,
Try standing at "Attention" yourQ, What do yon think of .the single
self for three hours alld you will feel
tax?
..,. entitled to a Carnegie presidential
A. I think well of it. I think it is J1<insion ! But the usher gladly does
good. I do not believe in the final all these things for tlrn joy of knowradical program of it. But I think the Ing he is dcitng a very necessary ancl
tax will come more and more on the vital service for the fifteen hundred
Jnnd and less on production,
persons who, week after week, enjoy
\he educational
and · inspirational
treats at Ford Hall,
It's a thousand times better these
USHERING AT FORD HALL.
days to be a volnnteer at I~ord Hall
than to own an office on State street!
~ou are familiar with the old query,
J, P. ROBEJR'I'S,
- Hnd you rather be on the outside
looking in, or on the inside lool{!ng
out?"-that's the choice -a fellow
makes when he joins the• Ushers'
HELP PASS THE "RED LIGHT"
Corps at Ford Hall, for we really have
INJUNCTION BILL.
two corps,-and neither is pronounced "corpse" either!
Iloth are
much alive.
By writing to your representative
, In the normal course of events the at, ·washington those qf yon who beIm~ ushers who are now assisting in
lieve in the work Clifford Roe is doing
linmg UJl the early comers on the,
can help pass the Iowa Red Light Insidewalks "two by two, the elephant
junction la\v in Washington, D. C.
and the kangaroo," would never get
This law has worked with notable
Iulo Ford Hall -al least on tho
success in several states besides Town,
mor~ popular evenings,-1111less some
and that it is grei)tlY needed in Washspecial provision were made for them
ington the following communication
a11d they ,well deserve n reserved seat
after their hour's work in shooing amply shows:
"If adopted in the District of Co•
mavericks from the faithful flock, So lumbia, tile bill will be a precedent for
the 1'.shers "on the inside" reserve a
all stales, Such legislation Is needed
snfflc1enl number of seats for those
w)10, in the street, l1nve bome the cold here to close scores of elegant, public
brothels, flaunting their shame in the
\\'Jllds ancl the icy eyes of the nonfaces of our 250,0\10 vot.eless citizens
elect, Few reallze the service these
and to prevent a quadrennial satur01~tside 111~11• render in tlrns warding
nalia which disgraces each presidenot'f jlotent1al dangers to, women and
tial inauguration, On the night of
the rnfirm in the lines at om· doors -.Jnn. 18 I saw many youth I entering a
from s~1ch rushes and stampedes 'as
brothel, 63 feet distance from the
!lave disgraced many such a moment
great marble edifice, where the DisIll other less civilize'd folk!
trict of Columbia is governed: CouOn, the inside the usher has -oflier
tiguous were about 20 more brothels
Jlroblems,-he must find every availwith music, dancin1;, singing. liquorable seat, and try to have it occupied
clr;mocral1cally, "Ladies First, Please;" · selling and the 11ainte<1 women in the
doorways,
The men and boys were
lw passes, his programs;· he 1·emill(ls
coming to or leaving this seetion at
the t'orget~nl Indies that the Jaw treats
all hats allke, whether worn by voters
the rate of about 20 per mllllite, This
protected Iniquity exists in five or
?1' not; he acts as a bnt'fer to the
Jnnitor from the assanlts of the freshmore districts of the city, and borders
two sides of the capitol grounds.
I
nir crank in the center and the gent
at the left, whose gilded dome feels a
sent to Commissioner Rudolph the
draught; he reminds the thoughtless
street numbers of 61 brotliels withit1
that whispering during a musical mnnthree minutes' walk of his office buildlier annoys others and is a breach of
ing,
He nolitely aclrnowledged m1
gnod manners,-and he is rewarded
co1111111mication, hut did not qnestio;1
101· his service with so mnny covetous
Its correctness, 'l'his 'red light' inr·Jnnees n( lli8 selected seat near thn
,innction bill passed the Senate nnaniclc 101· .that he hnd rather stand as a
mon81y on Jan. 17 and now !H'essnre
lloorkeepe1· in the house of the Lord
on the House is needed,"
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FORD HALL FOLKS
SUFFRAGE AND LABOR.
fat.hers and 1f10ther~ of our strllcers a
chance to bring up their helpless little
ones.
Not every suffragist can go and do
You who let Lot and his family espicket duty with the girls and women
cape from the wicked city of Sodom,
who are out. of work on principle
won't you please save the girls now
these cold winter days, but every one
Help us to get a living
can read over again 'The ·working on lltrlke?
wage,
Gil'l's Prayer," which was offered
0 Lord,. who knowest the sparrow's
three times a day by· the girl strikers
fall, won't you help us to resist when
of -Kalamazoo last year on a similar
the modern devil who has charge of
occasion.
Because I believe this
prnyer ls ty11lcal of the working girls our work takes advantage of our povof Americo, and ls true to their wo- erty to lead us astray? Sometimes, 0
Hunger and cold
111an's, spirit, I offer it here to indicate Lord, it Is hard.
how close are the aspirations of the are terrible things, and they make us
suffragists of the country to those of weak. We want to do right. Help us
to be strong,
working women far and near:
lo goc1,, we have nppe::i.lecl t.o the min. The Working \Glrrs 'Prayer.'
.
havEJ appealed
0 God ont· Father, you who are gen- isters, 11·1?appealed to the to the public,
we have
press,
Ent
erous, who said, "Ask and ye shall reIf nil these fail us in our need we
ceive," we, your children, lnunbJ'y be- know that you will not fall us.
seech you to grant that we ma;, reGrant that we may win tl,lls strike,'
ceive enough wages to clothe all(i' feed
and that the union may be strong, so
onr bodies, and just a little leisure, O that we may not need to cry so often,
Lord, to give our souls a chance to
"Lord, deliver us from temptation!"
grow.
-we ask this, Lord, for the sake of
Onr employer, who has plenty, has
the little children, helpless ancl suf•
denied onr request. He has misused. fering; for the. girls who may some
the law to help him crush us; bnt we
day be mothers of children, ancl for
appeal to yon, our God and Father,
those girls who cllsllke sin, hut are
and to yonr laws, ,,•hlch are stronger forced Into it through poverty,
than the laws made by man.
0 Christ, who didst die on the cross,
0 Ch rift., thou who· waited through
we will try to ask you to forgive those
the long night in the Garden of Geth- who would crush us, for perhaps they
sen~ane for one· of your followers who do not know what they do.
was to betray you, who Jn agony for
All this we ask In the name of the
ns didst say to yo1.1r disciples, ;,Will
lowly Carpenter's Son. Amen.-vVo•
yon not watch one hour with me?" man's Journal.
give strength to those who are now on
picket duty, not to feel too bitterly
Ally yourself when young to some
when those . who promised to stand great but unpopular reform and grow
with us In om· strnggles betray us.
up with it into Influence and honor.- ·
0 God, we pray yon to give to the Whittler.
THE MA CHINE,
Helen M. Boardman,
'l'lie Machine ls kept in a little hut not far from the factory. Each morn·
Ing it propels itself over to its proper place in the factory, It ls a wonderful Machine but it Is not worth much. There are so many such Machines in
the world.
As the snn peeps over the hori:wn. the factory whistles blow and the
Machine starts out. Other gray Machines are going. through the earlv light
to the sa11ie place. They are used to make hats. What woulrl the world rlo
without hats? Indeed, hats 11111st be made.
oi1e clay the scream of the whistle is l1earrl hefore closing time.
'T'he
gre.at wheels stop for a moment as some.thing silent and gory Is carried out
and taken away In a wagon. A :\'Tachlne is broken. Never mind, there are
other Machines to he had at the same price.
'root.. whistles! Turn, wlwels!
Whnt. if a few l\fachlnes wear out? Hats n1ust. he made!-The Survey.
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