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plenty and wages high. He has a just v a ria b ly sh u n s, th e ir rew ard 18
title to the wealth which he creates.
c o m p a ra tiv e ly sm a ll.
“ M uch of th e last p a ra g ra p h was sug-
E ven g ra n tin g , for th e sa k e of
g ested by M alloek s ‘L a b o r a n d the Qur a rg u m e n t, “ B e g in n er’s” ex-
P o p u la r W elfare.’
T h is
book s ta te s
.
the fact that the annual am ount of
wealth produced in Euglaud at present
is more th a n twice as large in propor-
tio n to population as it was a hundred
years
ago.
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nf
trem e s ta te m e n t th a t th e class of
th e less able a lre a d y exploits the
su p erio r c la ss— we, being nu m eric-
a lly su p e rio r, w ould, w ith o u t vio-
by th e peaceful h a .lo t, QUIET-
w ould n o t be m ore p ro d u c tiv e now
E X P L O IT T H EM SOME MORE.
th a n in th e la st c e n tu ry , if it were n o t
S ocialist .
b e tte r g u id ed by m eu of p ra c tic a l a b ility
as well as m ore p ro fita b ly a id ed by m a
G uilded P oints.
c h in e ry w hich su c h m en have in v e n te d .
T he in fe re n c e is th a t th is in cre ase of
BY JO H N PRESCOTT G U ILD .
w e alth is n o t so m u ch th e w ork of
m u sc le as of m in d . It is b ra in s ra th e r
Dogmatic religion is a miserable
th a n h a n d s w hich have m ade E n g la n d
rich . M r. M allo ck ’s e s tim a te is th a t comforter.
very n e a rly tw o -th ird s of th e n a tio n a l
Sacred fish-stories have n o th in g
in co m e is now p ro d u c e d by m en of
p ra c tic a l a b ility , who fo rm o nly one- in com m on w ith the golden ru le.
s ix te e n th of ‘th e p ro d u c in g c la sses.’
S p iritu a l in s p ira tio n s proffer us
“T he s ta te of th in g s c a n n o t be very
d iffe re n t in th is c o u n try * * * The m a terial m iracles to prove them .
fac t th a t an A m erican ra ises h im self
M aterial m iracles have on ly spir-
from poverty to o p u len o v is,,resu m p tiv e
jn
p ro o f th a t he has d o n e m ore good th a n
h a rm to h is fello w -citizen s.
T hey
w ould have had no d e a lin g s w ith him
o th erw ise.”
Now we w ill g r a n t all th a t M r.
H o lla n d say? above a n d all th a t
B e g in n e r” claim ed in th e I okch
re g a rd in g th e a b ility of th e few to
p ro d u ce m o re th a n th e m a n y . Sup-
pose M r. M alloek is rig h t in Ids
iralio|)S
1
j„ Fvi,|p„ e
e.
Two u n c e rta in tie s c a n n o t verify
each o th e r— except in religion.
If th e fear of hell re stra in s som e
rogues, it does n o t m ake an y one
rig h teo u s.
| T h e good need no law. R ig h t
j o u tra n k s ru le, a n d tr u th belongs to
, oo school.
figures a n d th a t one m an of th e
P erso n al c h a ra c te r is m uch m ore
class of th e very ab le p ro d u ces as im p o rta n t th a n o u tw ard c o n d u c t,
m u ch as th ir ty o rd in a ry m en.
for it disposes co n d u c t.
W h a t of i t '?
I t is tru e en o u g h th a t th is is ac-
c o rd in g to the “ n a tu r e ” of th in g s ,
“ B e g in n e r” h a s co n sid e ra b le to say
ab o u t “ n a tu re ,” b u t does he n o t
,
know th a t th e re a re m a n y very
O mu
vicious th in g s in n a t u r e ?
1 he
...
.
.
,,
m ost im p o rta n t life-w ork of all
,
U
. , ... .
,
good m en is to rem ed y th e ills found
B
in n a tu re . H ere is a m a n , we w ill
sa y , gifted w ith sa g a c ity an d also
w ith a sp le n d id p h y siq u e a n d great
e n d u ra n c e a n d c a p a c ity for h a rd
b ra in -w o rk .
H ere is a n o th e r m an
w ith n a rro w lim ita tio n s in these
resp ects. T h e first is not e n title d
to c re d it nor th e la st d eserv in g of
b la m e for w h at w as born w ith each
re sp e c tiv e ly . O ne ro lls in rich es
a n d a th
m e o th
m e r suffers
» u u e r, th e stin g s of
p ro v e rty . I he S o cialist w ould u n d o
th e g la rin g in ju s tic e of n a tu re .
N a tu re know s no rig h t an d w rong
an y w h e re , e ith e r am o n g th e low er
T h e larg e sale of th e Bible d o e sn ’t
prove it to he a tru e book any m ore
th a n th e g re a te r sale of card decks
proves th a t g a m in g is tru e work.
T . . .
, ,
,
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It is claim ed for dogm atic Christ-
.
. 5 ,,
,
la n ity th a t it c o n ta in s a ll the good
i
<
d o c trin e s th e re ever were in all the
o ld e r relig io n s. C h ris tia n ity also
. .
..
c o n ta in s ab o u t all th a t is bad in all
rt
8° “
T h e p riest to ils a t cro ss-purposes
w hen he co u n sels p leasin g God by
self-d en ial to win h is rew ard for
such obedience. S erv in g God for
hope of his h eav en is no b e tte r than
a dog faw n in g on its ow ner to beg a
bone.
T
i k right
.
I t were r far w . iser . to . teach
,, , .
... .
re a s„ ns for w ell-dom g, to m st.ll the
¡deag o f j U8tice a n d m ercy u n to all,
^() jn8p ire k in d n e ss a n d affection,
b WQrd a n d deed, tb a n to p reacb
p (JH^.tu o rtem ju d g m e n ts as th e chief
O H IO C O L L E G E S .
Shall the Churches Control All the
Higher Education?
Unsolicited
testimonials
E ditor T orch OF R eason :
SIM IL A R T o T H IS
\ sig n ifican t co n tro v ersy is ta k -
R E C E IV E D D A IL Y :
j n g place in th e sta te le g isla tu re of
A ngwin , Napa Co., Cal., 1 —7—’02.
F
riend
W et tstein :— The last W atch
Ohio. T he d e n o m in a tio n a l colleges
received
and
gives satisfaction. N,»w I
of th e s ta te have com biued to de-
feat a bill p ro v id in g an in c re ase in
the a p p ro p ria tio n to the S ta te U n i
v ersity .
F o r several y e a rs th e
ch u rch colleges have m u rm u re d a t
and opposed th is U n iv e rsity , they
a sk in g th a t it be confined to special
training and that as a college of
give yon an o rd er for an o th er. . . .
1 suppose you did a rustling business
d u rin g th e holidays. You o u g h t to, for
your prices are way below an y th in g in
these p a rts. 1 priced at m any places in
’Frisco, and find th a t on a w atch, your
price $7.00, in S. F. is $10.00.
Your 7
jeweled Elgin or W altham fnrice $5.00
is $7.50 to $8.00 : your $32.00 “ S pecial
R. W ay ” , is $40.00. The Laities C hain I
got from you, best tilled, $5.00, is $0.00,
etc.; th en th ere is danger of getting in
ferior goods. I have learned to go out
of mv wav to trad e w ith a Freethinker
and we all o u g h t to follow th is rule.
E. E Backus.
A rts a n d P h ilo so p h y it he ah a n
doned. Now they hav e changed
the req u est to a sort of v erb al d e
m an d to m ake it a post g ra d u a te
college in th a t d e p a rtm e n t.
O T T O W E T T S T E IN ,
T h ey arg u e th a t th ey a re doing
The L ib eral Jew eler,
the u n d e rg ra d u a te work well enough ! 1945 L ogan A ve .,
-
D enver , C olo
and th a t by the sta te e n te rin g in to Is now’ p erm an en tly located Send for
c o m p etitio n w ith them th ey will ■ prices of W atches, D iam onds C h ain s,
elry, Silverw are, O ptical Hoods, My
he in ju re d .
A d esp erate o p p o si jew
B eautiful Ingersoll Spoon, F re eth o u g h t
tion is being m ade. T he re p re se n and o th er em blem s—and save m oney— I
all big catalogues.
My F a
ta tiv e s from co u n ties w hich have undersell
mous T ract, “ Theism in th e C ru c ib le,’'
few s tu d e n ts a t th e U n iv e rsity are Free.
ap p ealed to by sta tistic s show ing
how m uch it costs such co u n ties to
ed u c ate a few of th e ir sons.
T h e real g riev an ce is not openly
AND
ta lk e d a t th e C a p ito l, h u t th e m a in
sp rin g of it all is th e relig io u s e n
m ity they h av e a g a in st th e O. S U. M a i n S t r e e t
S ilv e r to n , O r e .
In th e ir own classroom s th e y speak
CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF
of the U n iv e rs ity as a place of had
m oral in flu en ce, a hotbed of in fi
d elity . “ A ll they ta lk dow n th e re
S chool
is ‘E v o lu tio n ’ ” is th e real com
p la in t. A sh o rt in v e stig a tio n in to
S u p p lie s
co n d itio n s show s th is. T h e d e n o m i
n a tio n a l college? a re d ec lin in g ,
B o o ks and
w ith o u t a d o u b t. S everal of them
a re la n g u ish in g . But th e (). S. I .,
S t a t io n e r y .
y o u n g in its stre n g th , c a n n o t he the
cau se; for o u tsid e of th e special
colleges, (a g ric u ltu re , en g in eerin g , Dealers in F ruits, V egetables
v e te rin a ry , m edicine, e tc .), or to he
and C onfectionery.
e x a c t, in th e college of A rts and
P n ilo so p h y , th ere a re o n ly 439 e n
50 YEARS’
ro lled . Now th e re are som e th ir ty
E X P E R IE N C E
colleges in th e sta te , an d if th e
e n tire n u m b e r of A rts an d P h ilo so
p h y s tu d e n ts could he induced to
d iv id e th em selv es am o n g th ese col-
! eges,
* ’ th , ey w ould a . d , . d f little
.r . or n o th -
T rade M a r k s
ing to th e ir lease of life. I h e g r o u n d -
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