| Show CAUSES OF rOTERTT AcxchaagecOIICetS the opln fjons of a number of celebrated gentlemen regarding the causes of poverty Ignatius Donnelly 6j < The chief cause of poverty I the Jack of property and headds that this lack Is due to tbe unequal and unfair distribution of property i Chauucy M Depew the railroad I < Dp I king and afterdinner orator raj Lack of slf onSdenoe I often the CHUM of folium Many into seem to IiaVtTno faltlT IrT tlfemselves con c quently no assertiveness no independence inde-pendence no pluck and ito posh Tbcy seem to be afraid to stand up sod apaakDut for thomaeIvcs and preferto lean on others Poverty inch in-ch cases inevitable Robert 1 Porter superintendent f of the census thinks a lack of thrift lathe principal cause of joverty Prof C K Adonis of Cornell I University sayt Vo hal e obliged to admit tbs poverty I ono of the Decenary contingencies of civilization In a country where liberty prevails the diligent and capable bare the oppor unliy of rising above tbo indolent and incapable Where then i perfect liberty on the part of individual men some will rio and others will fall This i the result partly of superior Intelllganee pry of Inability and partly of error but there ran b nn possibility of removing poverty excepting ex-cepting by a cooraa oflegUIation cplog 1 o ofleb lon which will take a ray opportunities Hence I sill probably alumjs b found that where there I the largest liberty of individual action hero will b the largest Inequalities among men Henry Clews the nervoup Incisive In-cisive writer and financier whce every faculty of mind seems devoted la the sut ject of fluarce says Drink that one wordtelU tbo chief cause of poverty at the present tie In tht country Of course I men e oessiie drinking the kind that leads to habitual drunkenness and by Mow degrees paralyzes a man mentally and physically In this country with Its magnificent resources awaiting development and Its abundant opportunities oppor-tunities in overy direction to develop abilities and win success there is no excuse for poverty But for the drink eill there would b no poverty to sp < ak of When Mr Donnelly says that poverty f caused by an unequal and unfair distribution of wealth be merely describes a condition without with-out touching the reason for I though what be says is obviously true Mr Depews opinion that alack a-lack of aggressive qualities iaa cause of poverty embraces truth but i in too narrow to cover more than a small portion of the ground Mr Porters statement that a lack of thrift Is a great cause of poverty Is true but that it also is to narrow to c ver the ground is shown by the lives of millions who am fed and clothed only by their unflagging in iu try and skill in making a little money go a long way That political polit-ical liberty of the masses is Eeccsl sarily n cause of poverty among them as stated by Mr Adam can I only be true when that liberty in eludes a disposition to practice op pre > ion and wrong In answer to Henry Clews it I suQleientto refer to the millions who spend a lifetime without what it is to be knowing I b comfortably com-fortably fed and clothed who yet never taste intoxicant The great financier is mbtaken Ho has not touched tbe chief cause of poverty pov-erty though he has named one of tile leading forces that produce it While there is truth in what each of the gentlemen above quoted have said upon the subject neither ther of them nor all of them combined have disclosed the principal reston for poverty Injustice I the great cause of poverty pov-erty ertyTlc mighty who have town pride In exercising their power to I oppress will b reached after and r rnied by the operation of Justice Jus-tice untIl they are overtaken and tie joor who have been made their Tlc m will b made to share in the stores of wealthwhich the earth contains Every true cause of poverty which philosophy cnn cn-n i generally traceable to tbe absence of Christian morality and if philosophy were as wise as i hould be I would teach that there L lime fixed beyond which Injustice Injus-tice will not b known among men an the earth |
