Show y Salvation Of Mankind Is In Alt Altruism 11 1 I ly fl BY n V MAX X r. j I i Progress nail ard enlightenment teach man i ir r which sound oun at first very unpleasant I I an uric ant to his ears cars 1 accustomed only to 0 flatt flat flat- t tt lIt lies trIng They proclaim You are air aira a n single animal In a species called man man- I kIn kind 01 governed by hy precisely the thc panic natural laws R 1 as 1 till nil other living flying h he- he I r J rV ing Your place c In nature Is that which t yo you t can win for tor yourself lr lJ by suitable or or- or-j or j jt V ganIm m. m j I The race I is a higher being of which f r you are u. u rr fragment nH nt a collective on organism I I I I 0 1 of which you OU form on one cell You live hive In Inand r and with th the grand life of or humanity as al a at Ii t whole hole ll Us its vital energies produce you nail and maintain you until you ou die lIe Its elevation 1 i carries you ou upward with it it it Us are aie your pl pleasures n urt's Tills This tickles icIcles mans man's vanity much ie Ic less than when a medicine man says to a him You Yuu are lrE the special p favorite of or an al- al l ty iuler l f oT O the l en called d 1011 flod you l have a the highest place of or all Ill In the Ow universe anti and can gt get t t still furth further r TUi i If gc Hon on ob obey my commands and Pl pay me II HIlt whim wh when 1 Ke ie l I is old enough nou 1 to appreciate clat that hl his delight In lii empty I I I I I i flatteries Is an Inadmissible weakness and when he weighs and anti compares compare more thoroughly hl the he of or enlightenment and the doctrine of or th olo a he lie does not find It difficult to r that hint the r I Imer mer I L' L is the more beautiful and comfort comfort- lag InS une single fundamental principle must govern Jovern society and this principle must he be cither etther ther Indi Individualism m that lint I Is egotism 01 the solidarity the cohE cohesive I fellowship i of or mankind that list la Is altruism m At the present day elther fellowship nor p egotism Is III ruling nl alone hu hut but t a com corn of ot both which Is as ns ona ble tile as ft it Is Inconsistent PO Possession Ie slon Is 14 organized or on a poi and egotism ego ego- o- o reaches In the laws go gorning o the the- utmost t limits to which it can an attain b by not only seizing b by stealth and violence everything e It can la lay hay hands oi oi on h but lt b by clinging to the plunder forever and ami excluding th the of mankind mankin from ruin ever 1 sharing In Its his benefits The man of or property however will Iio not allow the tIte man roan without property to call that principle to hl his aid to to which the former owes OWE'S his wealth Health oi l-oi Fortunes tunes are Ire accumulated In fn the name o of individual i ism imi m but they arc aro defended In the name I of human solidarity The rich man enJoys en- en Joys jays his disproportionate share of or lifes life's blessings l of or which he be has has- made mad himself master laser b by unblushing but when the he poor man IH helps ps himself to them with some of the rich mans man's egotism m and sel- sel fI he lie Is I'S arrested In lh the form Corm of or usury and mill speculation the unscrupulous furtherance of ot Ht self In terest i Is IA all allowable own hie hill but It Is strictly for tor- hidden bidden Witch when It lala the form Corm of of rob roh bery bry and anti th theft Ct Th The same Rame principle applied ap op plied In the former case Is a Cl merit merll in inthe inthe the lie other a crime crime- Human r reason ason revolts at al such Illch Ideas bk If It egotism Is 18 to be he I let lt t It be lie consistent con can m and assert asser UK its I light I ht In all cas cases If Ir It Jt Ls is right for Cor the rich man to lo luxuriate nab In a n life of oC leisure because he lie ha has been heen able able- to get et of ot landed e es- es states taLes ates tates or to take lake advantage of the labor o if others then It must al also o b be conceded to o be ll right hl for fOl the tho poor man Inan to strike him dead and take pojO possession RIlon of his hh property properly as ns the spoils of victOr victory r If Il In- In helia lia las the courage e and strength to lo carr carry through such an nn undertaking This is logical It Is true tine that such logic losle would soon 1 bring society to destruction de- de and our civilization to the dogs ard and men mn would become like beasts of or prey wandering alon alone through th the land and anti tearing each other to 10 pieces lint But anyone one who Is not pleated pleased with I this his abstract ab ab- ab aim of or our social development egotism has haR no other alternative before him ilm but to accept the tho lie sole Iole other principle fellowship The motto will no longer lonser be lit Every err o for Cor himself but hul one for foJ all all anti and all alii I I for or each cach j I Solidarity fellowship Cello with our 1 kind 1 I must be he the he foundation not nOL only of our ouri morality but of or our Institutions In the I I existing forms egotism expression the tho tho forms which are arc destined to replace them will I be th the outcome of or altruism I I Selfishness arOll arouses S the desire to govern go others 11 Jl leads to despotism It produces produce kings kingg conquerors ambitious ministers and political bosses while the love of or our kind arouses the lie desire lesire to serve lne the race It leads ads to self government r universal al suffrage suf ant frage It t produces a u legislation Inspired alone IJ by the hue welfare of community The struggle for tor existence ence will last t as long Ions UM us life liCE Itself and ard be alwa always H tho the cause of oC all nil development nt and perfection but It will assume milder phases and band died 1 In Japan for the glamour of her fortune tit to MM suit round round her name nani Instead t ld of the mans man's a as already mahi-cauly has haR happened tI in Mr iIi 11 s 's t I case lint Bui her wealth will viiI chung that quickly ly for foi It places her luei omun the time four richest widows III In th thus thus' country Ill Tho sly Iv who b by o drawing checks clu could make up a n quarter billion r tire ore Mr l. l ul i. 1 Sage muge Mrs furs Smith lI Hetty tt Green 11 Mis n Anne V Veigh Walker Mrs It l I Marshal Field and Mrs Ir Marshall holl Field jr jl Each Bach of or the lie Ii first t four COUI women has a fortune several as largo as aN thai hal of I Mrs 11 Field FIld In fact It It Lu I Mrs Sago Sage a l' l Mrs Smith Mrs I Walker und and Mr Mi s. s G cn could i ilIch munch lIch d zi showing without th the old o of lu ht Chicago widows Hetty Greens Green's ns n's fortune fortum Is If- Ife e estimated at nl from froni to tn L leaving heaving her luel out nul if of the Ih count the list listis listis I. I is ht headed IJ by Mis lIs Sa Sago Sage t and airs lt SmUt jointly f for fOl i thought though th the widow of nf Wall Vali sti lS eels eel's great money n I lender er received under hl his will viii she ha hu given gien away I ir Next comes Mrs Mus lr Walker with 60 Fh Fluid Field the tho elder rIdi r has lj- lj Mrs Irs FI Field IJ the younger SS lint But the c comparative athe smallness small small- I ness floss of young Mrs Irs Fluids Fields fortune I Ii offset In a n sense b by the hue fact that her hers J s sons n when shen of a ne e e will divide itle Mrs Ir Gi- Gi Green Gin n and ancl M In Walker ar arthe the women n of the siv 81 ande md and I e each ach In Inherited l itell lw hH fortune from her l I I T s M-s 1 r t. t owe S I Vf 1 I fortune fortuno came camo from William Weight Weight- Iman turin man practically as ns It stands tan s toda today 5 n. fSr-n.- lr n. n r Ind d 1 l 1 1 1 1 from her fathers father's estate estale andul and at ul least quintupled that amount i 11 1 I Mh V hei h T own on Mrs Sage and the elder cider Mrs hs Field are the only widows of or the time six whose fortunes were amassed by their hu husbands bands I t I I Ibe be In th the tame same am proportion to ii its fierce warfare of or toda today oday as a w war r carried on between n civilized na nations lions Is to a B slaughter among arnon cannibals i i 11 iI A HII n. n JO I With ith another woman n. n Mrs William I JIn Henry Smith In th the tho ranks of wealthy widows willow widows whose hoc wealth Is II reckoned reckoned reck reck- by hy lt tens nR of millions It it has become become be he- come true that thai six of them then alone h by massing their could coul make mok a 0 total of or Mr lr Smiths Smith's fort fortune uno will not fall all short of It Is an un amount almost a ns as lar large o as that lint which Russell Sage n left Ift to his widow itt Mrs Smith Is not nots as s well known throughout lt hJ the Union as nR Is Mrs ti II Sa Sape Satu tier Her l widowhood I Is too ton recent as u It I was wa only a n few w days clays s 's ago ngo that her hue hUB |