Show I CARDINAL GIBBONS GIBBONS' OPINION ON THE INCREASE OF WEALTH Deplores the Fact that Men of Wealth No Longer Seek the Kingdom of God But Pursue Fleeting Mundane Pleasures V CITES STANDARD ST AN ARD OIL DIL KING liI AS AN EXAMPLE Gods God's Church for Its Is Preservation Now Has to L oi to the V 5 Poor POOf the Lowly the Contrite Contrie ard arid V I V the Penitent Pe V i S nien S I V BY WILLIAM JO rEn V V j V V I M f t 4 t 4 Iii I fares the land to hastening 4 4 1 ills Is a u prey pre pr t 9 4 Where ht r wealth accumulates accumulatE's and f 4 4 men decay f 4 44 fM 4 4 44 9 44 1 M New XI York Aug ug 1 17 James Jame James Cardinal Candinal Car Can dinal Gibbons who Is spending the summer slimmer at Southampton L L. I. I be- be that rat the Increase of or wealth In America Ameri a Is Ig far surpassing tho ho spread of or religion The rhe lie thoughtful thou man is Invited to carry the theor theory to Its Is logical logIcal logical log log- ical conclusion for Cor or himself Ils Ills His em em h lence ence a price of ot tho the hoJ Roman Toman church a as ae well wel a as of or the tw hr r realm alm of or thought hought will wi go no further With Ih his keen seeing far Cal eyes OoS lookIng lookIng look look- Ing log into the tine future he sall said to me yesterday yesterday yes yes- es afternoon afternoon- V The Tho man mon of or wealth walh no longer seeks se-els I the tho 1 kingdom of God He lie finds his kingdom and aunt Joys jo on this Ca earth i. i th Wealth eaith then Is spreading faster rasler than the religion of or Christ 7 I asked I hI fear feat that is no MO xo was Wa tho the reply with lh what result resul do you venture U Hi ti lay say 1 Verily a n rich man shall not rot enter the kingdom dom of heaven answered tho thie cardinal quoting the words of oc the tho Man lon Manof of nt Galilee Do you m mean an that that la is literally 1 S true Rome Are rc 1 10 V I am afraid so o. o until crud thu tho cardinalI cardinal car 1 thai It I Is V I J do o not nol moan mean llo In I I 1 know know- tomo men man vho D' D nr nyu piot KUL br t T J JJ t O hJ r lm e eIt It t J f Jl rth o tor p in Inn Inthe which hay th have an au tin the luxury of ot flU our OUI civilization they the the They Thy are arB hood hood- I not to LO the tho truth II Il Ii In II to the poor and lowly Card Cardinal Inn Gibbons went ent on to say m that the ti-ne for tor tho tue maintenance of ot church looks N or But he of or religion ho the true spirit and would not bo be Ind Indo stopped there c whither the lie trend of or rel religious lou to o say a of or tho ti-re nation naton was ao leading lending of or the ti-re nation was leading lending The Tl coner conversation naton lund had ha turned upon alon of the thc spirit he the tl ethical tendencies the tendencies commercial life tho ti-re Ideals upon of or the swollen tunes Iou lott unes the he great grent 8 have been founded The he cardinal cardinal car car- country dinal dinah pronounced th the tendencies all al the thc and severally arral arraigned nell wrong and Industrial In- In financial builders of or the great groat upon corporations as laboring Immoral foundation rearIng foundation rearing their an n of or ruins the ti-re mighty structures upon pon competition and anti fair au nit play and driving and anti desperation the ti-re young oung to o de despair toll toil are ane of or honest hone t men whose means tol them by the methods tripped from or of f the tine mammoth trusts Mentions Standard Stu Oil 01 the Standard Stand- Stand mentioned He specifically le and anti It was tas tasa by name arll ard Oil on company nam reference to it Mr Ir Rockefellers Rockefeller's statement statement state state- a 1 had hati only done doneas dones Standard that hint the tI-nc ment forth Corth done that called as s others have rave caled the he the striking utterance that the religion I of or wealthy wealth has taken take precedence ju l Ce J su in America over the ti-ne religion th o of Ul f e I Christ at loath to talk The cardinal was In his retirement at the It little all ni of or Father OHara O'Hara rector orthe of or c cottage Is rest- rest church at nt Southampton he the he of or twelve twelve- a ho severe sever labors In lag ng from froni rom the hl his but Ills health Is good hotly body month hod Is fr frail Ils l and anti one feels eels a n sense sen sen or ot of gui on Intruding on 01 the cloistral quiet V lives who You feel fecI that hint he is one ono b sheet sheer by timid ind moves OS and an has his being heing alone all ahi below below be- be of or the mind al power superfluous i irne rne fn and ts- ts is- is low ow I Is mere the tisO windows of o I sue Rue f If tho the eyes ees are soul lr the ti-re cardinals cardinal's eyes COS are also lh he ti-re he ti-re peep-holes peep Into In the world of or I and simple manners manner are arc Ills thought hought 11 and his his voice soothing gende itself TheIs There Theres smile a benediction In The Is complete absence of or austerity nu a I 0 of s asceticism Ills His II religion Is- Is hof I of or the ti-re beautiful world recently issued cued by hy th the syllabus The Ti recent world is of or holy loly father I suggested wide Interest Ioe The rhe Pop the Ow rop reply The syllabus was Itself It Is eloquently for foi or I cleat clear speaks complete and con comprehensive r admits of or no explanations S and auli 10 The Tine attitude of br the ti-re church toward Included In modern science would be e Interdiction ii I suggested your Modern science is a l broad question queston to I am not disposed so so broad that enter upon any discussion of ti-re ti th mater m nat mat t- t at this tine time ter er shifted from Crom the ti-nc The Tie conversation S the subject of or re religion re- re to syllabus the ligion and I asked aked if h in thought worse was growing better or world beter heU better betler r If It It Is not growing an any I 1 dont don't flUnk was was the reply assuredly It t Is growing any worse wor e I His IUs face lighted with wih a n genial smile smie at the tho committal non nature of tints this re re- re non his knees anti and bent crossed He Hp ply pi over a as he hc continued Religion will always exert a n paramount para pam wi mount Influence over mankind There arc wh when n the of or re religion religion rC- rC the ti-re wane wano nn and ligion seems to lo be bc upon others seEms when it I becomes the guiding spirit in Iii au all the th affairs of or life Briefly al a recent interview with Mr Ir Rockefeller BrleJ was recalled The Ti-nc clr- clr of ot Standard Standard Stan Stan- of or the th justification dard Oil on in rebating rebating-iho rebating the tho Imposition flu fine and the thu defense defence e eor of or a n of or Mr Ir Rockefeller and anI other officials silent as n to which was of the tho oil trust lent the thc ron moral morl 01 guilt gui of or the ti-re corporation l CO laton that and anc tie statement Jook took ook refuge In iii the ti-re Standard Oil had only done lonO n others V 01 had done S V The Tho cardinal smiled V A suggestion ug oston said he that they go after the thc other fellows s reIO also nIRo But not nat moral morl guilt guit was suggested ll B Ilig- Ilig and UHl I Little IU Pih or Of course cour e I see the lie point he ne re r marked markell It I n opens a line fine qU question of ot ethics I dont don't know nn any o of the part particulars par- par t of or the ti-re ease case Ce but It seems ems to me mA that If It the Standard Oil 01 company was gul guilty guilt of or the offense charged the fine finel levied l against It was vas none too large larg And there Is reason and Justice In the ti-re law going after the lie big ones first tr t The These Thee e big big l fishes s hs h's are engaged In eating eat eat- ing up p the little fishes I 1 believe belove however that adequate and proportionate punishment should be bt b meted out to all al alike alle For rm instance In Instance In- In stance the tho lie railroad corporations lint have no right to dl discriminate In the tw pi prices Ices the they charge one man and another I man nan The Tho whole system Is Lq bail bad however hoevet how how- ever evet It I Is lit looked at You Vou do llo not Slot see in the growth of great reat corporations anti and anc consequently or of great fortunes fortune an unmixed blessing bie for or the country I do tIn not replied the tho car cardinal Wealth may become a n curse curf when it tal takes akes es on extraordinary Importance in inthe inthe the th minds of il Its JO possessor S Thereupon upon he ho gave expression to his hla hI hele relief that the tho accumulation of wealth with wl greater r in m America Is la advancing lO i th than an tho h o ca cau U se f o of or f r religion 1 I otc CI quoted the tho lines from Goldsmiths Goldsmith's sm hf d Riven above and V What IH is It IC it oil on lead hi K to o V I V 4 lilt lilt- loor rind un 1 1 o ly V 1 V curt Cardinal Gibbon Ml ll te K V t e V n x t o I m t H th t 1 i S J f J 0 H hJ tl rt ji V l I lel r IVL Ip remained 2 iti r to for l' l two tw V VI VV V 1 I minutes the expression of ot his hJ face In- In the sui of or thought tho V to V V which no he hf was 8 nv r rf tn to Utter ute V scriptural quoted the and finally V flint lint a urich i mon men shall J hl not enter r th the thc kingdom of tn heaven look Who then lien does docs the church to 0 for ho or the preservation of o the religious spiel t h he wn n asked To ro the poor pOOl and the he In o I was ras They who wino are not subJected subjected sub sub- the reply hE to the re temptations of wealth who are arc lowly loti In spirit contrite and ami ne' ne and ami without the th arrogance penitent which Is at It pl present ent ent the accompaniment ment neat of wealth |