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Show RUSSELL SAGE WRITES " EPIGRAMS ON RICHES . . V. V. . . . K f. V. K . K K f. f, SAOE EriOEAMS. . n . K To rail against the nccumula- K . tlon ot wealth Is to rail against H f. tho decrees of Justice. ". K No man has a right to wealth K K who has not a sense of the re- ; K spoiislblllty that goes with it K K ripltnl represnts crt.illi2Cd K f. efforts of the past, while labor ls . . piesnt energy nnd skill . K If the truth wcro known, con- t. v. centriitlon of wealth Is popular . K with Iho masses. . f. There never wns a day when K i capltil anl Inbor were so near to- K K gether as now . V. ni'8SKLL SAOH K ' ". K V. . K K K K . H ". S t K . K K nussell Sige has written a short article ar-ticle for the Independent entitled, ' Wealth A Decree nf Justice." The article ar-ticle Is leplete with epigrams and shows com lush el that Mr. Page his glten tho subject of the article ery earnest thought. Some of tho most pointed sentences sen-tences are rcproluced ahor, and, while many people will doubtless dlsagreo with Mr Knge, tho follow Inif extracts fiom his composition should prue In-teieitlng In-teieitlng rending "intelllgtnc, Inlustry, honesty and thrift pioduce wealth, and thoio who possess such qualities arc the best fitted fit-ted for Its cuatodv. 'Persons who uro unable to ncqulre money nre necessarily not capable of Its proper use or care." ' fco long as Bomo men have moro sense and more self-control than others, Just so long will such nen bo wealth), "It Is Just ns wicked to Intrust some men with largo amounts of mono ns It viould h to put un Idiot In charge of nil express train "Iho chief responsibility of the man of wealth is In usln? his money for purposes pur-poses tint will do the gieatest good to Iho gieatest number ' It Is observable that tho very rich men of toda aie far more democratic thin ever before In tho history of tho world Thero may como n time when the Slalo villi pul n limit upon a man s fortune, for-tune, The people know that up to the present pres-ent lime the great capitalists have been only captains of Industry. 'To put a. premium on brains nnd honesty is the onl woy lo level things "Any restriction of the rights of capital cap-ital would wrk incnlculable Injury to tho worklngman. 'Concentintlon nf wealth Is certainly gooi for the Americans. "I fall to see the dangers arising from weilth that Iho dc uagoguca mike such n hue and cr nbout It Is to the concentration of capital and tho concentintloi of labor, which amounts In the same, that our commercial commer-cial supiemacy thioughout the world will bo due " |