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#002 The Worlds Columbian Exposition Scrapbook, 632
22
lions of the world's toilers. Whither are they marching? What are
they seeking? To give to all those millions in common, all the advan-
tages of the highest civilization which wealth has now secured to a
few individuals in their severally. Encouraged by every success, ral-
lying after every defeat, thousands of miles from the journey's end,
foot-sore, bespattered with mud, every face covered with dust and dirt,
that great army has reached a field. Barring its entrance are a few
palings. Across the field is to be seen, in the distance, great buildings
loaded with supplies. A voice is heard: "You can not cross that
field, for it contains the resting-place of my parent, that I hold in the
greatest reverence. I am willing that a few of the strongest should go
by another and a longer road, and buy in that city what you need."
The answering cry of that multitude is, "Tear down that fence and
burn up every splinter." Would it not be wiser for that owner to ask
a hearing from the leaders, and say to them: " In that field is a never-
failing spring of water, from which the whole army can drink; in that
field I have cultivated a plant that possesses power to help the tired.
In that little house in that field lives a great physician, whose services
are at the command of the poor. March across my field; do as little
damage as may be to its contents, for such damage will injure your-
selves. Go by the way that most of you must follow, if needs are, in
the fewest hours, to be supplied." Would not this be a wiser way?
The question is not whether Boston of 1892 can become the Boston
of Bellamy's "Looking Backward " of 2000; but it is whether such a
change can be wrought within a few months. Can the whole commer-
cial life of the United States, which now gives work for six days and
only finds opportunity for social improvement on the first day of the
week—can this state of affairs be uprooted and another system be
planted? Can all this be done within a year? Can the capitalist be
convinced that he does not need all the fruits of production? Can the
wage-worker be convinced that he can forego his wage? Of all the
wild theories which have been given to the world during the past cen-
tury this is the very wildest. This one alone takes no account of time.
Two millions of visits will be paid by wage-workers on $12 a week, if
such visits can be paid on Sunday. What fact in the industrial history
of the United States would lead one to suppose that $4,000,000 will be
given them for not working? The employes, which are said to have
been sent by their employers to a Dublin World's Fair, should create a
desire on the part of corporations to second such a laudable action.
That such action on the part of Irish capitalists was very widespread
seems questionable, when Norton informs us, that, while both in 1853
and again in 1865, the buildings in which such exhibits were held were
erected at the sole expense of Sir B. L. Guinness, the receipts were not
sufficient to meet current expenses.
Granted that there be a day, could one day present as many oppor-
tunities as twenty-six days? To millions, rest day only comes once a
week, and once a week they are their own masters. Other vacations
cost in money, through loss of wages, more than the price of admission
for self and family. When we think of not merely wage-workers, but
also of the farmers and farm laborers, the clerks and retail merchants, of
the servants, of the expressmen, of even hard-driven professional men,
of the army of cash boys and cash girls, etc., etc., who can only go on
a Sunday—if it be charity to give a ticket to a poor friend, it is far
Object Description
| Title | World's Columbian Exposition 002 |
| Subject LOC |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900 |
| Subject IDA |
Religion Papers |
| Description | This is a collection of documents from the World's Columbian Exposition and the World Parliament of Religions, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. |
| Date Original | 1893 |
| Searchable Date | 1890s (1890-1899) |
| Identifier | WCE 002 |
| Coverage Geographic | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Coverage Temporal | 1890s (1890-1900) |
| Type | Text |
| Collection Publisher | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Rights | These documents can be read, downloaded, and the transcripts printed for educationalpurposes. |
| Language | en |
| Contributing Institution | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Collection Name | Jenkin Lloyd Jones World’s Columbian Exposition Collection |
Description
| Title | 0632 |
| Subject LOC |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900 |
| Subject IDA |
Religion Papers |
| Description | This is a collection of documents from the World's Columbian Exposition and the World Parliament of Religions, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. |
| Date Original | 1893 |
| Searchable Date | 1890s (1890-1899) |
| Coverage Geographic | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Coverage Temporal | 1890s (1890-1900) |
| Type | Text |
| Collection Publisher | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Rights | These documents can be read, downloaded, and the transcripts printed for educationalpurposes. |
| Language | en |
| Contributing Institution | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Collection Name | Jenkin Lloyd Jones World’s Columbian Exposition Collection |
| Transcript | #002 The Worlds Columbian Exposition Scrapbook, 632 22 lions of the world's toilers. Whither are they marching? What are they seeking? To give to all those millions in common, all the advan- tages of the highest civilization which wealth has now secured to a few individuals in their severally. Encouraged by every success, ral- lying after every defeat, thousands of miles from the journey's end, foot-sore, bespattered with mud, every face covered with dust and dirt, that great army has reached a field. Barring its entrance are a few palings. Across the field is to be seen, in the distance, great buildings loaded with supplies. A voice is heard: "You can not cross that field, for it contains the resting-place of my parent, that I hold in the greatest reverence. I am willing that a few of the strongest should go by another and a longer road, and buy in that city what you need." The answering cry of that multitude is, "Tear down that fence and burn up every splinter." Would it not be wiser for that owner to ask a hearing from the leaders, and say to them: " In that field is a never- failing spring of water, from which the whole army can drink; in that field I have cultivated a plant that possesses power to help the tired. In that little house in that field lives a great physician, whose services are at the command of the poor. March across my field; do as little damage as may be to its contents, for such damage will injure your- selves. Go by the way that most of you must follow, if needs are, in the fewest hours, to be supplied." Would not this be a wiser way? The question is not whether Boston of 1892 can become the Boston of Bellamy's "Looking Backward " of 2000; but it is whether such a change can be wrought within a few months. Can the whole commer- cial life of the United States, which now gives work for six days and only finds opportunity for social improvement on the first day of the week—can this state of affairs be uprooted and another system be planted? Can all this be done within a year? Can the capitalist be convinced that he does not need all the fruits of production? Can the wage-worker be convinced that he can forego his wage? Of all the wild theories which have been given to the world during the past cen- tury this is the very wildest. This one alone takes no account of time. Two millions of visits will be paid by wage-workers on $12 a week, if such visits can be paid on Sunday. What fact in the industrial history of the United States would lead one to suppose that $4,000,000 will be given them for not working? The employes, which are said to have been sent by their employers to a Dublin World's Fair, should create a desire on the part of corporations to second such a laudable action. That such action on the part of Irish capitalists was very widespread seems questionable, when Norton informs us, that, while both in 1853 and again in 1865, the buildings in which such exhibits were held were erected at the sole expense of Sir B. L. Guinness, the receipts were not sufficient to meet current expenses. Granted that there be a day, could one day present as many oppor- tunities as twenty-six days? To millions, rest day only comes once a week, and once a week they are their own masters. Other vacations cost in money, through loss of wages, more than the price of admission for self and family. When we think of not merely wage-workers, but also of the farmers and farm laborers, the clerks and retail merchants, of the servants, of the expressmen, of even hard-driven professional men, of the army of cash boys and cash girls, etc., etc., who can only go on a Sunday—if it be charity to give a ticket to a poor friend, it is far |
