Excerpt from The Catholic Charities Review, Caritas Patiens, 1920, Vol. 4 What, then, is the correct principle which marks off the sphere of the State from the sphere of the individual in'the treatment of social distress? In the most general terms, the function of the State is to promote the common good. The State should protect and assist its citizens in the pursuit of men tal, moral and physical welfare. For the most part, however, the State should not provide these goods directly, through the operation and management of social institutions and processes, but indirectly, by affording and enforcing those standards and conditions of we] fare which will enable the citizens to obtain the goods for themselves. Stated negatively, the true principle is that the civil authority should deal with no social distress which could not be dealt with equally well by private ac tion. This is not only a correct political principle, but it is also one of the two or three great basic truths of democ racy. This is one of the reasons why men who think fundamentally, prefer an indifferent republic to the most eth cient and benevolent despotism. Stated positively, the correct principle is that the civil power should deal with all social distress which in the long run cannot'be as well looked after by other agencies. I say in the long run be cause there are many things which the State might handle with good im mediate results, but which it ought to let alone on account of the ultimate in jury to individual life and development. For instance, it is conceivable that the State might care for all dependent chil dren at a smaller total outlay than is te quired when the work is shared by vol untary associations, but the resulting loss in charitable feeling, personal re sponsibility, and individual initiative would not be offset by the lower cost of financial administration. Let us try now to give these principles a systematic application to the facts of everyday life. Social distress must be dealt with in two ways, by prevention and by relief. Taking up prevention first, we see at once that the State cannot fore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Catholic Charities Review, 1919, Vol. 3 The most radical of the demands is that of the California Federation of Labor: scientific reorganization of the nation's industry, on the basis of com mon ownership of the means of produc tion. This is Socialism. AS such, it is obviously unacceptable to Catholics and to at least nineteen twentieths of the American people. Inasmuch as the Federation did not amplify or emphasize the proposal, we may hope that it was not intended to be taken seriously. Taken as a whole, the declarations that we have been considering are not only radical in themselves, but Significant of a new movement and spirit in the ranks or organized labor. They indicate that many of the trade unionists are no longer content with the traditional policy of merely seeking higher wages, Shorter hours, and other improvements of their condition as wage earners. Like their brethren in Europe, very many members of our American labor organizations are beginning to think seriously of funda mental changes in our industrial strue ture and relations. It is a movement that cannot safely be ignored. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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