An Outline of the Social Philosophy Known as duty under lawful and just auth more than a century, insecurity (hrttttiaH Kreon »traction, ud Swill ority, the common good never be and Insufficiency. (Juration. Rev. Virgil Michel, O.S.B. The Social Problem. tte«k T»a. EHa- DISTRIBUTISM ing lost from sight. It is the contention of Distribu- tributiam. St. John's Abbey, College- tiats that widespread ownership ville, Minn. Now, it is ait axiom of democ- The Tragedies of Progress. Gins racy that widely distributed own- of productive property has nearly Lombroso. . ership of productive property it> been lost; that such a type of own- The Kad of Uemoeracy. Ralph Adams by rev. jokn j. Mcdonough ership ia no longer a general fea- Cram. an essential condition of freedom. Towards the Great Peace. Ralph (A summary of the raPolitics. can give a man and his family a weakening of personal responsi- A. J. Penty. philosophy, it is an attitude of scale. Therefore, the large mod- bility, has become a marked fea- Catholic Rural Life Objectives. mind, and a way of life. This ern cities are looked upon by Dis- livelihood, which means security (Third Series). What is a Free Maa? and independene. ture of society, today, and so now Ralph Adamj Cram. short explanation of its chief ten- tributists as having grown far be- determines its character. "Free America". (Monthly.) New ets of Distributism is presented y°nd the human scale and so are York. The iMstrlbuttat, or l*roprietary, A nation so conditioned is un- "Weekly Review". London. . with the hope that it will induce a detriment rather than an aid States is defined as a society In stable and is in a state of crisis, "Catholic Rural Life Bulletin". St Paul, Minn. listeners to read the books that to man. which the determining number of like a pyramid standing on its present the complete picture, like citizens arc owners of productive apex. Security for the individual, Hilaire Belloc's The Restoration The Basic Evil property. One hundred years ago and stability for the State come In opposition to the Socialists' of Prooertv " and '«n,« J V wwoiwia thme Unitet nm dprivate property there In which the majortty of citizen» ity of citizens. This is returning Undoubtedly, the most import- can *b e no economic freedom, init- are dependent on a precarious the economic pyramid to its broad Washington, June 23 (ID—Over ant social documents of our times iative, or in thè long run, even a wage at the will of a few other«. base. are the Encyclicals "Rerum No- 2,000 Sunday Masses were cele- ' sense of personal responsibility. (To Be Continued) • varum", of Fope Leo XIII, and Here we perceive that the name I brated in camps of the Civilian The evils which the Socialists Distributism derives from the con- "Quadragesimo Anno" of the late Conservation Corps in the last trace to private ownership of t^ntion that the means of produc- year, according to figures disclos- Pope Pius XI, on reconstructing Bibliography and Reference List property do not flow from the in-|tion and human livelihood—land ed by Robert Fechner, director of the soci%J order. These social let- The Restoration of Property. Hiliare stitution of property as such, but' (which includes buildings and Belloc. the OCC. ters contain the basis for the Pro-ifrom the maldistribution of prop-¡other immovable objects on the The Crisis of Civilisation. Hilaire pnetary or Distributist State.j erty which has come about, since land) tools, capital of all kinds delloc. > The total attendance at the The Pervlle State. Hilaire Belloc. 1 2,017 Masses was 130,478. Cath- Thus, we have Leo Xin, in dis- the 16th century (with the break-j (which includes raw materials)— The Dlstrlbntlst Program. The Dis- olic priests conducted 27,087 ser- cussing the condition of labor in up of Christian unity) as a con-j^ould be widely distributed in tributist League, London. 1891, saying that the great labor INstrlbntlam: A Maalfeato. A. J. vices in the camps in the course sequence of the revived secular ' ownership among the individuals Penty. of the year. These services were question could not be solved ex laws favoring large ownership at that make up the personnel of the Communism aad the Alternative. A. T Penty. attended by 896,300 enrollees. The «ept by assuming as a principle( the expense of small, and the ab I nation. And this for the reason l and of the Free. Herbert Agar. total atendance at religious ser- that private ownership must be sence of laws to prevent the mis-|that ownership brings with it Oar Knemy the Ktate. A. J. Nork. Outline of Sanity. Gilbert K. Ches- vices in the camps was more than held sacred and inviolable. The use of money and machinery.'economic freedom and tends to terton. 7,500,000 at more than 120,000 law, therefore, should favor own- Hence capital of all kinds became eliminate the twin evils that have Amerteaa Heresy. Christopher Hollis. separate services. ership, and its policy should be to concentrated in the hands of a few' characterized industrialism for Who Owns America? Agar and Tate. induce as many people as possible and the many became a non-pos- to become owners ot productive sessing wage earning class, property for their security and in- Laws reversing this process are, dependence therefore, the evident need, to dis- In like manner, the Encyclical courage the concentration of own- on the reconstruction of the social ership in the few, and to encour- order says, "the distribution of age it in the many. Otherwise it created goods must be brought will not be possible to effect a re- into conformity with the demands distribution of property and so re- of the common good and social store economic freedom. More- justice, for every sincere observer ( over, if, and when, property is re- is conscious that the vast differ- distributed, the small owner thus ences between the few who hold created must be secured in his fc DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK excessive wealth and the many1 possession ai,d the public protect who live in destitution constitute ied against the possible abuses of 338 344 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. a grave evil in modern society." private property. It was Belloc who coined the Hence it is apparent that there The in Pittsburgh name "Distributism" to identify are a few fundamentals found at a school of thought that had been the center of the social problem, Only Mutual Organised in forming since the rise of indus- and if these were regulated and Saving! Bank 1866 trialism. As the abuses of our' controlled we would find that the present social system grew dur- hundred and one things at the dr- ing the 19th century students be- cuniference would scarcely be in One Hundred and SiJtty-Iighth Semi-Annual Statement gan to diagnose the disease and need of more than minor attention to propose the remedies. or regulation. For that reason, JUNE 1, 1938 One school of thought crystal- too, the Distributist program will ASSETS lized into what we know as So- be found for the most part to be cialism, which accepted the indus- general in scope rather than spe- Cash on Hand and in Banks $ 4,262,948.57 trial economic system at its face cific. Naturally, legislative meas- United States Government Securities 17,051,444.46 value and thought to use it as a ures and broad social actions for Municipal Bonds 12,468,306.43 basis upon which to build a per- the future would take their char- Railroad Bonds 10,288,163.52 fect society. The Socialists point- acter from the thought, the phil- Public Utility Bonds 4,046,762.60 ed to private property as the osophy, that informs them. Industrial and Other Bonds 681,862.60 cause of society's difficulty and Distributism has become a po- proposed tb socialize it- Many litical and social force wherever First Mortgage Loans on Real Estate. 11,267.882.74 years were to pass before it be- monopolistic Capitalism has come Loans to Depositors secured by their Deposits 163,126.76 came apparent that when proper- to dominate. The American Dis- Collateral Loans 12,500.00 ty is so rationalized the individ- tributists have a monthly organ of Banking House 100,000.00 ual finds himself at the mercy of thought known as "Free Amer- Other Real Estate 865,181.46 the state, to a tyranny against ica". of which Herbert Agar is Other Assets 107,581.50 which resistance is impossible. editor. Pitteburghers will remem- Total Assets $61,265,848.43 Socialism Ineffective ber that he lectured before the Community Forum last year. "The LIABILITIES The school of thought that was Weekly Review", edited by Hilaire later on to be known as Distribu- Belloc, is the chief Distributist Savings Deposits $56,312,783.78 tism was insisting that the evils paper of England. Distributists Christmas Club Deposits 675,868.50 in the present system were far collaborate with leaders of other Other Liabilities 7,834.18 more deeply rooted than the So- social movements of our day, with cialists suspected. First of all Reserves 750,828.17 those of the agrarian, homestead, 8urplus 4,618,203.78 these scholars warned that the in- rural life, and various other forms dustrial system was too unstablei of land movements, with Credit, Total Liabilities $61,265,848.43 in essence to accept it as a basis Consumer, and Producer Co-oper- upon which to erect a sound so- atives and with the Guild Move- OFFICERS cial order. It was a mistake, they ment. Books explaining the Dis- CHARLES F. CHUBB. President pointed out, to nurture a tree at tributist point of view, or written WM. E. von BONNHOR8T. Senior Vise President the head that was dying at the from that standpoint, are numer- ELMER S. 8TANIER. Treasurer ALFRED C. POLLOCK, Secretary roots. ous. HENRY H. LATSHAW. Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer Distributists proposed, therefore, GEORGE B. OATES, Assistant to the President Property emphasized to go back to fundamentals. After stressing the importance TRUSTEES Theirs was a policy of reconstruc- of the human personality, man, Horace F. Baker William Frew H. Lee Mason, Jr. James C. Rea tion, and not a turning back of endowed with intellect and free A. Marshall Bell Robert R. Gordon Harry L. Mitchell George P. Rhodes the clock as some suggested. Agri- will, with a capacity for respon- » Hill Burgwin Franklin C. Irish Wm. L. Monro Elmer S. Stanier culture, rather than industrialism, Charles F. Chubb Henry H. Latshaw Francis B. Nimick Wm. E. von Bonnhorst sibility and a final end which was insisted upon as the founda- George L. Collord Clarence E. Lott Howard A. Noble Frank R. Walton reaches beyond the material uni-•I tion of a stable society. Distribu- G. Greer Coolidge C. McK. Lynch George B. Oates William P. Witherow 111 verse, Distributists probably place tists showed that large scale in- James W. Cree, Jr. Robert H. McClintic Augustus K. Oliver C. Holnys Wolfe - the most emphasis on property. Charles H. Curry Charles L. McCune Henry A. Phillips Curtis M. Yohe dustry may be as great a tyranny Man having a free will must be John C. Dilworth David W. McNaugher Alfred C. Pollock UTJder public as under private given the opportunity to exercise ownership. Large scale industry, We Cordially Invite New Savings Accounts Snail Accounts Are Particularly Welcome few that faculty, as necessary to his therefore, concentrated In hands, (tycoons and commissars),! spiritual life as air is to his mater should be replaced by the small, ial life. Liberty, as we know, is, owner, just as the small owner not license to do anything and should be placed upon the land. It everything one pleaees, but uie was part of the general scheme! opportunity and right to do one s