COMPROMISE.
wNo Boclalisfc denies all, private ownership; no capitalist denies all, public ownership. Every possible solution is a compromise. Every possible change from the present order to a better one is » through a series of compromises. The Church, for example, is an owner of property. Without such ownership, in the present order of society, it cannot function as a social institution. Church property is, however, in a privileged position, being exempt from tax. Here at once is a compromise. Shall the Church claim social obligation? ' As regards taxes, it has compromised duties for the sake of rights, which is the contrary of its teachings. A church may own sufficient property to be a landlord, like Trinity Church, in New York City; or it may have an endowment. In either case, it has, as we say, ' a stake ' in the capitalistio order of society, and, if it is to be successful, must be guided by the very profit motive, which Christian ethics challenres." — English journal.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 87, 29 April 1937, Page 4
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