Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-17
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ropics Discussed ~ tia, Assembly
Yesterday.
wAsntNGrON, Oct. lG.-Aftor few
remarks the question was put on the
adoption Of thr resolution, and u was
agreed 10 unanimously.
Among the resolutions adopted was
one demanding the complete suppress
sion u the opium trade IN all parts Of
the world.
THE topic Of the morning session,
"Soclal problems,n wAs then taken up.
Hon. Alden Spears, president Of tue
Boston Chamber II Commerce., read
an essay on "rhe Church In her livls.
tlon h. Labor and Capital"
Mr.. Spccrs, In the course Of his re-.
mafks, aaid that the church, by the
spifltual changes which u has wrought
In the lives " millions u her member
ship, ha. elevated them from habits
and conditions TINT lead only to poverty
and crime. In return Tor such PRICE
lees benefits, labor and capital should
give their iirst anu best eil0rts 10 the
church, Tor its extension aud prospcri-
~. The elective franchise should not
be given aug foreigner I'LL hn can read
and write tie language Of the country
of his adoption aud Is long enough
resident 10 become thoroughly con.
vefgAnt with the laws aud customs Of
the land, be that time leu or twenty
Onu Year..
speers thought that thequustion Of
hours thht should Constitute a days
labor was more viiNlto the wase.,atnrr
than TO capital. For the last ten years
the average return 10 cApital had not
becu per cont. n further pressed,
the goose that now Lays the golden
egg" " constant aud well romuncrnted
employment II killed. Manufactures
must BE- closed, aud the ltlorcr lvft
without employment, n the enhanced
coet " production II not added 10 the
goods produced aud which must be
paid hy the consumer, Of whom tho
whge.eafncrs and ;helf families are the
great majority.
Rev. j. berry ~ New Zealand dwclt
on the strikes question. lie said tue
position N M.thoIl-m In tho rwcnti-
eth century viii depend largely upon
the attitude toward the labor movement
IN the la.t decade Of the Ninetoenth.
There can be no peace between the
employer aud the employed until tho
principle ~ proil,-shgrlng IA rcoogniz ~
nv au equitable settlement of the Wa.p
question hnd adopted wherever pfAc.
ticablr. Let u matte haste 10 wipu
out the repf1ach that the Christian
pulpit hsrily touches upou tho duty Of
the rich 10 the poor except 10y nu Oo.
ca-louAl sermon upon the duty Of being
charitable. Untii Justice Is done there
IL no place f1r charity.
J. II. Inch Of the Methodist Church
Ia Canada spoke on "rho Moral A..
poets " Combinations Of Capital" Ho
dealt severe blows u trusts.
CongH1mAn J. u. Taylor Of ohio
said hn had been "A workman himselE
lie had, concluded that there was no
adequate remedy on the face Of the
earth for the complaints VI labor ex-
crpt the Christian religion anu lhu abo-
lltion u the liquor tnillc.
Numerous Olchr addresses were made
on tho subject, AMI In the afternoon
"rhe Obligation NJ the Church Ia he.
lntiou 10 tho Social Condition Of tho
People" was Discus cd,
~ the evening session the subject
Of "Nli~ious, Foreign And Dpmrstic,n
was extensively discussed. Rev.
william Morley OF New zealand and
Rev. Mr.. Townsend Of England sug.
gested that n great ggtuul1n Of the
mission Hold " demanded, especially In
Africa and China. Rev. R. <. Leonard
uf New York dwolt On the missions In
Christian lands. The vast Influx Of
immigrants into the United States and
Canada make those countries In par.
ticular missionary ground. There "
little hope OF relief from the stringent
Immigration laws. No political party
Il likely TO adopt such n policy ~ would
lead 10 certain deient, Tho time has
come for the Evangelical churches TO
take up the Inns Of march for the
foTrignized city centres.
On both sides OF the Atlantic there
are common foes 10 DO vauqulshcl.
The advocates Of all fakrisins-ma.
tefialisni, agnosticlsm, spirituallsm aud
atheism - are disseminating their
poisonous teachings Ia every possible
manner. DIR. Leonard was severe on
the Catholic Church. This hierarchy,
said he, would stop all men from think.
lug Independently, close al places of
Protestant worship, destroy free gov.
eminent, place u prlestly Censorship
over the press and a priestly -upcryi-
sisn over tho public schools. To sue.
ceasfully combat all these ep5mies
Methodist federation II n.cessltatod.