The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-30
REVEREND JOHN W. DAY ON
FAMILY VERSUS UNION.

II cannot hope to do more in this brief
paper than to suggest the Importance of
the part played by the home In the making
of the labor problem and the influence It
may have in the working out of the
problem. 1 take UP the subject at the
point indicated by the chairman in quoting
the reply made by John Mitchell to the
inquiry whether the lives of the wives
ana cnlidren OF the men he had con-
demned as traitors to the laborers' cause
because they worked independently of the
union, ought to be made unind1rable
think those wives and children had
better ask their fathers ~
ASSUMPTION OF q superior loyalty than that
to the family. The union claimant asserts
therein the that the real interest of the family
,,e;or mes In abs absolute ssbordination to the
ity for any harm that may come to the
outside family through Its action. The
welfare Of the family can only be ecnsid-
organization. Let the fathers answer
that question means that the family can
not command their central loyalty. that
family as such. but only to the family as
part of itself. The union thus becomes
the modern feudal lord whose protection
may disregard only at its peril .
1T Is obvious that where this princinla
Is accepted the Influence Of. the family iiI
the unionist conflicts will be to sharpen
feeling and heighten purpose. a motive
stronger than legality to class. strong
er than trade fidelity, stronger than ma
triotism, is thus vitality connected with
must be an unreasoning attitude. and
must have the unequal force of sentiment
The association @ of Ideas is Immediate and
,,sP InSsPehLaple; ia and the strength of the union
existing among its members The po-
tency ot the feeling thus intensified is
insaiculable & It must always be borne in
union. .'St -
-, STRONG BOND OF UNION.
as this IS one of the strongest bonds
able nVa MeapSn oy defl sg i Is I a mSss SERVICE
social expression of the boycott ia fiie
evidence Of this. So entirely are the cur.
rehs union ID ,iamiig feeling Identified with
Is divided against itself the stream 'a,ften f,sn
follows the union branch rather than tbe
Iamiiy ran direction; a mother whose son
out conjunction that II served him right
10 70 pc Killed for working outside the ,,rIion
In, rne e;, ee;2mpulsion OF family interest forces
would nof ava Bsrsens Interest alone
ried application - d F'effeffS afrA
Soss the + suffering borne chiefly by
eounteract this tendency Those whss ilaye
Deen nurtured in the atmospi1ere IF II, q
unionizsd family are1 likely to en1ure rrrs
hardship IN the spirit of inartyrdonn. and
afe u nn; 6lows Of pain but weld a iirner bond @
Pisa 3s sacfiilcial devotion. Whatever protest
.nese .r;ss ma: may be is absorbed By loyalty
Only the last pinch of necessitv can
compel 30 Welding for the sake Of the fam. I'M.
the Intense feeling Which srI,ss of Frn,., SqlLy
amaigamtaion OF the sentiment of home
prcarfetion a s -, WITH union preservation.
In the conflicts OF labor unions v,itss mn.
p.ioyers t.I IS chiefly to be found in Gomez
Ion with nontrion labor When wives An,
chilaren en-. ASH fathers who have decided
exercise Of Industrial liberty wiethefT II their esi