The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-11-25
A Few Words With
Rev. Mr. Marshall

The Wageworker desires to pay its
respects to the Rev. John Marshall OF
Lincoln. The respects may not please
the reverend gentleman, but that in
no wise deters this newspaper.
At meeting of the Ministerial
Union a few days ago Rev. John Mar
shall. acting upon the presumption,
possibly, that the less man knows
atoIt subject the more prone he is
10 discuss it, paid some attention to
labor unions. Now the Rev. Mr.. Mar
shall is perfectly within his rights
when he criticizes the labor unions,
criticism. But after reading what the
reverend gentleman says we unhesi-
tatingly declare that we would rather
spend ten thousand years in a hell
peopled By average union labor men,
than to spend thirty minutes in heav-
en- peopled by preachers of the mar
row stripe OF the Rev. John Marshall.
Ii that is not plain enough We will
take pleasure in making it palmer to
him il he will call at our office.
Labor unions" declares Rev. John
Marshall, should be kept from the
church and not allowed to have d
chance to influence the work for Jesus
Christ
This is sufficient yardstick by
which to measure the mental calibre
of the gospel expounder who made it.
Bless his narrow and creed-bound lit
tie heart, does he forget that Jesus
of Nazareth was a mechanic? Does
he object to labor unions because they
have been guilty of many crimes
against God? II he does, what has
he to say about the crimes that the
church has committed in the name of
God?
The Wageworker has said before
and repeats 1t now, that it the church
OF Jesus Christ had done it's full duty
in the years gone by, there would not
now he single labor union in exist
ence. And here and now The Wage
worker takes occasion to say, that were
it not for the labor unions of today
the church would be far worse off than
it is now.
Rev. John Marshall appears to be
one OF those ministers who talk aboul
the salvation of souls AMI think about
the collection of dollars.
The practices Of labor unions are
not above board" declared the Rev.
John Marshall, ''and should not be
permitted to members by the
churches" Now what does the Rev.
John Marshall know about labor
unions, anyhow, save what he has
learned from a reading of the subsi-
died daily press that re-echoes the
sentiments of those who oppose un
ionism because 1t prevents the full
operation of their greed, or the money
loving church papers who cater to the
purse-proud millionaires who liquidate
church debts and lift mortgages on
parsonages? viii this reverend gen
tIeman take the reverse OF the propo-
sition and say that the practices OF
SDAne CAuTtl IllGHlLsTS IRE HOl dDONt
beard and should not be permitted in
the labor unions? The Wageworker
certainly will. Church members are
guilty Of acts which Give them high
place in The church, but which would
cause their instant dismissal from Il
labor union If they happened to be
members. Baptist John Rockefeller,
Episcopal Perpont Morgan and Pres
yterian Andrew Carnegie have been
guilty OF acts that no labor union
would sanction, and vet these men
stand high in their respective churches.
There isn't a church in the land thar
would refuse a donation from Car
negie, although every dollar he pos
sesses in this world is stained with the
blood Of innocent women and children,
dampened by the tears OF widows and
orphans and soiled by the sweat of
unreqGited labor. Rev. John Marshall
would fail over his own feet in his
haste to accept contribution from
Rockefeller and yet Rocliefeller's del
lars are dirty dollars, smelling of brib
cry, corruption and thicNery.
The labor unions" further declares
the Rev. John Marshall, ARE one OF
the curses of society"
Is that true? Ask the 200 disabled
and INDECENT union printers comfort
ably housed and well cared for in the
Printers HGme at Colorado Springs.
Ask the 10000 men, women and chill
dren at Fall River who are eating be-
cause their fellow unionists are going
down into their local treasures and
helping them in their battle for bread
and justice. Ask the widow and the
orphan who have roof to cover them
because the comrades of the union
husband and father have exercised the