The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
MINISTER'S HEAR
ECONOMIST TALK
Professor Graham Taylor
Explains Labor Troubles
That Affiict Chicago
WRECKING A BUSINESS
Speaker Tells of One Man
Who Made a Fortune In
citing and Ending Strikes

Strikes, wrec1ers and settlement work
were some Of the things spoken about
by Professor Graham Taylor yesterday
at union. meeting of the ministry of
the city held in the auditorium of the
Young Mems Christian Association. The
. Rev. William RAIDER presided. President
King or ObeTlin College spoke and dis
cussed Some Practical differences of
Modern Theology" Professor TayIor's
subject was The Sense of Detachment
Between the Church and the Laboring
Glasses, which gave him the oppor-
tHnity Of telling Of the work of two
philanthropists and of labor conditions
in Chicago.
l In giving an illustration Of the settle
ment work Of the Chicago Commons,
with which he is identified as the found
eT5 Professor Taylor said a great re-
sponsibility attached. ito the American
pulpit in relation to the industrial prob
lem.
Speaking Of organized laborers he held
, that they know more Of actual conditions
than they were given credit for, and
paid a high compliment to labor leaders
of San Francisco, some. Of whom he con-
-sidered Btted TO hold high positions
While sexonerating7 employers generally
! from knowingly being parties to corrupt
dealings in connection with the calling
and stopping of strikes in Chicago he
neyerthless, exposed the agents both Of
employer and employe who had exerted
every nefarious infiunce in such matters.
FINDS CORRUPTION.
Professor Taylor said he had been ap-
pointed with others by the. Mayor of
Chicago TO inquire into the present strug-
gle and had found. man employed for
FIVE years who had handled 10000 TO call
on and caA off strikes in conjunction
with labor leaders. They would never
have peace IN Chicago. he declared; until
they broke up the gangs of thugs on
both sides" There existed a conspiracy
OF wreckers on both sides getting what
they. could out Of the wreck
He called on men to put into practice
the golden rule and also TO love their
condition existing, he said. we should
soon not know Chicago.
E Here he denounced the gambling in
''breadstuff" In the pit. AS for politics,
Professor Taylor held amid cheers that
1t came next 10 reHgion-the most sacred
thing in the world.
In following the golden rule he admit
ted that it would cost much-but Christi
anity spelt cost He spoke Of the bear
ing of the cross, holding that ii was not
the cross that loomeds from the church
spires nor the cross that -dangled from
the woman's neck that was all.
! Discussing settlement work he told of
the little Oxford University" which had
settled in the East End of London
whose influence there made Fife worth
the living for 1t relieved the DUH monot-
ony of the industrial system.
He explained the efforts Of Cadbury m
Birmingham, whose factory is made a
place of spiritual as well as material
comfort, Cadbury himself conducting the
morning prayers, being in complete touch
with ali in his employ. g
IN TOUCH WITH MASSES.
The work Of the wealthy shipowner,
Charles Booth, who has labored for
years to trace and remedy as far as is
in his power the conditions Of the masses,
was explained.
|. This man. said Taylor, had been shock
ed when reading "Outcast London" and
set himself the task of investigation and
piling I'D statistics. He found in many
instances that poverty was the cause Of
drink as we'll as drink being the cause
s of poverty, and after analyzing all con-
ditions he published the results.
Though one of the busiest men In Lon
don, Booth wrote and published Dumer-
Gus volumes, and in this direction had ex
pended upward Of $3.50 900. Taylor was
surprised to find that 8his works had not
been read by any one with whom he had
spoken in the United States. Booths
summaries were. he considered, the
greatest Of ."feye openers his work,
Life and Labor of London being a re-
m rLra fo1a achievement