Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-10
pirate remarks introduced Mr.. Stel-
zle as the speaker of the evening.
Lahorer,s Relation to Church.

pildIS TSIIdEhS introduced MI, EL0l-
zle as the speaker of the evening.
Laborer's Relation to Church.
Rev. Stelzle said in part: "As one
who, from the nature of his work must
be Impartial and fair, have tried to
get a clear understanding Of the la
Dor problem from both Sides, that of
the employer and the employee and to
present it thus impartially.
"As mankind is every ready to be-.
lieve any one wrong who differs in
opinion, have in turn on one side
been termed an agitator and anarchist
and all that those terms imply, and
lists and other uncomplimentary.
things. tsg
81 am member of trades labor
union and from years Of active ex-.
perience as member of the organiza-
ton, while working at my trade as
machinist, l am thoroughly in touch
with the side of organized labor. And
I have earnestly and conscientiously
tried to understand the side Of the en-
ployer.
But far above is the relation of en-
ployer to employee and employe to
employer in the relation of both to the
church of Jesus Christ. The labor
problem is admitted by all to- be a
moral problem. OF the three. systems
of government, of which the working
man hears so much today, all are pas-
ed on moral principles.
"These three are socialism, commun-
ism and anarchism. The first is found
ed on the spirit Of service, according
to the most widely accepted meaning
of the word socialism. Communism
compels the need of self sacrifice. An
archism ,philosophic anarchism that Is,
demands a strong sense of justice aid
right.
None of these>systems are practic.
al without great change in the NOR
ais of men. If the church of Jesus
Christ has any excuse for It's exist
ence, it is that it is moulding and
mankind to continually higher stand
ard. 1t is the duty Of the church of
Jesus to instil into the minds of men
those very qualities that arc demand
ed for the solving of these problems.
Advocates Brotherhood.
II believe in trades Nnionism and
! believe 1t is here to stay. The only
question is are we to have good
unionism or bad unionism? If you
turn the control of the unions over
to INSCRIPTIONS hands than bad union
ism is sure result. But il you live
up to the VOWS of your membership,
then unionism is sure to be good.
1T is not so much a question of your
,ity re-. ar hn t,SrrI,f 10 Of no or1n
as it is of your duty 20 your fellow
man. Duty is a bigger word than
rights. 1t is that doctrine of brother
hood, which we emphasize so much
that must be lived up to.
"The laboring men do not under
stand the church, and on the other
hand the church does not understand
the laboring man. In order that they
may understand each other better it is
necessary that they come to know
each other better,
("It is for this purpose that have
suggested the exchange of fraternal
delegates between the central labor
organization and the Ministerial asso-
citation. This plan is being tried in
about seventy-five cities and there are
over 200 such fraternal delegates"
Mr.. Stelzle here further described
his plan of exchanging delegates and
spoke of the mutual benefit to be de-
rived from such an exchange. He al
SO told Of the origin Of the movement
and of it's endorsement by the nation
al labor bodies Endorsements Of the
plan sent him by prominent labor lead,
ers We're read.
In the course of his latter remarks,
Mr.. Stelzle said in part:
1--WE trades unionists in our pride
over what trades unionism has ac-
complished are apt to forget some
things. We forget that trades union
ism is at best less than 100 years old.
That 1000 years ago, when one half
the world lived in slavery, there came
into this world one Jesus Christ, who
| first taught the world the value of the
human soul.
Those principles which he taught
for the first time have since that time
J stood for the advancement of the HUI.