Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-27
Large Audience Of Men and Women
Listen TO Ono of til. ssst lectures
Of the Season at Railroad Y. M. G.
A.-Lays Bare Causes Of Social Dis.
content.

G. A. Tuesday night He discussed
under the general head Of Industry
and Religion certain phases of sociol-
ogy.
DR.. Taylor,s lecture was one oil the
best expositions of some features OF
social settlement work and sociology
obtained thru the thirteen years DR..
Taylor has spent among the foreigners
who crowd that part Of the city where
Chicago Commons Is located.
He assailed the conditions that are
a menace to life, limb and health,
brought about by tht. constantly In
creasing demands and greed of indus
try. but while criticizing he praised
those heads Of Industries who have
sought to better conditions and make
labor unions for wrongs done, and APP
labor unions for wrongs done, APP
plauded them for reforms in child la
Dor, for which they were responsible
He assailed financial sandbagging in
high places. He upheld the character
OF Jesus and his teachings, in COM
parison with the work Of many
churches and ministers.
In all OF these things, Industrial con-
dillon, labor unions. civic life and
churches, he found much to crlticise
and much to commend. DIR. Taylor.
said the twa most potent factars in
our civilization were industry and re-
ligion. He described the gradual
movement which is swelling the cities
with people from the country. until 40
per cent Of the country's inhabitants
live In cities, and in some states, like,
Rhode Island, it has risen as high as.
81 per cent. Because, Of this fact, he
pointed out, gradual change Ut In
dustrial and social conditions has be-
come more and more imperative. He
emphasized the fact that we are living
in an industrial age. and "tfle introduce
ton of machinery" he said, yves the
dividing line between ancient and
modern history" It has been the rev.
dictionary force which transformed the
manufacturer, .'the man who makes
with his hands, !" to the man whose men
that are under him are his hands.
This transformation, he said, has
wrought changes in mems views of re-
ligion. He asked the question, What
Has Religion TO Do With Industry?" In
answering it he said both set q value
on human life. Religion gave Jesus as
q sacrifice to save men. Industry puts
little or no value on life. Boti stand
for a higher standard of living. In
discussing this, phase of his answer he
took up organized labor. s'She;l ought
to be in the penitentiary," he said,
with others of his kind, who melted
the rioting and smuggling OF the Chicago
teamsters' strike" His third answer
was that both taught self-sacritice.,
He told something. Of the work the
Chicago Commons was doing from a
beginning thirteen years ago oil moth
ing. Chicago Commons now has a
great building in which is taught polit-
ical economy and other civic subjects,
sanitation, and where there ara clubs
for men, women and boys and I'M which
the hundreds who belong are part own
ers and pay to its maintenance.
He paid a high tribute to the school
teachers of the country for their mag
nif1cent efforts toward the upouilding
Of the nation.
While DIR. Taylor is not an especially
eloquent speaker, he is a most decided
~ Se1lAlcSLs lelhc1, dIlu llLS a1SCtiAIS was
given the closest attention. After he
had closed he was piled with many
questions pertinent to the subject of
the evening.
DR.. Taylor was in Grinnell during
Tuesday. hearing some of DR.. .steiner's
classes. He went to Belle Plsine this
where he lectures tonight.
During his stay here he was the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Lay.