The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
MINISTERS SCORE
TYRANNY OF LABOR
WARM DENuNclATloN BY THE
CINCINNATI PASTORS.
EMPLOYER HAS RIGHTS
Forcing Payment Of unearned Wages
and Sunday Night carousins
Arouse Wrath of
| s, Methodlsts.

Cincinnati, Dec. 24.--"The greatest
tyranny on earth is the tyranny OF an
unsanctified labor union" declared
Rev. Or. H. G. Jennings. head of the
Western Book Concern of the Method
list Episcopal church and prominently
mentioned as candidate for election
to the Episcopate, in the course of a
discussion OF the Church and Labor
before the regular weekly meeting OF
the Cincinnati Methodist ministers
Monday,
Rev. DR.. w. D. Cole, of st. Pauls
church, in the opening address, had
been equally emphatic in his views.
TWO Sides TO the Question.
The church is with the working
man In every sane and proper move
ment, but it must recognize that there
are two sides to every question and
must give the employer as well as the
workingman his rights" declared DR.
Cole. 1t Is just as wrong for the
workingman to demand eight hours
pay for six hours work as it is for the
employer to pay only six hours wage
for eight hours work.
In some places there is a belief
on the part of the workingman that
the church is prejudiced against him
This is not so. This idea has origin
ated largely from the hoarse mouth
ings of anarchistic agitators and from
those who spend $1,000 a year in sa
looms and not a cent in church. Hard
ly anything more than such a miscon
ception can be expected from those
who hold their meetings on Sundays
In saloons or back of saloons. But
the workingman who thinks honestly
and fairly cannot help but realize that
the church stands ready to extend him
welcoming hand and to aid him and
help him In every properly directed
movement. 1t is evidently just as
wrong to force the. payment of more
wages than work was done as 1t Is tc
steal just that much money"
Wage Question Near Limit.
Other ministers followed with sim
liar expressions, and DR.. Cole made 0
suggestion that 1t might be good
plan for the ministers to seek repre-
sentation on the floor of labor bodies
where they could speak and advise
with the laboring man. DR.. Jennings
declared this plan had proved fail
ure when tried elsewhere.
THE wage question has been crowd
ed to the limit" he declared. IF this
thing keeps on much farther the break
ing point will certainly be reached
The workingman had no right to hold
the boycott over his employers head
as a stuffed club. He has no right tc
come to you as if to treat and then tc
smash a piece of machinery before he
leaves your shop.
Workingman and Sunday.
"why, brethren, could tell you
things that have happened right here
in this book corncern within the past
is months that would open your eyes
The Saturday nights work is not hall
so hard on the workingman as is his
Sunday nights carousing. l tell yot
right now that things are being crowd
ed too hard in this country. There has
got to be limit.
IF the workingman does not go tS
church. it's because the workingmar
does not want TO go to church. ]
don't see that he goes to church any
more when he gets his Saturday hal
holiday for recreation than he does
when he has to work all day Saturday
It's the whisky bill that the working
man pays that is his ruination."