Evening journal., 1907-09-30
PREACHER ON
SOCIAL UNREST
Next Step is Political Activity
Of The Working Glasses,
Says DR.. MOWbray
THINKS CAPITAL WINS NOW

At the weekly meeting of the NJ. f..
Preachers Association in Union M. e
Church this morning Presiding Elder
A. S. Mowbray. Of the M. e. Church.
read an able paper on Socialism" He
said:
our age is commercial and its prob
lens are those that cluster about the
activities Of trade and business. The
dominant note of to-day is a social one,
and if you win accept a judgment Off
hand, it is the firm conviction of your
lessayist that the Legislature, school or
church that fails to make a faithful at
tempt to provide a solution for these
greatest problems of the hour Isl
weighed in the balance and found want
ing" After tracing the development Of
mankind from the first social compact,
the family, Rev Mr.. Mowbray took up
the "social unrest',of the times. That
this is greater and more widespread
than formerly was not due, he declared,
to worse conditions, but rather to
greater facilities for spreading knowl-
edge Of such discomfort. Taking up the
relations OF capital and labor. he said:
1T used to be that the employer met
men at work on the same problem Of
production. They had mutual inter-
ests and sought each others welfare.
If there were grievances on either side,
\ they were considered with some show
Of concession. But all this has gone.
The employer has hid behind the corpo-
ration and the workingman is repre-
scented by the union and the walking
delegate. The gauntlet is thrown down.
! The language OF the literature Of the
social unrest is full of such words as
army fight conflict truce etc The
/ alignment grows daily more distinct.
/ Witness as one Of the signs o fthis a
recent move on the part OF labor TO de-
mand that no union man serve in the
militia or state guards, They propose
/ 10 deprive capital Of this arm of defence
when the active struggle is on. The
rapldity of organization the Increase Of
class spirit and bitterness, the multiple
cation OF literature the ever-recurring
Industrial battles; all mark the prog
ress and intensity o fthis social division
and class struggle.
"But in spite Of this. organized labor
+ is being defeated. not by the struggle
or capll0l, nut Dy the WedhueHS oi idu1i'
There Is an army Of unemployed. When
the strike arrives, capital appeals to the
strike breaker. called a 'scab.' and by
his help work goes on and capital wins.
The hatred Of a workman for a scab is
the hatred Of a class for a traitor ia
that class.
fright or wrong the 'scab' has weak
ened the struggle Of labor and given cap
i ital the advantage. The law depprive'
labor Of what It claims its rightful mode
Of defense. Union,sm has been tried in
I the balance and as a method Of efficient
warfare against capital has been founJ
wanting The labor world Is rapidly realiz-
ing this and is already preparing for th'
next step That step is labor organized
politically to fight capital in legislature,
state and National. This step is socialism.
] Labor has the votes and votes can express
themselves I'm law and the law that hai
so often broken TIE head Of labor and S mi
the workingman TO seu for pity at th'
hands Of victorious capital, may be soor
shaped so as TO favor the worlSlngman,
compelling capital to beg for quarter"