The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-13

never meant to be a burden 70 man;
much less the Lords Day which has
succeeded it. 4E
Some persons, to-be classified with
the j. ir-splitting legalists Of Christ
time. insist that Sunday obseryance
TO-DAY is a matter OF detailed rules.
Thus hey are fond of making abStl-
nence from street-car riding a test o.
keeping holy the day. AS u matter
Of fact. the street car is used on sun,
day by probably more tnan ninety per
cent of the Christian dWelierS III cit
les. In some places, as in Toronto.
it has promoted the upon
the downtown churches. 1t enables
MANY persons to do q vastly larger
amount Of Christian work on this day
than formerly was possible. Yet it
is cutie common to hear public speak
rrs leome of whom ride themselves
hold up as sinners the church folk
no engage in this practice-thereby
indicating most of their hearers, VINO
are afraid to speak up in ~seif-defenst
lest they appear to
breaking. Thus multitutdes are
forced to a dishonest and hypocritical
position ~ an utterly unscriptural
condemnation of practice Whlcn
should properly be left to the con
science of the individual. Ii any man
does not ride in the ears on Sunday.
let him be honored in his Scruples.
But as We love the Lords Day, and
seek for its preservation "a . vital
factor in the better life OF time.
let us abandon all petty and u~nreason-
able Viewpoints concerning 1t.
The Lords Day is primarily a wor-
ship day. 1t commentaries Tho res
direction of Jesus. Probably the early
Christians only gradually abandoned
doing business on that day, and trans
Here several hundred men and boys
were eating with chopstickS stea1ning
rice, Vegetables and fish. They We're
enjoying the meal and were appar-
entity satisfied. AS [ looked, h
manager told me that they furnished
board at a little less THAI cost price.
and that the men were given three
for five and One-half cents per
This is not quite two cents per
meal. nevertheless, they work all day
grow fat. The manager told me
they lose about two cents per day
each man in thus feeding them.
and when I asked whether the food
was uniformly good, the reply came
quickly: cot course it is, and we
to keep it so or we should soon
rear from the men,
The company has also a store where
it furnishes it's employees such mer-
cnan0lSS as 1lSE want Ut cOSl piiCt.
This store handles all sorts of Japa-
nese goods, though the men may buy
elsewhere if they will. It has food,
clothing, notions and everything that
appeals to the taste Of such people.
Well Treated Worklnen.
This company is anxious to keep
is men in q good humOr. 1t trains It's
employees for its work and does. all 1t
to make them loyal to the estab-
l--@ - 1- ornot rid IN fhp
TACT that it has some of the best work
men in Japan. and leaves no stones
untnrned to increase its reputation
n this regard. Among the special IN
at the mills is a theater with
!, large stage and a full equipment OF
;cenery. The house will seat, should
about a thousand, h audience
sitting on white mats on the floor.
There are galleries with similar seats.
ma the floor rises under them. SO
hat the people can see uniformly Wen
company brings actors and lectur-
RS here at it's own expense, IN order
O amuse it's employees.
There is also a two-storied school
in the works. q large part OF
Thich is given up TO a kindergarten
or the little children whose moth
rs are employed in the mills. and
here is q technical school, where
licked bows are taught the scientific
f cotton spinning and practical mill
-ork under competent teachers. This
, with the object of supplying intelh-
ent overseers and foremen FOR the
Another institution which all the
,anegafuchi mills have IS 4 frst-class
ospital with a corps OF PHYSICIANS
nd nurses. who attend the sick with
charge. The hospitals nave
beds and are thoroughly Venu-
ted and lighted. The one here had
laboratory connected with it tor the
.udv Of microbes and the 1nvestlsa-
of special diseases. The
roDcses to build a sanitarlam at IA
asaeo. enc of the seaside resorts. for
s convalescent operatives: 1t has ap-
$1,000 for tho building,