The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-10
SER VICES AT
METHODIST
CHU RCH
LABOR SUNDAY DULY OBSERVED
BY lOCAl UNIONS.
Labor and the Church." "Thc Golden
Rule and the Labor Move
ment" Discussed.

AT the Methodist church Labor Sun
day was observed by the attendance
OF hhe labor unions.
BARRIERS.
Musicians.
Sheetmetal Workers
Painters and Decorators,
Order Of Railway Conductors.
Auxiliary of the o. r. c..
Railway Mail Clerks Association.
The special program was:
Tenor Solo. Welcome Home"-Mr
J. w Ramey,
THE Church Platform"-Rev. Frank
Shaw.
Whistling Solo (selected) = Addie
Rowse.
Labor and the Church'-W. NJ.
Piggort President Utah Federation of
Labor.
Short Sermon, The Golden Rule and
the Labor Movement"
MIR, PlgSott expressed an apprecia-
ticn of the effort OF the church to help
the unions. and stated that there was
growing desire on the part of the
union labor movement for a closer re.
lation with the church
Rev. G.. w McCreery among other
things said:
There are three relations of men In
the labor movement First. the rela-
ton OF labor TO labor. second the rela-
ton OF employer to employee, third
the relation Of employed and employer,
We claim that the golden rule would
adjust all these relations In the speed
lest and best way
IL would adjust the relations of la
boring men with each other. There are
three such relations, that of union
men to each other, of union men to
Lon-union am of non-union to union
men. With the combination of capital
there has Justly come the combinations
OF labor. 1t is right. Why should
men think that they could combine
their capital and form business and
yet desire TO deal with their employees
as units. II men organize to employ
men, the men employed, II they wish,
have just as much right to organize
and deal with those organized TO EN-.
ploy them. And the labor union is an
out growth of this fact. Many indus
tries have been wise enough to en-
courage this tendency, and by dealing
honorably with their organized en-
ployeS have advanced their own and
their employees interests as well The
day is past when the employer, es-
pecially If he be corporation. can
expect to be o dictator. He must con-
slider the rights of those who supply
the labor upon which the success of
his business depends. Now In the re-
Of, f.N ,yI, l.
Golden Rule would help adjust mat
tiers that arlse.
The relations Of union men to non
union men would also be best adjusted
In this. way. The forces OF organized
labor as yet consist of but fraction
OF the laboring men. Often times
there is clasning Union men have
frequently forgot that they have obli-
cations to the non-union man-eyen to-
the scab,' if YOU will. He is under
obligation to inform. kindly and pa
tiently those not In the union He
must even fight the battle of this man
who may at times be an enemy The
union is doing much to elevate all la
Dor conditions, They must. 1t is their
duty. Because they see the good. they
must try to realize it-even for their
enemies. In this unselfsh attitude.
they will WIN the public approval,
which is an asset not to be overlooked
The non-union man must consider
his relation TO the union man from the
standpoint OF the Golden Rule. A
man should hesitate a long time be-
fore he takes the job of one who is en-
deavoring to better his wages or work.
ing conditions
., The employer in nis dealings with
his employees should consult the Col
den Rule Very frequently We hear
employers complain about the way In
which the laboring man Is unreason
able. but he fails to realize that the
employing class is just as unreason-
able The labor unions have been or
ganized to combat the wrongs of those
who employ them and If these wrongs
had not existed there would not have
been the union movement. IT, there.
fore, there were extremes on the Side
OF capital, WHY should We condemn the